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一ひとつだけ変かえるなら、「明日あす読よむ章しょうを、今日きょうのうちに開ひらいておく」という方法ほうほうがあります。

Hitotsu dake kaeru nara, "asu yomu shou o, kyou no uchi ni hiraite oku" to iu houhou ga arimasu.

If you change just one thing, one approach is to leave the chapter you will read tomorrow open before today ends.

読よむ量りょうが増ふえても内容ないようを忘わすれてしまうなら、最後さいごに一いち文ぶんでまとめる時間じかんを加くわえてもよいでしょう。

Yomu ryou ga fuete mo naiyou o wasurete shimau nara, saigo ni ichi bun de matomeru jikan o kuwaete mo yoi deshou.

If you read more but forget the content, you could add time at the end to summarize it in one sentence.

店みせなら、客きゃくによい食事しょくじを渡わたし、店員てんいんが安全あんぜんに働はたらけること。

Mise nara, kyaku ni yoi shokuji o watashi, ten'in ga anzen ni hatarakeru koto.

For a shop, that means providing good food to customers and letting staff work safely.

勉強べんきょうなら、理解りかいして、また読よみたくなることです。

Benkyou nara, rikai shite, mata yomitaku naru koto desu.

For studying, it means understanding and wanting to read again.

旅先たびさきで古ふるい寺てらを見みるなら、建物たてものの美うつくしさと一緒いっしょに、その技術ぎじゅつがどこから来きたかも考かんがえてみましょう。

Tabisaki de furui tera o miru nara, tatemono no utsukushisa to issho ni, sono gijutsu ga doko kara kita ka mo kangaete mimashou.

When visiting an old temple on your travels, consider not just its beauty but also where its building techniques came from.

日本にほんのよいところを探さがしますが、「日本にほんにしかない」「日本にほんならいつも完璧かんぺきだ」と決きめる旅たびではありません。

Nihon no yoi tokoro o sagashimasu ga, "nihon ni shika nai" "nihon nara itsumo kanpeki da" to kimeru tabi de wa arimasen.

They will look for things to appreciate about Japan, but this is not a journey that assumes "Only Japan has this" or "Japan is always perfect."

あなたの町まちのお弁当べんとうを作つくるなら、何なにを入いれたいですか。

Anata no machi no o bentou o tsukuru nara, nani o iretai desu ka.

If you made a boxed meal representing your town, what would you put in it?

リナは「それなら、客きゃくも働はたらく人ひとを大切たいせつにしたいね」と言いいました。

Rina wa "sore nara, kyaku mo hataraku hito o taisetsu ni shitai ne" to iimashita.

"In that case, guests should also value the people working there," Rina said.