131
お題：日本の社会保障は危機に直面していますか。
Japan is facing a social-welfare crisis.
And I explain why I think this way.
Firstly, the debt of the government has been increasing.
Nonetheless, the government is planning to spend money to invest in military things, such as arms.
If the military cost increases as well as the debt of the government, the social welfare system in Japan won't be sustainable.
Secondly, the government already set up the plan to cut cost of some social-welfare services.
On the other hand, people who need to be given welfare services are going to inflate.
This is because politics have harassed people at work with low-income.
For these reasons, in Japan, a social-welfare crisis are going to be realistic today.
130
お題：電子技術は芸術としてより良い方向へ変化するでしょうか。
I think that digital technology has changed the art world for the better.
And I represent two reasons to support my opinion.
Firstly, digital technology can be fitted with the art world.
Originally, the art world is often abstract.
For example, the computer language is based on using only two types of the letters.
In short, digital technology expresses the world with such an amazing method as well as the art does.
Secondly, people often feel the digital technology cold.
But, people have once noticed that the digital technology can inspire people to imagine things specifically.
So, it will be the vibrant world as the art.
For these reasons, I believe that the digital technology will progress as one of the art expression.
129
お題：世界の海を乱獲から守るには遅すぎますか。
I disagree with the idea that it is too late to protect the world's oceans from overfishing.
And I explain why I think this.
Firstly, the idea that to stop overfishing is too late is hopeless.
People should not throw away the hope.
They need to find out the solution which can protect the world's oceans from overfishing.
Overfishing has hurt the environment ever.
Nonetheless, most of the consumers have not noticed this yet.
If consumers get the knowledge about the influence of overfishing on the world's oceans, it can be solved.
Secondly, most of the fishermen stand by the protection the environment.
I guess that they never support overfishing.
In short, not fishermen caused the crisis but fish companies did it.
Fish companies should correct their attitude which places the most importance on money.
For these reasons, I believe that people can protect the world's oceans from overfishing.
128
お題：高齢者の才能を社会は十分に生かしていますか。
The society doesn't make full use of the talents of senior citizens.
And I give two reasons why I think this.
Firstly, more and more citizens of senior age have come to take part in social activities.
But, they almost engage to sweep or to control traffic.
They seem to have to work anyway without being paid attention.
If the society would have made their talents more useful, their jobs must have been extended.
Secondly, I hardly see senior people communicate with young people.
Senior people almost acquire the way to make themselves relaxed.
For example, while young people favour the higher efficiency,
they often say that hasty lives have less happiness.
I hope young people to learn senior people's wisdom.
For these reasons, I think that the society doesn't utilize senior people's talents enough.
127
お題：女性の権利に十分な関心がもたれていますか。
Women's rights don't get enough attention.
And I explain why I think this way.
To begin with, some of male people often misunderstand female expression.
For example, some of male bosses or teachers take it for granted that they can decide her destination.
At work, they tend to reject or to forgo her proposal about where the company will go.
At class, some teacher of men touch female student’s bodies with forcing them to obey.
Thus, some of men neglect female opinion.
Secondly, female workers get less opportunities of the promotion than male workers.
For instance, a fresh worker of men are given more important tasks than female workers having rich experiences.
Then, women are going to get much trouble for the tasks which male workers have done.
It's unfair.
For these reasons, women's rights are likely to be ignored even in the modern society.
126
お題：公海では不法船ともっと戦闘すべきでしょうか。
It's necessary rather to pursue about the piracy than to fight it, on the open sea.
And I explain two reasons to support my opinion.
First, to fight piracy is army's activities.
Some people are afraid of piracy.
But, others worry that military actions stimulate hostile countries, and destroy the environment.
So, the international society should consider it hasty to fight such illegal boats, before they do more investigation.
Second, it's supposed that illegal boats have the background.
People in rich and peaceful countries never do piracy.
Such illegal activities on the open seas mean the international problem which can't be solved by fight.
For these reasons, the international society should consider fighting, with more study of solutions.
125
お題：現代人は処方薬に依存していると思いますか。
I think that people today are not so much reliant on prescription drugs as some people say.
I explain my opinion with two factors.
First, people are given too much pressure by modern society.
For example, there is less natural environment than it was in the past.
If people would like to ease their tension, they have no choice but to buy things or to pay for services.
It is difficult to be comfortable without purchasing.
So, people are boosted to earn more income every time.
Second, prescription drugs are necessary for people having diseases.
Once people get a illness, prescription drugs really support them.
If people try to recover their health naturally, some of them will be worse.
