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Pre-reading questions:
I will read each question. Then, please answer them.
講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。
- Do you like trying food from other countries?
- Do you think it is fun to learn how food was made in the past?
Vocabulary:
I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me.
単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。
- shop /shop/
- quickly /KWIK-lee/
- amount /uh-MOUNT/
- wooden /WOOD-n/
- snack /snak/
[noun] – a place where people buy or sell goods
My aunt owns a small flower shop near the train station.
[adverb] – in a fast way or without delay
The children cleaned their room quickly before their guests arrived.
[noun] – a quantity or number of something
We used small amounts of sugar and salt in the cooking class.
[adjective] – made of wood
They sat on a wooden bench in the park.
[noun] – a small amount of food eaten between meals
She packed some fruit and chips as snacks for the trip.
Article reading:
Please read the whole article. Then, I will check your pronunciation and intonation.
記事を音読しましょう。講師はあなたの発音とイントネーションを確認します。
In Tokyo’s Tsukuda area, people still make tsukudani, a traditional Japanese food that started more than 200 years ago. At a shop called Tsukushin, a father and son, Nobuo and Yoshihiro Kobayashi, begin work at 5 a.m. They cook tuna, shrimp, seaweed, and clams in a sweet and salty sauce. They use an old way of cooking from the Edo period, before refrigerators were invented. Big factories can make a lot of tsukudani quickly. But at Tsukushin, the Kobayashi family cooks it by hand in small amounts. They use gas heat and wooden trays. This keeps the traditional taste and method alive. They must cook carefully. They do not stir too much so the food does not break. Yoshihiro says tsukudani is like jam because it has a strong taste. People usually eat it with rice. Some also eat it with miso soup or chazuke, which is rice with hot tea. It is also good in lunch boxes. Today, there are new tsukudani snacks. But many people believe it is important to keep the old cooking style. Shops like Tsukushin help protect Japan’s food traditions.
True or False:
Read the sentences and identify if they are true or false based on the article.
文章を読んで、記事に基づいて正誤を答えましょう。
- Tsukudani started in Tokyo’s Tsukuda area more than 200 years ago.
- The name of the shop is Tsukudani-ya.
- The cooking ingredients include pork and eggs.
- Gas heat and wooden trays are used for cooking.
- The cooking method includes strong stirring to mix everything.
Fill in the blanks:
Choose the correct word from the table, then fill in the blanks.
適切な言葉を選んで空欄を埋めましょう。
shop | quickly | amounts | wooden | snacks |
- The store sells large ______ of rice every week.
- She ate her breakfast ______ because she was late for school.
- We went to a bakery ______ to buy fresh bread this morning.
- The children ate their ______ during the break at school.
- The artist made a ______ toy for his daughter.