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Reading comprehension simulation topic ⑤
第5部 模擬試験⑤・中文（B級グルメと町の活性化）【3 sentences】. Set of 3 standard sentences of 中文: (1) 指示語, (2) なぜ – cause, (3) 伝えたいこと – message. Tip 問1 その町: read BACK the previous sentence — its subject is 「大会でよい成績をあげて有名になった町」, not every town. Tip 問2: catch the chain of cause and effect 観光客が来る → 飲食店が人を雇う → 観光地にも寄る → 活気が出る. Tip 問3: paragraph 2 promotes B級グルメ by comparing it to the old way (calling a business, building a factory - costs a lot of money but often fails) → message = delicious-cheap AND effective in making the town vibrant. ※ Misty typed source: 読んでいる→呼んでいる, その地域でけで→その地域だけで,見物を建てて→建物を建てて, 大会う開いて→大会を開いて,作るあめに→作るために.
「やきそば」や「うどん」などの安くて日常生活でよく食べられている料理、これをB級グルメと呼んでいる。最近では、もともとその地域だけで食べられていたB級グルメを集めて、どれが一番美味しいかを決める全国大会が開かれるようになった。そこでよい成績をあげて町のB級グルメが有名になると、その料理を食べるために多くの観光客が①その町にやって来る。それによって飲食店が人を雇うようになる。さらに、お客は食べるだけでなく、その地域の観光地にも寄るようになる。その結果、活気が出て（注1）きた町も少なくない。
地方の町を経済的に活気づけようとする場合、これまでは企業を呼び、工場を造ってもらうとか、観光のための建物を建てて客を集めるようなことをしてきたが、多額の金を使ってもうまくいかないことが多かった。B級グルメは、食べ物を作るだけでお金はあまりかからないので、今、注目されている。
（注1）活気が出る：生き生きとして、元気になる
Explanation: Sentence immediately before: 「そこでよい成績をあげて町のB級グルメが有名になると」 → その町 = the town achieved good results in the national championship → ④. ② is wrong because customers don't flock to EVERY town that has popular dishes; ③ is wrong because the place hosting the award is different from the place winning the award.
①Which town is [that town]?
① The town is making「yakisoba」and「udon」 · ② Each town is making gourmet B-kyū (popular delicacy) · ③ The town is holding a national B-kyū gourmet convention · ④ The town performed well at the national B-kyū gourmet conference
Explanation: Cause and effect chain in paragraph 1: 観光客がやって来る → 「飲食店が人を雇うようになる」 + 「その地域の観光地にも寄る」 → ① (restaurants have more employees, tourist attractions also have more income). ② is wrong because the article does not say that people came to stay; ③ and ④ are the OLD way of doing things in paragraph 2, and the article says that way often fails.
Why does the town become vibrant (vital)?
① Because thanks to B-kyū gourmet, restaurant workers have increased, and tourist attractions have also increased their income. · ② Because thanks to B-kyū gourmet, many people come, live and work there. · ③ Because businesses came to make gourmet B-kyū and build factories. · ④ Because people build buildings for tourists to eat gourmet B-kyū.
Explanation: The whole song = cheap popular food + bringing the town back to life, and the last sentence emphasizes 「お金はあまりかからないので、今、注目されている」 → ②. ① wrong (guests come to eat, not to cook themselves); ③ mixed cause and effect; ④ completely contradicts the idea of the article (the strong point is that it costs LESS money).
What does the article want to convey?
① B-kyū gourmet is cheap and delicious, tourists can make it themselves and have fun. · ② B-kyū gourmet is not only cheap and delicious but also has the effect of livening up the town. · ③ The number of towns hiring people to do well at the B-kyū gourmet convention is increasing. · ④ If you spend money on B-kyū gourmet such as building factories and restaurants, the town will have vitality.
Dishes that are cheap and eaten frequently in daily life like 「yakisoba」 or 「udon」 — people call them B-kyū gurume (popular delicacies). Recently, people have started organizing a nationwide tournament: gathering B-kyū gurume dishes that are only eaten in that particular region and then choosing the best one. When a town does well in an tournament and its food becomes famous, many tourists will go to that town to eat that dish. Thanks to that, restaurants have to hire more people. Furthermore, guests not only eat but also visit the region's tourist attractions. As a result, many towns have become vibrant (note 1).
When wanting to make a local town more economically vibrant, in the past people often invited businesses to build factories, or build tourist facilities to attract tourists, but even though they spent a lot of money, they were often unsuccessful. As for B-kyū gurume, it only needs to make food and doesn't cost much money, so it is currently receiving attention.
(Note 1) 活気が出る: become lively, full of vitality.
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