For these reasons, I think that people having a disease need some prescription drugs for keeping their body.
124
お題：歴史の研究が重要視されていないと思いますか。
I agree with the idea that enough importance is not given to the study of history.
And I explain why I think this way.
First, these days, most of the young people don't know the anniversary of the end of Pacific War.
If they would have acquired the knowledge of war, the voting rate must have been higher than it is.
A lack of historical knowledge leads to indifference to the politics.
Young people need to learn the history of their own country, Japan.
Otherwise, they have no choice but to be vulnerable to the government.
Second, when young people image human being, they have to study the history of civilization and culture.
The history refers to people's feelings in old eras. In short, people learn the history in order to reflect themselves.
For these reasons, I believe that studying the history should be given more importance.
123
お題：日本の出生率の低さは国家の危機と見なされるべきですか。
Japan's low birthrate should be considered a national crisis.
And I give two reasons why I think this.
Firstly, if birthrate is decreasing, the workforce in the future will be diminishing.
Then, it will be difficult that the government get enough revenue by taxing the workforce.
At that time, it will result that less children have to take care of more people who are aging.
Young people are going to suffer from such a situation.
Secondly, elder people have proficient skills of traditional manufacture and knowledge of agriculture.
When Japan's birthrate becomes lower, their skills can't be succeeded by offspring.
Because young people who learn skills and knowledge become less.
For these reasons, I believe that Japanese people need to consider the low birthrate as a national crisis.
122
お題：防犯カメラは公共の場で増えると思いますか。
I think that more security cameras will be set up in public places.
I represent two reasons to support my opinion.
First, most of the developed countries are afraid of terrorism.
Actually, in France, in Canada, and in other nations more incidents by terrorist occurred.
So, I take it for granted that common people require more security cameras in public spaces, such as shops, and stations.
Second, in a term of economy, people are looking forward to the Olympic events in the capital city, Tokyo.
When such events that people gather from abroad are held, the government will to make public spaces safer than it has ever been.
Some people worry that their right of privacy would be impaired.
However, the government is willing to prevent the Olympic events from terrorism.
For these reasons, I expect there will be more security cameras around the public spaces.
121
お題：世論は政府の決定に影響を及ぼすと思いますか。
I think that public opinion can influence decisions made by the government.
And I explain two reasons to support my opinion.
To begin with, after the objective vision against the nuclear power system has grown, most of the nuclear power plants have been stopping, in Japan.
This is also the result that the accidents of nuclear power plant in Fukushima area.
But, if the public were indifferent about it, the government would have been exerting these electric station still now.
Secondly, female workers are increasing in the society.
The public has boosted their voice.
So, the government has begun to promise the promotion of women’s status, as their policy.
For these instances, I believe that the government can be influenced by public opinion, when they decide to do something.
120
お題：犯罪と環境汚染のうち、社会にとり、より脅威であるのはどちらですか。
I think that crime is greater threat to society than environmental pollution.
And I give two reasons to support my opinion.
Firstly, serious environmental pollution made by human activities, such as mining is included in crime.
Actually, some companies hurting nature were prosecuted as criminals in the past.
Since a certain company who had polluted the environment was judged as an illegal firm in court, the government enacted some laws that protect the environment from being damaged.
Secondly, criminals often mean to kill, and to slaughter.
Depriving lives from people is the worst threat to society.
Terrorism people is an instance to kill on purpose.
For these reasons, it's supposed that our society recognizes crime as a greater threat than environmental pollution.
119
お題：中東の和平はいつか達成され得るでしょうか。
The peace in the Middle East can't be achieved, as it is.
I represent why I think this way.
Firstly, developed nations have interfered in problems in the Middle East for several decades. The government of the nation having super power always declares that the war can be justified when it brings peace to the world.
This conception is inviting more war to the Middle East.
As long as the nation having super power doesn't throw away this thinking, conflicts in the Middle East will continue.
Secondly, there are various religions in the Middle East.
Also, these religions are divisive each other.
The nations in this area should more open to the democratic policy rather than without enhancing their army.
For these two reasons, I think it difficult for nations in the Middle East to achieve peace, as they are.
118
お題：消費増税は、経済成長を助けますか、妨げますか。
Raising the consumption tax will hinder economic growth rather than help it.
I explain two reasons to support my opinion.
First, it’s supposed that consumers make economic growth.
Then, raising the consumption tax is going to damage their will to buy things.
For example, most of the prosperous people will tend not to do big purchases before the economy turns around.
This is because they need not being hasty to do it.
