2021年2月26日 ~ Book8 Lesson12

＜今日の進捗＞
Book8 - 46 (Do you think that the minorities in your country should preserve the distinctness of their culture and religion or should they conform and try to merge into the new culture? why?)

＜オリジナル回答＞
If you found out that the canteen in your child’s school didn’t conform to hygiene regulations, what would you do?

If I found out that the canteen in my child’s school didn’t conform to hygiene regulations, I would call the public health center.

What’s a melting pot?

A melting pot is a pot in which metals are melted and mixed or a place where different peoples or styles are mixed together.

What are the advantaged of living in a melting pot? Are there any disadvantages to it?

The advantaged of living in a melting pot is you can know cultures and people from all over the world. The disadvantage is that it’s sometimes difficult to accept other cultures.

Do you think that the minorities in your country should do their best to preserve the distinctness of their culture and religion, or should they conform and try to merge into the new culture? Why?

I think that the minorities in your country should conform and try to merge into the new culture because doing so makes it easy to live here in Japan.

＜単語・イディオム＞
canteen :

（工場・学校などの）大食堂、カフェテリア

fuse :

融合する、一つにまとまる

literally :

文字通り、本当に

figuratively :

比喩的に、象徴的に

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