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A Café Shift Handover

Read duties for two people and separate the ordering deadline from cleaning and closing.

An original fictional learning text by LavaJapanese. Places, prices and rules in the passage are invented for practice.

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  1. 1

    今日(きょう)ののメモ

  2. 2

    ミナさんは午後二時(ごごにじ)から受付(うけつけ)でを受(う)け付(つ)けてください。

  3. 3

    ケンさんはでパンを用意(ようい)して、四時(よじ)までにに置(お)いてください。

  4. 4

    の注文(ちゅうもん)は五時(ごじ)までです。食事(しょくじ)の注文(ちゅうもん)は四時半(よじはん)に終(お)わります。

  5. 5

    注文(ちゅうもん)が終(お)わっても、お客様(きゃくさま)がいる間(あいだ)は部屋(へや)のを消(け)さないでください。

  6. 6

    五時半(ごじはん)から二人(ふたり)で机(つくえ)を拭(ふ)いて、使(つか)ったを洗(あら)ってください。

  7. 7

    店(みせ)は六時(ろくじ)に閉(し)まります。最後(さいご)に窓(まど)を閉(し)めて、を受付(うけつけ)の箱(はこ)に入(い)れます。

  8. 8

    明日(あした)の仕事(しごと)は休(やす)みです。このメモは今日(きょう)の予定(よてい)です。

Vocabulary for this text

WordReadingMeaning here
仕事しごとwork; job
注文ちゅうもんorder (food or goods)
台所だいどころkitchen
皿さらplate
飲み物のみものdrink; beverage
電気でんきelectricity; electric light
コップコップdrinking glass
鍵かぎkey

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Keep Mina’s task and Ken’s task separate until the sentence says 二人で.

The last order does not mean immediate closing. Cleaning and locking happen later.

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1. Who prepares the bread?

ケンさん

Ken is assigned the kitchen preparation. Evidence: ケンさんは台所でパンを用意して、四時までに皿に置いてください。

2. What should happen while customers are still present?

電気をつけておく

Do not turn off the lights while customers remain. Evidence: 注文が終わっても、お客様がいる間は部屋の電気を消さないでください。

3. Where does the key go at the end?

受付の箱

The final instruction puts the key in reception’s box. Evidence: 店は六時に閉まります。最後に窓を閉めて、鍵を受付の箱に入れます。

4. Copy the meal-order deadline, without に終わります.

四時半

Meal orders finish at half past four, before drink orders. Evidence: 飲み物の注文は五時までです。食事の注文は四時半に終わります。

5. Copy the time when the two workers start cleaning.

五時半

Both start cleaning at half past five. Evidence: 五時半から二人で机を拭いて、使ったコップを洗ってください。

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