2026年1月11日

・米国がベネズエラ大統領夫妻を拘束した

1/2だったか、米国がベネズエラの大統領官邸を襲撃し大統領夫妻を拘束し米国に連れて行った。米国で裁判にかけるのだという。ベネズエラからコカインなど大量に麻薬が流入しており社会問題になっている。ベネズエラのマドゥロ大統領は麻薬密売組織と結託していると米国は見ており、国内問題を解決すべく今回の拘束に至った、というのが米国側のロジックなのだ。

領土侵犯をし、大統領を拉致し外国での法律が適用されない国家元首への裁判など超法規的な一連の行動は、溜飲が下がる思いも正直ある。このロジックで言えば日本も北の将軍をどうこうすることもありなのだ。だって米国様がやっているから。

一方で、中国がやれば、ロシアがやれば、という懸念が出てくる。米国大統領はベネズエラを管理していく表明をしており石油の使い道についても積極的に発言をしている。米国内の問題の解決であったはずなのに、関係のない石油のこととか金目当てなのかと思われかねない態度は、やっぱり下品だなと思う。大衆がなんとなく嫌いと彼に抱いている感情は「これまでの大統領になかった下品さ」に起因しているのではないか、と常々感じている。

・ANAがドローン配送事業に参入したことについて

上泉雄一のええなぁのお気に入りコーナーの石田英司さんのニュース解説によると、日本では無人ドローン配送の解禁（いわゆるレベル4）は2022年にすでに始まっているらしい。だったらやればいいのではないか、と思うがそうもいかないようで日本はなかなか厳しいようだ。飛行機体の登録に始まり、飛行不可エリアを除いた飛行計画の提出、リスク管理計画など、これ以外にも提出書類は難易度が高めらしい。

航空機の航路や公共交通機関、官公庁など飛行不可エリアを除いていくと東京ではほぼ無人配送は無理なのだそうだ。
これって全国一律でこのようなルール設定なのだろうか？過疎地域とかの規制は緩めればいいのではないかと思う。そうすれば配達業者としては配送可能エリアも広がるし、消費者にとっても恩恵があると思う。

無論、私はこんなところにポツンと一軒家、のような過疎地域は居住不可エリアにしてしまい居住地域の密度を上げていく方が自治運営としてはいいと思っている。

・東京都に税収が偏っている状況の見直しについて

東京都の税収は7兆円程度で都道府県別ではダントツの1位である。2位は大阪で1.6兆円程度の税収となっており、東京以外の地方自治体の税収には大きな開きが存在する。偏る税収の見直しは、東京都の税収1.5兆円ほどを地方に配分しようという試みである。
東京都はこれについて反対をしているが、実際のところはどうなんだろう。
私は大賛成。東京には有形、無形資産が集積している。皇居、鉄道等インフラ、政府など。ここに乗っかって企業も本社を東京に置いている、その方が効率的だから。働き口も東京に集まるから、地方で育った人たちも大学入学を機に、もしくは社会人になるのを機に東京に出てくる。そんな好循環が東京にはある。

東京には努力せずに持って生まれたものがたくさんあるのだ。
それらをテコに資産が資産を生んでいるし、地方出身者の労働力が企業を経由して税金を東京に収めている。そしてそれらの税収は東京に住む人に充てられる。ネット銀行で発生する金利も、各ネット銀行が本社を置く自治体に税金が納められているようだ（つまり東京）。政府は手始めにこの金利分の配分に着手をしようとしているらしい。
私はこれらを是正するには首都移転がいいと思っている。首都が移転され東京で起こったような過程がほかの地域でも再現されれば地方創生にもなりえるのではないか。

2026年1月4日

ITエンジニアの盛られた経歴　未経験→職歴5年、大手も見抜けず - 日本経済新聞

https://www.nikkei.com/telling/DGXZTS00016570X10C25A6000000/

第2新卒の季節を過ぎてシステム開発の現場に飛び込んだ私。

同じ営業ではあるが、異業界からITの世界に飛び込み顧客とエンジニアの会話がよくわからなかった反省から修行しようと思ったこと、パッケージのシステム導入でも習熟していれば将来起こりそうな海外での就業にも耐えれるのではと思ったこと、飛び込んだ理由は複数あるが、この決定に背中を押してくれたのはエンジニアの需給がひっ迫しているからという情報だった。