Second, raising the consumption tax definitely annoys poor people. They will even save money to receive necessary treatment at the hospitals, after the consumption tax is more raised.
This is going to result that more and more people live on welfare.
Consequently, raising consumption tax will lead to more cost for the government.
For these reasons, I expect that raising the consumption tax impede the economy from growth.
117
お題：現代の農業は環境をあまりにも抑圧していると思いますか。
I disagree with the idea that modern agriculture puts too much pressure on the environment.
And I have two reasons to support my opinion.
Firstly, modern agriculture doesn't cause so much damage to the environment as modern manufacture and mining do.
Since the construction of power plants has already destroyed the natural environment, ecological system has become more fragile today.
Mining natural resources, such as metals and fossil fuels, also ruined it.
In short, modern agriculture influences on this situation as if it is the biggest reason.
Secondly, modern agriculture is making a greater effort for the environment.
Some farmers have improved their farming skills without chemical things that hurt the environment, for example.
For these reasons, I think modern agriculture helps the environment regain eco-systems rather than puts pressure on it.
116
お題：合法賭博は国の経済をよくしますか。
I disagree with the idea that legalized gambling has positive effect on the country's economy.
And I explain why I think this way.
To begin with, gamble can't be healthy. This is because gamble make people lose composure and conscience.
If gambling is legalized, the government should limit for people to participate with their grade of income or prosperity.
Poor people must not be involved in gamble, anyway.
Secondly, gamble benefits only the side of promotion.
This is because just only promoter can initiate the gamble.
None can inspect which the gamble is fair or not.
In short, others can't be guaranteed even their safety.
For these reasons, I expect that legalized gambling will have just only negative effect on a country's economy.
115
お題：軍国主義はなお正当化できるでしょうか。
I think that military dictatorships can't be justified.
And I give two reasons to support my opinion.
Firstly, military dictatorships led to the failure in World War 2.
At that time, Germany, Italy, and Japan were dominated by military dictatorships.
As a result, Germany has being required to reflect it. Japan also have been holding some negative issues related with Pacific War.
Secondly, military dictatorships enhance people's hostile feelings.
They will persuade people to boost the government who is willing to benefit from other countries by the threat of army.
As they are, peace has never come to be realized worldwide truly.
In short, military dictatorships can only destroy the world.
For these reasons, I believe that military dictatorships can be just only devil.
お題：日本の社会保障は危機に直面していますか。
Japan is facing a social-welfare crisis.
And I explain why I think this way.
Firstly, the debt of the government has been increasing.
Nonetheless, the government is planning to spend money to invest in military things, such as arms.
If the military cost increases as well as the debt of the government, the social welfare system in Japan won't be sustainable.
Secondly, the government already set up the plan to cut cost of some social-welfare services.
On the other hand, people who need to be given welfare services are going to inflate.
This is because politics have harassed people at work with low-income.
For these reasons, in Japan, a social-welfare crisis are going to be realistic today.
130
お題：電子技術は芸術としてより良い方向へ変化するでしょうか。
I think that digital technology has changed the art world for the better.
And I represent two reasons to support my opinion.
Firstly, digital technology can be fitted with the art world.
Originally, the art world is often abstract.
For example, the computer language is based on using only two types of the letters.
In short, digital technology expresses the world with such an amazing method as well as the art does.
Secondly, people often feel the digital technology cold.
But, people have once noticed that the digital technology can inspire people to imagine things specifically.
So, it will be the vibrant world as the art.
For these reasons, I believe that the digital technology will progress as one of the art expression.
129
お題：世界の海を乱獲から守るには遅すぎますか。
I disagree with the idea that it is too late to protect the world's oceans from overfishing.
And I explain why I think this.
Firstly, the idea that to stop overfishing is too late is hopeless.
People should not throw away the hope.
They need to find out the solution which can protect the world's oceans from overfishing.
Overfishing has hurt the environment ever.
Nonetheless, most of the consumers have not noticed this yet.
If consumers get the knowledge about the influence of overfishing on the world's oceans, it can be solved.
Secondly, most of the fishermen stand by the protection the environment.
I guess that they never support overfishing.
In short, not fishermen caused the crisis but fish companies did it.
Fish companies should correct their attitude which places the most importance on money.
For these reasons, I believe that people can protect the world's oceans from overfishing.
128
お題：高齢者の才能を社会は十分に生かしていますか。
The society doesn't make full use of the talents of senior citizens.
And I give two reasons why I think this.
Firstly, more and more citizens of senior age have come to take part in social activities.
But, they almost engage to sweep or to control traffic.
They seem to have to work anyway without being paid attention.
