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the first week of being served exclusively green tea for breakfast, lunch,
and dinner, I was surprised when my second week hostess offered coffee.
When I inquired about this, I was told that many people in Japan are drinking
coffee because it is considered healthy and may prevent cancer. I told her
that in the U.S., we are being told to drink green tea because it is good
for us and may prevent cancer. From then on whenever I asked what
some unidentifyable food was, my hostess would tell me she didn't know the
English word for it, but it was good for me. I would reply, "And it
may prevent cancer", and we would both laugh. |