どんな現場も人が足りていないだろうから、先輩社員につきながらOJTを受け、少々難しいストレッチが必要な課題や、大量のタスクをこなしながら過ごしていくのだろうと思っていた。

でも、実際は経験がないとタスクを任せてくれない。タスクの配分を決める際は、「xxの開発やったことないんだね、じゃあ任せられないね」なのだ。チャレンジングかもしれないけど、任せてみようかの思考様式は少ないように感じている。

OJTを施してくれる先輩社員なんてのはおらず、同じチームメンバーに聞きながら仕事を覚えていく。正直人を育てるという思想を感じられず、基礎部分は資格取得を通じて作っていくのだが業務でやったことがないので無機質な暗記の分類だし、取得取得したとて当該の業務にありつけるわけではない。数か月の期間があればいくつかのタスクはできるようになりプロジェクトを離任していくわけだが、体系的に何かを理解できたかと問われるとあまりにも不安。パズルの1ピースを武器に次のプロジェクトにありつけるようにインタビューに臨むといった具合だ。

前職もシステム開発の仕事だったり、新卒でもプログラミングをやっていたという何か武器があれば比較的プロジェクトも決まりやすい（新卒は優先的にプロジェクトに配属してもらえるので武器があればなおよい）。

やってみたい業務があっても、経験がないと理由で業務を任せられなかった。

じゃあ任せてもらえるための経験をどこで積めばいいのだろう。転職するわけにもいかないし。。自身が感じるジレンマとこの記事がシンクロし、胸が痛くなった。

英検1級の英作文練習 #4

<u>添削前の英作文</u> 

Robots have been making a huge progress in recent years, and leveraging robots in warehouses is going on. Some people might disagree, despite in light of progressing aging society worldwide. I believe population will be more dependent on robots especially as labor forces. I would like to present some reasons below. First of all, job quality will be stable compared to that of human beings. For example, robots can bear holding up heavy things like products or equipment related to work. It is also a benefit because robots will work any dangerous tasks instead of human. Secondly, robots don't need to be paid. Labor fee costs most out of the spending of any enterprise, so using robots will be a huge financial advantage for companies. Talking of costs, robots don't need educational costs. Hence, companies will not need to allocate seniors for the onboarding training. Robots do not have to take annual leaves too. Thirdly, robots are able to work all time without having a rest. While human need to sleep and take a break, robots do not need to do those. This will lead to surge company's sales or profits. There will still room to rely on human's labor in the short term, even though robots will be replacement in the long term. This might be a risk to lose their jobs for human, but it will be advantages for human to work on tedious or dangerous tasks.（216語）

<u>修正箇所</u>

修正前	修正後
making a huge progress	making huge progress
despite in light of	despite
population will be more dependent	people will become more dependent
job quality will be stable	the job quality will be more stable
bear holding up	bear holding
any dangerous tasks	dangerous tasks
Talking of costs	In terms of costs
allocate seniors	assign senior staff
all time	all the time
human need	humans need
do those	do so
surge company's sales	surge a company's sales
There will still room	There will still be room
human's labor	human labor
replacement	replacements
lose their jobs for human	lose their jobs
will be advantages	would be advantageous
tedious or dangerous tasks	tedious or dangerous work

<u>添削後の英作文</u> 

Robots have been making huge progress in recent years, and leveraging robots in warehouses is going on. Some people might disagree, despite the progressing aging society worldwide. I believe people will become more dependent on robots especially as labor forces. I would like to present some reasons below.

First of all, the job quality will be more stable compared to that of human beings. For example, robots can bear holding heavy things like products or equipment related to work. It is also a benefit because robots will work dangerous tasks instead of humans.

