【解答例】
次の文章を読み，下線部(A)，(B)を英語に訳しなさい。
戦後の人たちは，することがいっぱいあったと思います。(A)もっと生活をよくしたいとか，病気をなくさなければ，貧困をなくさなければというのがあって，それでがんばれた。けれども，それを達成してしまったあとに生まれてきた人たちは，どうすればいいかわからない。物はいっぱいあるし，ねだれば親は金をくれる。住むところもある。大学まですねかじりできるし，遊びもいっぱいある。恋人もいる。車もある。「で，何をしたらいいの」。そういう若者たちの数が増えてきた。
(B)彼らこそが，生きる意味の問いにもっとも直面しているんです。人間は何のために生きているのかという問いは，哲学の出発点でもあるし，宗教の出発点でもあります。
[森岡正博『生命学をひらく』2005年]
【解答例】
(A) They could work hard because they had strong desire to make their lives better and to eliminate diseases and poverty. However, those who were born after these things were achieved have no idea what they should do.
/ They worked very hard because they wanted to make their life much better, overcome diseases, or eliminate poverty. However, those who were born after these things were accomplished have no idea what to do now or in the future.
/ It was because they wanted to improve their standard of living, or felt obligated to get rid of diseases or do away with poverty that they could just keep working very hard. However, people who were born after these aims were achieved don't know what to do next.
(B) It is they who are most directly faced with the question of the meaning of life. The question (of) what people live for is the starting point of philosophy, and of religion, too.
/ It is those people who are most directly facing the question of the meaning of life. This question of the purpose of life is not only the starting point of philosophy but also (that) of religion.
/ They are faced with the question of the meaning in their life more directly than anyone else. Asking ourselves what we humans are living for is the starting point of both philosophy and religion.
【語句・表現】
・「(病気)をなくす」eradicate / stamp out / wipe out でもよい
・「(貧困)をなくす」end / eradicate でもよい
・「～に直面する」confront ~ / be confronted with ~ でもよい
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