Notes:
picky えり好みする，気難しい;
pea エンドウ豆;
oyster カキ;

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Are you a picky eater? In other words, are there many things that you won’t eat? My students often tell me that they dislike peas, green peppers, and celery. I went online and found a list of food that people in Britain dislike. I was surprised to see two Japanese foods on it. Although sushi is becoming very popular these days around the world, 37% of the people in the survey said that they didn’t like it with raw fish. Tofu was even less popular. 42% said that they didn’t like it. But can you guess what the food that most people disliked was? Oysters! (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
embarrassed 当惑した;

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Over the weekend, I met a university student from Christchurch, New Zealand. He has been in Fukui for the last year studying Japanese. I told him that I had been to his hometown and talked about all the wonderful places I had seen, but he looked a little embarrassed. He said that even though he had grown up in New Zealand, he didn’t really know much about it. It’s true. We often don’t appreciate the great things around us until we hear others talking about them. This is one way that travel broadens the mind. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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