Notes:
be featured  紹介された;
gourmet グルメ;
ask her out　彼女をデートに誘う；
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A girl started helping her father at his shop after she finished high school. She worked with her father for about 30 years. Then, her father’s shop was featured in a local gourmet magazine. Recently, customers stopped seeing the girl at the shop. They started to worry about her, and one of them asked the father how the daughter was doing. The father said that someone had seen her photo in the magazine and asked her out. Happily, they fell in love and got married. She has stopped working, and the father is running the business on his own now.　 (written by a reader, edited by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
grandchildren 孫;
great grandchildren ひ孫;
mackerel: サバ;
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The world’s oldest person passed away on April 1. Misao Okawa was born on March 5, 1898. She was the last living person who was born in the 19th century. Okawa had three children, four grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. When she died, she was 117. That’s a long time to live! While she was alive, there were four different Japanese emperors and 22 American presidents. What was the secret of her long life? She said that it was important to watch out for your health. She liked to eat and sleep. Her favorite food was mackerel sushi.(by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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