Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Topic #5 Metropolitan Assembly Member Election - English


  Metropolitan
assembly member election will be held in July 12th. Recently, you can find many posters, and there are many
candidates shouting their name from their car and waving hands to promote themselves. Also you can find some candidates
making an address if you go out to a big city like Shinjuku.

  Recently, there is a problem that a pool of the youth is getting very light. Moreover, declining birth rate is making the problem worse, and it is said that the opinions from the youth is getting harder to reflect politics. One of the biggist reason is the indifference of the youth toward politics. Though we should avoid not being interested in politics, I think Japanese politics itself has a problem too. Japanese prime minister and other ministers are often changed, and they are inconsistent in what they said or what they do. Don't you think it is hard to be interested in politics under this circumstance?

  Are you taking part in political activities like election?


【Words】


  • metropolitan

     大都市の、首都の

     대도시인, 주도인

  • assembly

     議会

     의회

  • candidate

     候補者、志願者

     입후보자

  • poll

     (aが付いて)投票数、(theが付いて)投票結果

     (a와 함께로) 투표수, (the와 함께로) 투표 결과

  • indifference

     無関心、冷淡

     무관심, 열의가 없음

  • inconsistent (<-> consistent)

     一貫していない、つじつまの合わない

     일관되지 않는, 이치가 맞지 않는



  • 【Expressions】


  • make an address

     演説をする

     연설을 하다

  • declining birth rate

     少子化

     출생률 감소



























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