vitamin ビタミン mineral ミネラル high in protein タンパク質が多い low in calories カロリーが低い stay slim やせ型でいる fruit 果物 ※英語のfruitは果物というグループ全体を表す名詞なので、複数形がありません。ただ、いろいろな種類の果物について言うときはfruitsを使うときもあるようです。 fish 魚 fishは単数形と複数形が同じ名詞です。ここでは魚全般について言っているので複数形として使いました。
英作文例
I think we should eat fruit and fish to stay healthy. First of all, fruit contains vitamins and minerals. They are good for our health. Secondly, fish are high in protein but low in calories. So you can stay slim. For these reasons, we should eat fruit and fish to stay healthy. (52 words)
hookで注意を惹いたら、自分の意見を述べます。自分の意見を述べる時は、理由を入れます。理由を言うには、because of や in terms of, regarding などの前置詞、前置詞句を使います。例えばこんな感じです。（Agreeの立場）
The gap between the rich and the poor has been widening significantly. However, technology can be a solution to poverty in terms of education and better access to information. (29語）
理由1部分 First, education is the ticket to a better life. In the past, people in poverty had limited access to good education, but these days, many organizations are offering free online education. Many students in rural areas already utilize these kinds of services, and get a better job and get out of poverty. (52語）
理由2部分 Also, mobile technology helps people in poverty gain better access to information. They can access many kinds of information including healthcare, funding, and child rearing. That helps them to make a better living. Besides that, thanks to social media, people can connect with others, and they are less likely to be left behind. （53語）
TOPIC Agree or disagree: Technology can reduce poverty.
The gap between the rich and the poor has been widening significantly. However, technology can be a solution to poverty in terms of education and better access to information.
First, education is the ticket to a better life. In the past, people in poverty had limited access to good education, but these days, many organizations are offering free online education. Many students in rural areas already utilize these kinds of services, and get a better job and get out of poverty.
Also, mobile technology helps people in poverty gain better access to information. They can access many kinds of information including healthcare, funding, and child rearing. That helps them to make a better living. Besides that, thanks to social media, people can connect with others, and they are less likely to be left behind.
For these reasons, technology can help reduce poverty due to free education and better access to information. （151語）
Currently people work about forty hours a week. However, I think people’s work hours will shorten due to increasing productivity and companies’ efforts to attract workers.
First, along with the advancement of technology, productivity at work has been increasing. For instance, thanks to network technology, people can communicate instantly. Useful business tools like remote meeting systems and chat applications help them consult their co-workers and clients remotely. As a result, people can finish as much work as they did previously in less time.
Second, companies have started improving their work environment to attract more competent workers. These days, people are more interested in holidays than high salaries. In fact, some companies started a four-day work week system to improve the work environment.
Taking the points mentioned above into consideration, people’s work hours will decrease due to the advancement of technology and companies’ efforts to create better work environments.
（148語 advancement of technology, work environment）
では、英作文例を見てみましょう。トピックは「親は子どもを動物園に連れていくべきか？」（Do you think parents should take their children to zoos?）です。
賛成例
I think so because it will be a good experience for children to see animals in their own eyes. Children will enjoy seeing live animals in the zoo. In addition,parents can teach their children importance of animal lives. Today, there are a lot of endangered animals around the world. Children will be more interested in protecting animals. (58語)
No, I don’t. I have two reasons. First,nowadays children can learn about animals on the Internet. For example, Youtube is better to learn about tigers than zoos because children can only see sleeping tigers in the zoo. Also, it is costly to go to a zoo. Tickets are expensive and parents have to buy lunch. (56語)
Reading e-books is not easy for everyone because they have to learn how to use an e-book reader first.
Some people find it difficult to use an e-book reader.
As a result, they end up losing interest in reading.
以上のふたつの理由を使って英作文にまとめてみましょう！
英作文例
I do not think e-books will become more popular in the future. I have two reasons to support my opinion.
Firstly, reading e-books requires a digital device such as an e-book reader. An e-book reader is expensive and also needs electricity. Therefore, reading e-books is more costly than reading printed books.
Secondly, reading e-books is not easy for many people because they have to learn how to use an e-book reader first. Some people find it difficult to use the device, and end up losing interest in reading.
In conclusion, I do not think e-books will become more popular.
I think e-books will become more popular in the future. I have two reasons to support my opinion.
Firstly, e-books do not require any paper. Paper is made from wood, which is an important natural resource, so reading e-books is good for the environment.
Secondly, e-books are more convenient than printed books when going on a trip because thousands of e-books can be stored on an e-book reader. Instead of carrying many heavy paper books, people can bring the small e-book reader to enjoy reading during the trip.
In conclusion, e-books will become more popular in the future. (98語）
・Prices for space travel will never be affordable for ordinary people.
英作文例
以上、2つの理由を踏まえて英作文にしました。以下の通りです。
Some people say that space travel will become common within a few decades. However, I do not think it will happen because there are safety issues and its price range is unrealistic for ordinary people.
Firstly, there is no denying that space travel is much more dangerous than ordinary travel. Can space travel companies avoid deadly accidents? Do they do enough research on the impact space travel has on human health? If an accident happened, who would be responsible? Space travel will never be common unless they can solve these safety issues.
Secondly, the price of space travel is far beyond an ordinary person’s budget. Currently, some millionaires pay more than 200,000 dollars to stay only a few minutes in space. It does not make any sense at all for civilians. Therefore, space travel will end up being just for wealthy people.
For these reasons mentioned above, I do not think space travel will become common in the future. (159語）
It is human nature to want to explore the unknown. Just like people started traveling around the globe thousands of years ago, it is no wonder that ordinary people will start traveling in outer space in the near future.
