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In Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, on the wall of the Genki Curry (Vitality
curry) restaurant here in the Shijocho district, (1)about 30 pieces of paper that
look like movie tickets are posted. The papers are known as "Mirai (future)
bet V..
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Tickets." allowing anyone (in need) to take one and dine on a free plate of Genki
Curry.
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> They are the *brainchild of restaurant manager Shigeru Saito and a friend,
who (2) decided to serve curry free of charge to help children and others
料で
理由
struggling in poverty to gain "vitality." When he heard an elementary school
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boy lamenting that he did not have enough money to learn a foreign language
10 Saito thought (about poverty in society)
考えた。
社会における貧困について、
"(3)I started the service, hoping that kindness shown *anonymously would
lead to helping someone's future," said Saito, 48.
fed, they said.
④ (4) Mirai Tickets are donated by charity-conscious customers who want to
help individuals who cannot afford to buy lunch. By handing in an additional
15 200 yen when paying their own bills, customers can post Mirai Tickets (on the
wall
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形
(5 The unique system allows those (with modest but good intentions to treat
people in need by paying for their meals.
(5) Saito, who comes from Kashihara, also runs an English-language school/in
20 Nara Prefecture. About five years ago, Saito offered a free English-speaking
lesson and heard a male elementary schoolboy who took part murmuring, “I
envy people who can afford to learn English, because my family does not have
much money."
⑦Around that time, the issue of poverty (among children and the elderly
25 started to be reported in the media.
報告され始めた
①
8 "Can I do something to contribute to those *on a tight budget in society?"
9くできない人々に何か貢献すること、
Saito asked his friend Katsunori Inoue, 49, who lives in Osaka and manages a
nursing-care facility. The two ( 6 ) the idea of opening a restaurant to serve
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curry and rice (at very inexpensive prices.
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ゆのおかけでは…できる
注) brainchild 「発想の産物」
anonymously 「匿名で」
on a tight budget 「経済的に逼迫 (ひっぱく)している」
