【設問】
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Read the following and write an essay in English in about 200 words in total.
In recent years, the Japanese government has promoted the recruitment of foreign workers. As a result, the foreign populations of many smaller cities and rural areas have increased dramatically in the last 10 years or so. Write an essay that (1) explains two possible problems that medical doctors and-or nurses may encounter as a result of increasing immigration, and (2) for each problem, discusses one possible measure that you think should be taken to help overcome that problem.
【解答例】
I think there are two possible problems that medical doctors and/or nurses may encounter as a result of increasing immigration. First, they may have difficulty communicating with their patients. Of course, many doctors and nurses can speak English, but recent immigrants do not always come from English-speaking countries. Many immigrants now come from Vietnam, Thailand, or Nepal, and some of them can speak neither Japanese nor English well, leading to communication problems between them and Japanese doctors.
Second, some foreign immigrants cannot pay their medical expenses. It is true that some immigrants make much money, but most young immigrants can earn only a little money. When such poor immigrants get sick and go to hospital, they may be unable to pay their medical expenses, and therefore hospitals may suffer a huge loss.
In order to prevent these problems, we should take some measures. For example, the Japanese government should make people who want to live in Japan take more difficult language tests, and only those who pass the tests should be allowed to live in Japan. Also, we can prevent their medical payment problem by forcing them to pay in advance, which means when they come to Japan, they have to pay their medical payment first. Of course, if they don’t receive any medical treatment at hospital while they are in Japan, they can be given back the money when they return to their countries. I think these measures can help us overcome the problems I mentioned above. (248 words)
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