Secondly, robots don't need to be paid. Labor fee costs most out of the spending of any enterprise, so using robots will be a huge financial advantage for companies. In terms of costs, robots don't need educational costs. Hence, companies will not need to assign senior staff for the onboarding training. Robots do not have to take annual leaves too.

Thirdly, robots are able to work all the time without having a rest. While humans need to sleep and take a break, robots do not do so. This will lead to surge a company's sales or profits.

There will still be room to rely on human labor in the short term, even though robots will be replacements in the long term. This might be a risk to lose their jobs, but it would be advantageous for humans to work on tedious or dangerous work.

<u>改善箇所</u>

1. 文法と語法の改善
2. より自然な表現の使用
3. 冠詞の適切な使用
4. 論理的な文章構成の維持
5. 専門的な語彙の選択

<u>点数</u> 8/10

• 論理的な構成と明確な主張が評価できる
• 文法的な誤りがいくつか見られるため、減点
• 全体的に説得力のある英作文

英語多読BOY #2

＜日本語文＞

砂糖などの甘味料入りのドリンクは心臓血管に関する病気を引き起こしやすい、年間33万人の死者が出ている。

砂糖が入ったドリンクは体内への吸収が速いことが病気を引き起こす原因とされている。砂糖入りドリンク以外の代替手段として人工甘味料が使われたドリンクの飲用を想像する人がいるかもしれない。これは砂糖入りドリンクから切り替える場合に飲用することがいい手段ではあるが、健康を害することが研究で判明しているため、長期的な解決方法ではない。

・添削前英文（変更予定箇所を太文字でハイライト）

Sweetened drink tend to incite cardiovascular disease. In fact, 330,000 people are dying every year related to the drink. Sweetened drink causes disease since it is absorbed quickly into your body. Even though some might picture artificial sweetened drink could be the alternative, this is not a solution for the long-term since artificial sweetener has been revealed that it is harmful to your health from research.

変更箇所	修正内容
drink	drinks（複数形に修正）
related to the drink	due to these drinks（より自然な表現に修正）
artificial sweetened drink	artificially sweetened drinks（正しいコロケーションに修正）
has been revealed that it is	has been revealed to be（文法的に正しい形に修正）

・添削後英文（変更済み箇所を太文字でハイライト）

Sweetened beverages tend to contribute to cardiovascular disease. In fact, 330,000 people die every year as a result of these beverages. Sweetened beverages cause disease because they are quickly absorbed into the body. While some might imagine that drinks with artificial sweeteners could serve as an alternative, this is not a long-term solution, as research has shown that artificial sweeteners are harmful to health.

英検1級の英作文練習 #3

添削前の英作文

There is a discussion about whether e-learning becomes prevalent. Some disagree, but I strongly believe that it will become more popular. I would like to present reasons why.

First of all, e-learning is more economical compared to the attending school. Hence, people who can not afford to pay to attend the school are able to study through online education.

Secondly, students can attend classes from remoted areas since they do not need to attend the school. Also, you can save time for not commuting to the school. By learning online, students those who are difficult to go to school such as living in the remote islands can attend the classes.

Thirdly, you are eligible to acquire the same degree which you can get by attending schools. Even though you might not have enough communication with classmates, you will have same certification so you do not need to concern job hunting for example.

Last but not least, I have discussed several good points why e-learning prevails in the future. Even though there are some pros and cons about learning online, I strongly believe that e-learning has a hge potential to become prevalent.（191文字）

修正箇所

修正前	修正後
the attending school	attending school
can not	cannot
the school	school
remoted	remote
for not commuting	by not commuting
those	who
difficult	finding it difficult
the remote islands	remote islands
which	that
same	the same
concern	worry about
in	about why
in	will prevail in
about	to
hge	huge

添削後の英作文

There is a discussion about whether e-learning becomes prevalent. Some disagree, but I strongly believe that it will become more popular. I would like to present reasons why.

First of all, e-learning is more economical compared to attending school. Hence, people who cannot afford to pay to attend school are able to study through online education.

Secondly, students can attend classes from remote areas since they do not need to attend school. Also, you can save time by not commuting to school. By learning online, students who are finding it difficult to go to school, such as those living on remote islands, can attend the classes.

