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毎月第２週目は「文化警察24時」（Culture Cops）をお届けしています。前回と同様に日本人の食文化にまつわる話題です。

そば、うどん、ラーメンなど、麺を使ったさまざまな料理が日本にはあります。多くの人はこれらの麺をすすって（slurp）食するのですが、外国でこれをやると…「文化警察」の登場となります！音を出して麺をすするのは日本人独特の文化で、外国ではマナー違反と見なされるようですね。

「文化警察24時」は、少し英語が苦手！という皆さんを対象にした、長さもレベルも聞きやすい番組です。しっかり聞いて、しっかり声に出して練習してみましょう。

（初級）Culture Cops (6): In the US, featuring Japanese culture

Trev: FREEZE! Put your head and hands up where I can see them!

W: …. OK. Did I do something wrong, Officer… Trev?

Trev: Well, you sure didn't do anything right. You are aware Americans don't slurp their noodles, aren't you?

W: But, in Japan…

Trev: This isn't Japan, ma'am! This is America! And you're breaking just about every single social rule there is.

W: I'm… I'm so sorry

Trev: Saying "sorry" isn't good enough, ma'am. Perhaps next time you travel to another country you ought to do a little more research on what's socially acceptable.

W: May I ask why it's so wrong to slurp my noodles up into my mouth? It helps me cool them down.

Trev: Clearly you aren't aware of how annoying that wretched sound is to most Americans. Just hearing it once makes their skin cringe. To cool them down, why don't you just blow on them?

W: I'm so embarrassed. In Japan you're considered quite weird if you DON'T slurp your noodles.

Trev: It's OK, ma'am. Next time just use your noodle a little more!

(Written by Matteen Aminpour)