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 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: ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________.
《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。
問4 Give your opinion on the following.
Q: Why are Americans angry at Japanese businesses?
A:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
《CL思考》
アメリカ人は怒っている、という前提が問題だ。日本製品を買うのは自由選択だ。怒る根拠はない。もし前提が正しいなら、日本製品をボイコットするだろう。国際競争は、質を向上させ、価格を下げ、選択肢を広げる。消費者に利するモノだ。米国の一部の企業と従業員が不満を持っても、米国の世論を代表はしていない。
問4 解答例
- I don’t think Americans are angry at Japanese businesses. They wouldn’t Japanese products if they were. I believe though that Washington is understandably frustrated about its inability to balance trade figures between the countries.
問2 解答例
- Probably Japanese enterprises are not fair and square and they are concerned that their partner may discover that.
問3 解答例
- So long as people are selling and buying from each other and making profits through it, I don’t see that it is an unhealthy commercial relationship.
As for the “imbalance”, has there ever been a truly balanced trade in the ledger book of human history?
問3 Give your opinion on the following.
Q: A long term trade imbalance doesn’t breed a healthy relationship between the partners involved. What do you think? A:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
《CL思考》
“healthy”が何を指すかが重要だ。“commercially healthy” と“politically healthy”では話が違う。質問する時は、この点を明白に絞るべきだ。そうでなければ、答える側に選択権を与える。
例えば、不均衡な貿易を商業的に不健康と呼ぶなら、これまで人類の歴史で、完全な均衡の下に行われた貿易など存在しただろうか、と反論できる。