If the society would have made their talents more useful, their jobs must have been extended.
Secondly, I hardly see senior people communicate with young people.
Senior people almost acquire the way to make themselves relaxed.
For example, while young people favour the higher efficiency,
they often say that hasty lives have less happiness.
I hope young people to learn senior people's wisdom.
For these reasons, I think that the society doesn't utilize senior people's talents enough.
127
お題：女性の権利に十分な関心がもたれていますか。
Women's rights don't get enough attention.
And I explain why I think this way.
To begin with, some of male people often misunderstand female expression.
For example, some of male bosses or teachers take it for granted that they can decide her destination.
At work, they tend to reject or to forgo her proposal about where the company will go.
At class, some teacher of men touch female student’s bodies with forcing them to obey.
Thus, some of men neglect female opinion.
Secondly, female workers get less opportunities of the promotion than male workers.
For instance, a fresh worker of men are given more important tasks than female workers having rich experiences.
Then, women are going to get much trouble for the tasks which male workers have done.
It's unfair.
For these reasons, women's rights are likely to be ignored even in the modern society.
126
お題：公海では不法船ともっと戦闘すべきでしょうか。
It's necessary rather to pursue about the piracy than to fight it, on the open sea.
And I explain two reasons to support my opinion.
First, to fight piracy is army's activities.
Some people are afraid of piracy.
But, others worry that military actions stimulate hostile countries, and destroy the environment.
So, the international society should consider it hasty to fight such illegal boats, before they do more investigation.
Second, it's supposed that illegal boats have the background.
People in rich and peaceful countries never do piracy.
Such illegal activities on the open seas mean the international problem which can't be solved by fight.
For these reasons, the international society should consider fighting, with more study of solutions.
125
お題：現代人は処方薬に依存していると思いますか。
I think that people today are not so much reliant on prescription drugs as some people say.
I explain my opinion with two factors.
First, people are given too much pressure by modern society.
For example, there is less natural environment than it was in the past.
If people would like to ease their tension, they have no choice but to buy things or to pay for services.
It is difficult to be comfortable without purchasing.
So, people are boosted to earn more income every time.
Second, prescription drugs are necessary for people having diseases.
Once people get a illness, prescription drugs really support them.
If people try to recover their health naturally, some of them will be worse.
For these reasons, I think that people having a disease need some prescription drugs for keeping their body.
124
お題：歴史の研究が重要視されていないと思いますか。
I agree with the idea that enough importance is not given to the study of history.
And I explain why I think this way.
First, these days, most of the young people don't know the anniversary of the end of Pacific War.
If they would have acquired the knowledge of war, the voting rate must have been higher than it is.
A lack of historical knowledge leads to indifference to the politics.
Young people need to learn the history of their own country, Japan.
Otherwise, they have no choice but to be vulnerable to the government.
Second, when young people image human being, they have to study the history of civilization and culture.
The history refers to people's feelings in old eras. In short, people learn the history in order to reflect themselves.
For these reasons, I believe that studying the history should be given more importance.
123
お題：日本の出生率の低さは国家の危機と見なされるべきですか。
Japan's low birthrate should be considered a national crisis.
And I give two reasons why I think this.
Firstly, if birthrate is decreasing, the workforce in the future will be diminishing.
Then, it will be difficult that the government get enough revenue by taxing the workforce.
At that time, it will result that less children have to take care of more people who are aging.
Young people are going to suffer from such a situation.
Secondly, elder people have proficient skills of traditional manufacture and knowledge of agriculture.
When Japan's birthrate becomes lower, their skills can't be succeeded by offspring.
Because young people who learn skills and knowledge become less.
For these reasons, I believe that Japanese people need to consider the low birthrate as a national crisis.
122
お題：防犯カメラは公共の場で増えると思いますか。
I think that more security cameras will be set up in public places.
I represent two reasons to support my opinion.
First, most of the developed countries are afraid of terrorism.
Actually, in France, in Canada, and in other nations more incidents by terrorist occurred.
So, I take it for granted that common people require more security cameras in public spaces, such as shops, and stations.
Second, in a term of economy, people are looking forward to the Olympic events in the capital city, Tokyo.
When such events that people gather from abroad are held, the government will to make public spaces safer than it has ever been.
Some people worry that their right of privacy would be impaired.
However, the government is willing to prevent the Olympic events from terrorism.
For these reasons, I expect there will be more security cameras around the public spaces.
121
お題：世論は政府の決定に影響を及ぼすと思いますか。
I think that public opinion can influence decisions made by the government.
And I explain two reasons to support my opinion.
