In dieser Episode stelle ich euch kurz vor, warum ich mich im Jahr 2019 entschieden habe, nach Japan zu ziehen und welche Veränderungen sich daraus persönlich ergeben haben. Diese Folge ist der Beginn für diesen Kanal - reist mit mir zusammen durch die Zeit bis heute :) 

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私の最近ハマっていることはインド料理を作ることです。
先日電子レンジで作れるインド料理のレシピの本を見つけて、Kindleで買いました。週末はその本に載っていたビリヤニ（Biryani）を作りました。とても簡単においしく作れたので、今度はカレーのレシピに挑戦したいと思っています。
ご存じのとおり、インド料理にはスパイスがたくさん必要です。私の場合は、以前にカレーを作るために買ったたくさんのスパイスがあったので、それを使っています。
驚いたことに、この話を何人かの生徒に話したところ、インド料理にハマっている生徒が二人もいることがわかりました。もしかしたら世界的にインド料理のブームが来ているのかもしれません。
私の住んでいる街にはインド料理のレストランが一軒もないので、インド料理を家で作れるのはとてもうれしいです。
皆さんはインド料理が好きですか？家でカレーを作ったことはありますか？

Biryani：mixed rice dish
ハマっている：I’m into~
先日：せんじつ the other day
ご存（ぞん）じのように：As you know
電子（でんし）レンジ：microwave
挑戦（ちょうせん）したい：I want to try
以前（いぜん）に：earlier
苦手：にがて　I’m not good at
驚（おどろ）いたことに：surprisingly

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

最近ハマっていること (What I'm into lately)

Textile waste is an urgent global problem, with only 12% recycled worldwide, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a fashion sustainability nonprofit.

Nowhere is the problem greater than in China, the world's largest textile producer and consumer, where more than 26 million tons of clothes are thrown away each year, according to government statistics. Most of it ends up in landfills.

The country's clothing industry is dominated by "fast fashion" — cheap clothes made from unrecyclable synthetics. And Chinese e-commerce brands Shein and Temu make the country one of the world's largest producers of cheap fashion, selling in more than 150 countries.

Currently, only about 20% of China's textiles are recycled, according to the Chinese government. And many Chinese consumers are unwilling to buy used items anyway.

Still, among younger Chinese, there is a growing awareness of sustainability and some "remade" clothing businesses have emerged.

Designer Zhang Na's fashion label, Reclothing Bank, sells clothes, bags and other accessories made from materials such as plastic bottles, fishing nets and flour sacks.

The items' labels have QR codes that show their composition, how they were made and the source of the materials.

Reclothing Bank began in 2010 to give "new life to old things," Zhang said of her store in Shanghai. A large used clothes deposit box sits outside the entrance.

Zhang said she has seen sustainability consciousness grow since she opened her store, with core customers in their 20s and 30s.

But recycled garments sold at stores like Reclothing Bank cost much more than fast-fashion brands due to their production methods.

And that's the real problem, said Sheng Lu, professor of fashion and apparel studies at the University of Delaware.

"Studies repeatedly show consumers are not willing to pay higher for clothing made from recycled materials" he said.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

26 Million Tons of Clothes Discarded in China Each Year

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07:05 part3 Travel (旅行)
09:30 part4 Hobbies and Interests (爱好和兴趣)
11:21 part5Food and Drink (食物和饮品)
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