Drills
Drill
1 Which of the two answers to the following question
is easier to read? How can you improve it? Statement: Which do you think is worth spending the tax
money on, infectious diseases such as Covid-19 than or space exploration?
Answer
A: I think it is worthwhile to spend the tax money on infectious diseases. When COVID-19
spread around the world in 2020, schools were shut down. I could not see my classmates,
and it was frustrating. My mother was worried about my education. I took online
courses. Although some were good, but I was not so motivated to continue
studies with my tablet, which is tiring. We could not go out to have fun or
take a trip, either. I was not able to see my grandparents for two years. I
missed them, and they missed me, too. Pandemic causes so many problems and
pains. Therefore, I want governments to do enough research on new viruses.
Answer
B: It is necessary for governments to spend money on wading off pandemic. Governments
used to do it before. For example, the Obama administration had spent liberal
amount of budget on CDC, the agency for pandemic prevention and control. They
even used to simulate operation in case a breakout should happen.
Unfortunately, the Trump administration had cut budget and reduced the number
of the leaders when the coronavirus pandemic occurred. As a result, almost
800,000 people died in the U.S. alone. Businesses went bankrupt, and suicide
rates went up. On the other hand, space exploration is not a pressing matter,
and it is funded by the private sector.
Drill
2 Discuss the following statement, write
a short essay on it including expressions below, and write comments on or
correct mistakes of each other’s essay. Do you think
it is more worthwhile for students to think about today’s vital issues than to
prepare for tests?
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～ 名詞 such as 名詞の具体例 ～ 「～ 例えば名詞の具体例の様な名詞
～」
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It is ～ for 名詞 to do … 「名詞が…するのは～だ。」
Hints
for Points: climate crisis, fascism, threat of wars, increase of hate, the entrance
examinations based on multiple-choice standard tests, Finland ranks the highest
in education, and it has neither homework nor entrance examination.
Essay
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