2000年度 一橋大学 第4問 自由英作文 解答例

【設問】

Which subject do you think is the most useful for your future, literature, history or philosophy?　Choose one and write an essay of at least 100 English words.

【解答例】

I think history is the most useful for our future, and I have several reasons for that.　First, in order to predict what will happen in the future, we need to know what happened in the past.　By learning from the past experiences, we can prepare for various situations in the future.　Second, if we know what mistakes our ancestors made in the past, we are able to avoid repeating them in the future.　Human beings have made a lot of mistakes so far, so it is important for us to learn history so that we will not make the same mistakes again.　For these reasons, I think history is the most helpful subject for our future.　(117 words)

【語句・表現】

・so far「これまでのところ」　(通例，現在完了形とともに使い，かたい言い方だと thus far になる)