Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
A NPO in Egypt, El Nafeza Foundation, hires deaf workers to help improving the life of them. It makes paper from straw of rice. Deaf people are making the paper in the NPO. 5,000-year-old Chinese method to make paper from straw of rice is used. A lot of handicrafts are made from this paper. Rice grows in Egypt and after harvest, people burn the rice straw. Burning rice straw creates big problem for air pollution especially in Cairo, capital of Egypt. Making paper from rice straw will give good impact on Cairo’s high pollution.
NPO (特定非営利活動法人), deaf (耳が不自由な人), straw (わら, 稲の茎の部分), handicraft (手芸品), harvest (収穫), air pollution (大気汚染)
Questions:
- Who makes the paper?
- From what is the paper made?
- Is rice grown in Egypt?
- Which method does the NPO use to make the paper?
- What are made from the paper?
- Which bad thing is generated by burning rice straw?
- Have you seen paper being made from straw?
- What is your opinion?