前回の日本語訳
| Do you think we need nuclear energy? Why or Why not?
原子力発電は必要だと思いますか。その理由を教えてください
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In my opinion, nuclear energy is a clear example of the fact that human beings are very short-sighted creatures. We tend to think only about what we need right now and we don't think deeply about how our choices affect the future. Nuclear energy may provide us with electricity today, but the radiation from nuclear accidents and nuclear waste will continue to trouble us tomorrow...and tomorrow...and tomorrow. In fact, radiation is so dangerous and so long-lasting that it will trouble us for many, many generations. For example, in Finland, they are building huge tunnels underground to store their nuclear waste for the next 100,000 years! That's how long nuclear waste is dangerous! (Just to compare, the pyramids in Egypt are "only" about 5,000 years old!) If human beings don't search harder for new sources of energy, then I'm afraid we will continue to poison ourselves, and the earth, with radiation from nuclear accidents and nuclear waste.
私の考えでは、原子力発電は人間が短絡的な生き物であることを示す良い例だと思います。私たちは、今すぐ必要なものだけについて考えがちで、その選択が将来どう影響するかについては深く考えません。原子力発電は、今日は電気を供給してくれるかもしれませんが、原発事故による放射線や放射性廃棄物は、次の日もまた次の日も、そのまた次の日も私たちを苦しめ続けるのです。実際に、放射線は危険で影響が長く続くので、長期間にわたって私たちを苦しめるでしょう。例えば、フィンランドでは放射性廃棄物を１０万年も貯蔵するために、地下に巨大なトンネルを造っています。それは、放射性廃棄物がいかに長期にわたって危険かということです。比べてみてください。エジプトのピラミッドは建設されてたったの５千年ほどしかたっていないのですから。もしも、人間が新しいエネルギー源を見つけようとしなければ、原発事故や放射性廃棄物によって私たち自身、そして地球に害を及ぼし続けると思います。
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ベックさんのコメント
| Yunosuke : |
Thank you for your essay! I certainly agree with your point that "human beings tend to consider problems after accidents happen." Unfortunately, in this case, the accident at the nuclear power plant has resulted in enormous damage to many people's lives. I hope Japan will be able to prevent such accidents in the future, and eventually move away from using nuclear power. As for your writing, it was quite good. "However, it is an obvious fact that our lives have come to depend on nuclear energy" might be a more natural and sophisticated way of writing this sentence, though.
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| Takuya : |
I was happy to receive essays from Tokyo this time! Thanks for reading Hiroshima Koku! Like you, I think we can reduce, and then eliminate, the dangers of nuclear power by conserving electricity and moving toward new sources of energy. I hope this can happen before another nuclear accident occurs. In general, the ideas in your essay were clear, but I wasn't sure what you meant by the last sentence: "I think we should live not to depend on plentiful resources, and earn our living to save something."
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| Mitarashi : |
You wrote an excellent essay! I was impressed! I agree with all your points, too. The effects of the radiation on the people and animals and nature of that region is terrible. I hope new sources of energy can be found to replace nuclear power. About your writing, it's very strong, though some small changes might be helpful. For example, it would be better to say: "Radiation is harmful to living things." Thanks for your essay! Please write again!
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| MURATA : |
It was nice to hear from you again! I think it's true that changing our lifestyle will be difficult, but we have to do the best we can to save energy and find new sources of energy to replace nuclear power. As for your writing, your ideas are generally clear. Sometimes, though, there are more natural ways to express these ideas. For example: "I think that we need to immediately change our awareness of how we use electricity." I hope you're doing well these days!
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| SOS : |
Hello again! The topic this time was a bit difficult, but you wrote another fine essay. I'm in agreement with all the points you made. It's very true, as you said, that "There is no perfect and trouble-free machinery in this world." That's why we have to move away from the use of nuclear power plants. At the conclusion to your essay, the last sentence ends with the phrase "after all." I think, though, that a better way to express this would be to start the sentence with "Ultimately,..." instead of ending it with "...after all"--if that captures your intended meaning.
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| Mackey : |
Thank you for writing again. Your essay made me think of my own children. I'm afraid that they will live their adult lives (when they get older) in a world with many large problems. Of course, every generation faces difficulties, but these difficulties seem to be growing. By the way, be careful of using "double negatives" when you write in English. For example, your last sentence says: "...I feel that we can't never give up." But it's better to say: "...I feel that we can never give up."
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