Thirdly, you are eligible to acquire the same degree that you can get by attending schools. Even though you might not have enough communication with classmates, you will have the same certification so you do not need to worry about job hunting, for example.

Last but not least, I have discussed several good points about why e-learning will prevail in the future. Even though there are some pros and cons to learning online, I strongly believe that e-learning has a huge potential to become prevalent.

良かった点

・論理的な構成がされている点が良かったです。 

・各段落で具体的なポイントを挙げて説明している点が良かったです。

 ・結論部分で自分の意見を強調している点が良かったです。

点数

8点 / 10点

英語多読BOY #1

・添削前英文

Singapore and Malaysia are making an agreement related to water. On the agreement dealt in 1962, Singapore owns right to purchase 250 million water a day from Johor river, with the price of 3 sen per 1000 galon. On the other hand, malaysia is purchasing treated water in Singapore. This article I read today introduces that Malaysia is planning to implement the facility to treat water within 5 years by 2030. This article says its plan is "ambitious" and points out the prediction that Malaysia might price water up for next agreement.

修正箇所	修正内容
dealt	signed
owns right	has the right
water	gallons of water
river	River
galon	gallons
malaysia	Malaysia
in	from
implement the facility	install facilities
price water up	increase the price of water
next agreement	the next agreement

・より良い言い回し（あれば記載）

1. Instead of "making an agreement," you could say "have an agreement."
2. Instead of "install facilities to treat water," you could say "install water treatment facilities."
3. Instead of "with the price of," you could say "at the price of."
4. Instead of "points out the prediction," you could say "notes the possibility."

・添削後英文

Singapore and Malaysia have an agreement related to water. On the agreement signed in 1962, Singapore has the right to purchase 250 million gallons of water a day from Johor River, at the price of 3 sen per 1000 gallons. On the other hand, Malaysia is purchasing treated water from Singapore. This article I read today introduces that Malaysia is planning to install water treatment facilities to treat water within 5 years by 2030. This article says its plan is "ambitious" and notes the possibility that Malaysia might increase the price of water for the next agreement.

英検1級の英作文練習 #2

添削前の英作文

There is a discussion about whether increasing longevity have a beneficial effect on society. Some people might say it has a merit, but I would like to present several negative points.

First of all, there will be increasing number of elderly people who need to be taken care of. Because many people lose their health when they get older. Taking care of elderly people need to spare some labor from society and cost money.

Secondly, medical cost will surge. People tend to lose their health when they get older, and younger generation ought to pay for the cost which older generation receives.

Finally, it is difficult to maintain the health as they get older. This situation will provide the growing cost for the hospital and other expense related to the health.

In conclusion, even though everyone wants longevity to expand with good health, I should say increasing longevity includes some negative points.

修正前	修正後
have	has
merit	benefit
increasing	an increasing
need	needs
cost	costs
younger generation ought to pay for the cost which older generation receives	the younger generation ought to pay for the costs incurred by the older generation
the health	their health
cost for the hospital	costs for hospitals
expense	expenses
the health	healthcare
I should say increasing longevity includes some negative points	I must say that increasing longevity has some negative points

添削後の英作文

There is a discussion about whether increasing longevity has a beneficial effect on society. Some people might say it has a benefit, but I would like to present several negative points.

First of all, there will be an increasing number of elderly people who need to be taken care of. Because many people lose their health when they get older. Taking care of elderly people needs to spare some labor from society and cost money.

Secondly, medical costs will surge. People tend to lose their health when they get older, and the younger generation ought to pay for the costs incurred by the older generation.

Finally, it is difficult to maintain their health as they get older. This situation will provide the growing costs for hospitals and other expenses related to healthcare.

In conclusion, even though everyone wants longevity to expand with good health, I must say that increasing longevity has some negative points.

良かった点
・全体的に論旨が明確で、一貫している。
・いくつかのポイントを挙げ、それぞれに対して具体例を提供している。
・結論部分で、話の流れをうまくまとめている。

点数
7/10

単語数が152文字と圧倒的に少ない。