Vocabulary 🔤
What do these phrases mean:
To rise to the challenge
Trial and error
To come up with
To overcome a difficult situation
Trying different things until something works
To think of an idea or plan
Why was canned bread invented?
To preserve bread and keep it soft for emergencies!
Fix the 2 mistakes:
Canned bread were made in Japan and it can stores for many years.
Canned bread was made in Japan and it can be stored for many years.
What request did an earthquake victim make to Akimoto?
They asked him to 'create a bread that keeps for a long time but stays soft.'
What is a best-before date?
What is the shelf life of Akimoto's canned bread?
The date before which the product is at its highest quality.
Three years.
Create a sentence using the following words:
seal, can, preserve
We can seal bread in a can to preserve it!
Who told Akimoto that only having hard biscuits was depressing?
What happened to half of the rolls Akimoto baked?
A victim of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
They went bad before reaching the victims.
Change the verbs in this sentence into the correct form:
The earthquake victims needed eat, so Akimoto decided baking bread rolls.
The earthquake victims needed to eat, so Akimoto decided to bake bread rolls.
Find a sentence that describes a problem that Akimoto faced when making canned bread.
Example Answers:
'However, after a week, the bread was covered in mold.'
'The bread baked nicely, but it stuck to the can and would not come out.'
Find a sentence that shows Akimoto had a new problem to solve
Example Answers:
'Akimoto had a new challenge.'
'He now needed to prevent his bread from going to waste.'
Which words have similar meanings to:
time-honored
dispose
to invent
traditional
throw away/get rid of
to design/to create
What happened when vacuum-packing or freezing bread?
When was canned bread first donated overseas?
The bread lost its softness.
In 2004. It was donated to Sri Lanka.
Fix the 3 mistakes:
He realize that he need to sterilize can.
He realized that he needed sterilize the can.
Why do you think Akimoto felt disappointed after hearing that half of his bread rolls were thrown away?
His plan to help the victims had partly failed.
A lot of food was wasted.
He had spent a lot of time baking the bread.
Describe how the system that Akimoto came up with works
1) A company or local government buys the canned bread
2) A year before its best-before date they get a replacement set
3) The old canned bread is sent overseas to people in need
Create a sentence using the following words:
donate, canned, overseas, go to waste
If we donate canned bread overseas, it will not go to waste!
When is canned bread used?
Why is canned bread donated overseas?
Who first started ordering Akimoto's canned bread?
In emergencies! For example, after natural disasters.
To feed hungry people and to stop it from going to waste.
Companies and local governments in Japan.
Create a sentence using the following verb:
to invent
Example Answer:
Akimoto decided to invent canned bread to help people.
What qualities of Akimoto’s character can you learn from this story? Please list 2.
Example Answers:
He is kind and likes to help people in need
He does not give up
He is smart and good at baking
Explain why the system works well for Akimoto, the purchasers of canned bread and the people who eat it.
Akimoto's bread does not go to waste and he can sell more.
Purchasers get fresh canned bread and don't have to throw any away.
Starving people get to eat nice bread.
In the phrase 'Children’s faces light up with delight,' is 'light up' literal (文字通りの) or metaphorical (比喩的な)? Explain what it means in this phrase.
The term 'light up' is a metaphor. When the children's faces 'light up' it means they have become happy or excited!
What gave Akimoto the idea to can bread?
Why is the dough wrapped in paper before baking?
When do purchasers of canned bread receive replacement sets?
A farmer canning bamboo shoots.
To stop it from sticking to the can.
A year before the best-before date.
Create a sentence that explains how Akimoto might have felt after starting the Kyu-Can-Cho project using at least two perceptual verbs (知覚動詞).
Example Answers:
When he heard how much food waste was prevented, Akimoto felt happy!
Seeing the children's faces light up made Akimoto feel proud!
How does Akimoto's process of inventing canned bread show the importance of creativity?
Example answers:
He had to think of new ideas.
When vacuum-packing and freezing didn't work, his creativity allowed him to solve the problem!
Why do you think Akimoto has personally delivered canned bread to people overseas?
Example Answers:
He wanted to see how his invention helped people.
Seeing people's faces light up as they eat his bread makes him proud!