Lawson Opens Japan's First Trailer-House Convenience Store
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Lawson is a big convenience store company in Japan. On August 27, Lawson opened a new kind of store. It is a trailer house store. This is the first store like this for Lawson.
The new store is at Ebina Sports Park. Ebina is a city in Japan. A trailer house store is a shop on wheels. It is not like a normal building. People can move it to a different place.
Lawson wants to use this store in a special way. When there is a disaster, Lawson may move the store to help people. A disaster is a very bad event, like an earthquake.
After a disaster, shops can close. People may not have food or things they need. Lawson thinks the trailer store can go to these places. It can give people food and other items fast.
This is a new idea for convenience stores in Japan. Lawson wants to help people quickly after big problems happen.
Vocabulary5 words
- convenience store
- a small shop open every day, selling food and daily things
- trailer house
- a small building on wheels that can move
- disaster
- a very bad event that hurts many people
- sports park
- a big outdoor place for sports
- chain
- many shops with the same name and owner
Quiz
Answer key
1. A trailer house store 2. Ebina Sports Park 3. To help people after a disaster
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Lawson is a big convenience store company in Japan. On August 27, Lawson opened a new kind of _____. It is a _____ store. This is the first store like this for Lawson.
The new store is at Ebina Sports _____. Ebina is a city in Japan. A trailer house store is a shop on _____. It is not like a normal building. People can _____ it to a different place.
Lawson wants to use this store in a special way. When there is a _____, Lawson may move the store to help people. A disaster is a very bad event, like an _____.
After a disaster, shops can _____. People may not have food or things they need. Lawson thinks the trailer store can go to these places. It can give people food and other items _____.
This is a new idea for convenience stores in Japan. Lawson wants to help people quickly after big _____ happen.