To begin with, after the objective vision against the nuclear power system has grown, most of the nuclear power plants have been stopping, in Japan.
This is also the result that the accidents of nuclear power plant in Fukushima area.
But, if the public were indifferent about it, the government would have been exerting these electric station still now.
Secondly, female workers are increasing in the society.
The public has boosted their voice.
So, the government has begun to promise the promotion of women’s status, as their policy.
For these instances, I believe that the government can be influenced by public opinion, when they decide to do something.
120
お題：犯罪と環境汚染のうち、社会にとり、より脅威であるのはどちらですか。
I think that crime is greater threat to society than environmental pollution.
And I give two reasons to support my opinion.
Firstly, serious environmental pollution made by human activities, such as mining is included in crime.
Actually, some companies hurting nature were prosecuted as criminals in the past.
Since a certain company who had polluted the environment was judged as an illegal firm in court, the government enacted some laws that protect the environment from being damaged.
Secondly, criminals often mean to kill, and to slaughter.
Depriving lives from people is the worst threat to society.
Terrorism people is an instance to kill on purpose.
For these reasons, it's supposed that our society recognizes crime as a greater threat than environmental pollution.
119
お題：中東の和平はいつか達成され得るでしょうか。
The peace in the Middle East can't be achieved, as it is.
I represent why I think this way.
Firstly, developed nations have interfered in problems in the Middle East for several decades. The government of the nation having super power always declares that the war can be justified when it brings peace to the world.
This conception is inviting more war to the Middle East.
As long as the nation having super power doesn't throw away this thinking, conflicts in the Middle East will continue.
Secondly, there are various religions in the Middle East.
Also, these religions are divisive each other.
The nations in this area should more open to the democratic policy rather than without enhancing their army.
For these two reasons, I think it difficult for nations in the Middle East to achieve peace, as they are.
118
お題：消費増税は、経済成長を助けますか、妨げますか。
Raising the consumption tax will hinder economic growth rather than help it.
I explain two reasons to support my opinion.
First, it’s supposed that consumers make economic growth.
Then, raising the consumption tax is going to damage their will to buy things.
For example, most of the prosperous people will tend not to do big purchases before the economy turns around.
This is because they need not being hasty to do it.
Second, raising the consumption tax definitely annoys poor people. They will even save money to receive necessary treatment at the hospitals, after the consumption tax is more raised.
This is going to result that more and more people live on welfare.
Consequently, raising consumption tax will lead to more cost for the government.
For these reasons, I expect that raising the consumption tax impede the economy from growth.
117
お題：現代の農業は環境をあまりにも抑圧していると思いますか。
I disagree with the idea that modern agriculture puts too much pressure on the environment.
And I have two reasons to support my opinion.
Firstly, modern agriculture doesn't cause so much damage to the environment as modern manufacture and mining do.
Since the construction of power plants has already destroyed the natural environment, ecological system has become more fragile today.
Mining natural resources, such as metals and fossil fuels, also ruined it.
In short, modern agriculture influences on this situation as if it is the biggest reason.
Secondly, modern agriculture is making a greater effort for the environment.
Some farmers have improved their farming skills without chemical things that hurt the environment, for example.
For these reasons, I think modern agriculture helps the environment regain eco-systems rather than puts pressure on it.
116
お題：合法賭博は国の経済をよくしますか。
I disagree with the idea that legalized gambling has positive effect on the country's economy.
And I explain why I think this way.
To begin with, gamble can't be healthy. This is because gamble make people lose composure and conscience.
If gambling is legalized, the government should limit for people to participate with their grade of income or prosperity.
Poor people must not be involved in gamble, anyway.
Secondly, gamble benefits only the side of promotion.
This is because just only promoter can initiate the gamble.
None can inspect which the gamble is fair or not.
In short, others can't be guaranteed even their safety.
For these reasons, I expect that legalized gambling will have just only negative effect on a country's economy.
115
お題：軍国主義はなお正当化できるでしょうか。
I think that military dictatorships can't be justified.
And I give two reasons to support my opinion.
Firstly, military dictatorships led to the failure in World War 2.
At that time, Germany, Italy, and Japan were dominated by military dictatorships.
As a result, Germany has being required to reflect it. Japan also have been holding some negative issues related with Pacific War.
Secondly, military dictatorships enhance people's hostile feelings.
They will persuade people to boost the government who is willing to benefit from other countries by the threat of army.
As they are, peace has never come to be realized worldwide truly.
In short, military dictatorships can only destroy the world.
For these reasons, I believe that military dictatorships can be just only devil.
