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A Fermented foods
A The special sheet
Q. Listen and choose the best match for the pictures above.
Part 3
fermentation
Harmentéif(a)n/
rapidly rapidli
dominant
/dá(:)minant/
growth /grou0/
ferment(ed)
/forment(id)/
soy (s51/
sauce/s5:s/
pickle(s) /pik(a)l(z)/
cuisine/kwizi:n/
exist /igzist/
collaborating
/kǝlæbǝrèitin/
<collaborate
naturally
/næetf(ǝ)r(ǝ)li/
instead /instéd/
A Fish wrapped in the special sh
Kanata introduces a variety of fermented foods in Japan
Fermentation is another way to preserve food. A goo
microorganism is added to the food.
It grows rapid
becomes the dominant microorganism present in the food
and inhibits the growth of bad microorganisms.
As
grows, it changes proteins or sugars or both in the food
and makes it more delicious.
Japanese people eat many fermented foods: soy sauce
miso, natto, Japanese pickles.
Japanese cuisine could not exist.
Without these foods
Recently, collaborating with a university, a company in
Japan developed a special sheet coated with a good
microorganism. When you wrap meat or fish in this
sheet, the good microorganism protects the food from bad
microorganisms. The food naturally begins to ferment
without spoiling, and its taste becomes richer and more
delicious. The sheet may also solve the food waste
problem. Restaurants that use the sheet can keep extra
food longer instead of throwing it away.
Hints for Understanding
「もし(今) 〜がなければ」 Without ~
1.8 Without these foods, Japanese cuisine could not exist.
~がなければ
Comprehension
A Answer true or false.
・できないだろう (could not + 動詞の原形) 仮定法過去
1. Soy sauce, miso, and natto are Japanese fermented foods.
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2. The special sheet for keeping food was developed by a company in the USA.
3. If restaurants wrap meat or fish in the special sheet, they will throw away
less extra food.
B Fill in the blanks.
1. Fermentation process
A (①
) microorganism is (2
It grows rapidly and slows the (3
microorganisms.
) to the food.
) of (①
) proteins and (6
) in the food. The food
becomes more (⑦
➡It (6
2. The special sheet
The sheet (①
\I/
) the food from (2
) microorganisms
) microorganism.
because it is coated with a (3
GO Give Your Opinion
A: Have you eaten fermented foods recently?
B: OK, let me see. I ate ①
natto
How about you?
