問７ 解答例

- Who knows why she prefers to be a perpetual listener? Political inhibition, if there is such a thing, is just as detrimental to the country’s as well as to the world’s political health as the political isolationism it may induce.

問7 Give your opinion on the following.



Q: Why doesn’t Japanese government speak up and defend her position at international tables of political confrontation?



A: _______________________________________________________________.


《CL思考》

質問に同調できない人はrefute the questionできる。
- I don’t think Japan is unnecessarily reserved in terms of political assertiveness. Who can afford to be?

「日本の政治家は、国際的な土俵で相手を説得するcommunicative skillsにたけていないから」という意見もある。

- It’s regrettable that the communicative skills of Japanese politicians do not allow them to defend Japan’s position.

あなたはどう思う。

問６ 解答例


- Of course they do. Self-assertion is the most important of all rights that a sovereign state is entitled to and fully enjoys in an international dispute.

問６ Give your opinion on the following.



Q: Does the US government have the right to claim that the Japanese market is a closed market when some US markets are also closed to foreign products?



A: __________________________________________________________________________
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《CL思考》

主権国家は、いかなる場合でも自己主張の権利を有する。その権利を、政治家が自ら破棄したり、否定することは、国際交渉の場では理解しがたいことだ。お互いの言い分をぶっつけ合わなければ、国際間の理解は生まれない。

問５ 解答例


- In cases where the US claim is justified, the Japanese government owes the US government necessary adjustments and improvements on trade policies and practices. In case where the US is unjustified or misleading, the Japanese government is expected to clarify the misunderstanding.

問５ 解答例


- I think that the U.S. government is criticizing Japanese government policies on commerce and trade. They don’t believe the Japanese market† is as open to U.S. products as the U.S. market is to Japanese products.

問５ Give your opinion on the following.



Q: Why does the U.S. government openly criticize Japanese industries?

A: ________________________________________________________________
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《CL思考》

まず「openly」という言葉を論点にとれば、米政府は秘密裡にする必要がないから、と反論できる。

- Why not? They probably believe they have no reason to be secretive.

また、米国政府は日本企業を非難していない。アメリカ政府の非難は日本市場の閉鎖性にあり、個人企業ではない、という論も成り立つ。質問のあいまいな言葉をそのまま受け入れると、相手の思う壺にハマる。