Multiple governments and businesses are expecting that space exploration business will become a big industry. The more businesses that enter the space travel market, the cheaper travel costs will become. As a result, space travel will become more affordable for ordinary people.
Thanks to the advancement of technology, space travel is no longer a sci-fi story. The fact is that some companies have been selling space travel tours and at least hundreds of people already booked flights.
Some people say that it is human nature to want to explore the unknown. Just like people started traveling around the globe thousands of years ago, it is no wonder that ordinary people will start traveling in outer space in the near future.
Firstly, multiple governments and businesses are expecting that space exploration business will become a big industry. The more businesses that enter the space travel market, the cheaper travel costs will be. As a result, space travel will become more affordable for ordinary people.
Secondly, thanks to the advancement of technology, space travel is no longer a sci-fi story. The fact is that some companies have been selling space tours and at least hundreds of people already booked flights.
To sum up, space travel will be more common in the future thanks to the research and development of the technology. (142語）
ボキャブラリー・表現
human nature 人間の本質、人間性, it is no wonder that ～も不思議ではない, outer space 宇宙空間, affordable 手頃な価格,
Students from poor families can’t buy such expensive clothes.
以上の3センテンスをつなげて見てみましょう。
School uniforms are too expensive. For example, a set of uniforms of a private school is about 100,000 yen. Students from poor families can’t buy such expensive clothes. (28語）
最初の理由が完成しました。28語あるので、十分な長さになりました。内容も具体的で分かりやすいです。
ここまでで、10分経過しました。
理由２を、＜②＞部分に書く（9分）
では、同じ要領で理由２もも書きましょう。
2つめの理由は「制服はカッコ悪い」にしましょう。ここではnot fashionableとします。
School uniforms are not fashionable.
次に具体例です。色は黒っぽく、デザインが古臭いと説明します。
The colors of uniforms are usually too dark and the designs are too traditional.
最後にまとめです。「若い生徒たちは、そんな古臭い服を着るのは幸せじゃない」としました。
Young students are not happy to wear such old-fashioned clothes.
つなげて見てみましょう。
School uniforms are not fashionable. The colors of uniforms are usually too dark and the designs are too traditional. Young students are not happy to wear such old-fashioned clothes.(29語)
では、最初から全部つなげて見てみましょう。
全体の見直し（1分）
I don’t think students should wear school uniforms. I have two reasons why I think so.
First, School uniforms are too expensive. For example, a set of uniforms of a private school is about 100,000 yen. Students from poor families can’t buy such expensive clothes.
Second, School uniforms are not fashionable. The colors of uniforms are usually too dark and the designs are too traditional. Young students are not happy to wear such old-fashioned clothes.
For these reasons, I don’t think student should wear school uniforms. (86語）
Some say that preventing the spread of viruses should be a priority, but others say that economic activities should never be sacrificed. At the heart of this issue is a trade-off: which of the two should take priority over the other? We need to strike a balance between the two factors. I believe that prevention of the spread of coronavirus should take priority for the three reasons explained below.
Second, it is all very well that globalization has enhanced the development of transportation and endowed people with greater mobility, but, unfortunately, due to this phenomenon, infectious diseases like COVID-19 have also become more transmittable than before. Given that economic activities always come along with such mobility, business activities, especially activities in the eating-out sector, should be restricted to stop causing another pandemic.
パラグラフ最初の it is all very well…but は「～は多いに結構だがしかし…」という決まり文句。譲歩のかっこいいバージョンでしょうか。
give rise to the risk of overwhelming our medical services です。
Last but not least, the absence of restrictions on economic activities tends to accelerate the spread of the virus and increase the number of people who get infected at one time, and would give rise to the risk of overwhelming our medical services.In fact, a number of European countries failed to take prevention measures at the early stage of the spread of the coronavirus and the resulting rapid increase in the number of patients overwhelmed the capacity of medical institutions.
the absence of restrictions や accelerateはエッセイでヘビロテしそうなワードですね！
このパラグラフではエビデンスとしてヨーロッパでの医療崩壊の例を持ってきました。事実の提示なので In factを使っています。
To sum up, prevention of a rapid spread of coronaviruses should be a priority because of high population density in modern cities, high mobility of people, and the risk of overwhelming our medical services.
全部つなげてもう一度読んでみましょう
全体
Some say that preventing the spread of viruses should be a priority, but others say that economic activities should never be sacrificed. At the heart of this issue is a trade-off: which of the two should take priority over the other? We need to strike a balance between the two factors. I believe that prevention of the spread of coronavirus should take priority for the three reasons explained below.
First, the high density of urban population tends to advance the spread of coronavirus. And once this happens, there is no way to slow or stop the infection rate, resulting in a paralysis of every aspect of society, economic or otherwise.
Second, it is all very well that globalization has enhanced the development of transportation and endowed people with greater mobility, but, unfortunately, due to this phenomenon, infectious diseases like COVID-19 have also become more transmittable than before. Given that economic activities always come along with such mobility, business activities, especially activities in the eating-out sector, should be restricted to stop causing another pandemic.
Last but not least, the absence of restrictions on economic activities tends to accelerate the spread of the virus and increase the number of people who get infected at one time, and would give rise to the risk of overwhelming our medical services. In fact, a number of European countries failed to take prevention measures at the early stage of the spread of the coronavirus and the resulting rapid increase in the number of patients overwhelmed the capacity of medical institutions.
To sum up, prevention of a rapid spread of coronaviruses should be a priority because of high population density in modern cities, high mobility of people, and the risk of overwhelming our medical services. (288 words)
