Only 62.5% of '10 grads offered jobs
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/english_news/news/2009/no20091204/no20091204main.htm?print=noframe
Summery:
The employment rate for students expected to graduate from universities next spring stood at 62.5 percent nationwide as of Oct. 1, down a sharp 7.4 percentage points from a year earlier, a government survey showed. The figure is the third-lowest ever, ahead of a 60.2 percent in 2003, and reflects the economic slowdown, according to the survey conducted by the ministries of education and labor.
Impression:
就職氷河期というのは本当に怖いです。私も内定をもらえるように資格などをとっておこうと思いました。
New words I learned:
grads:大学の卒業生 employment rate:就職内定率 ministries of education and labor:文科省と厚労省 reflect:反射する
Sunday, 13 December 2009
News 9
China pledges to cut emissions sharply
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/english_news/news/current/wo20091211/wo20091211main.htm?print=noframe
Summery:
China announced plans Nov. 26 to sharply boost its energy efficiency by slowing the growth of carbon emissions as part of its contribution to the fight against global warming. The State Council announcement ahead of the Copenhagen, Denmark, climate summit pledges that China will cut carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 40 percent to 45 percent by 2020, compared with levels in 2005. The State Council said it "is voluntary action taken by the Chinese government based on its own national conditions.
Impression:
今やアメリカだけでなく中国も環境問題の解決において注目を受けていますが、中国がこのような決定を下したのはとても大きな功績だと思いました。目標を掲げるだけでなく、実際に積極的に環境問題に取り組んでくれることを望みます。
New words I learned:
boost:～を高める efficiency:効率 emissions：放出 contribution to:～への貢献
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/english_news/news/current/wo20091211/wo20091211main.htm?print=noframe
Summery:
China announced plans Nov. 26 to sharply boost its energy efficiency by slowing the growth of carbon emissions as part of its contribution to the fight against global warming. The State Council announcement ahead of the Copenhagen, Denmark, climate summit pledges that China will cut carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 40 percent to 45 percent by 2020, compared with levels in 2005. The State Council said it "is voluntary action taken by the Chinese government based on its own national conditions.
Impression:
今やアメリカだけでなく中国も環境問題の解決において注目を受けていますが、中国がこのような決定を下したのはとても大きな功績だと思いました。目標を掲げるだけでなく、実際に積極的に環境問題に取り組んでくれることを望みます。
New words I learned:
boost:～を高める efficiency:効率 emissions：放出 contribution to:～への貢献
News 8
School violence set record in FY2008
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/english_news/news/current/nm20091211/nm20091211main.htm?print=noframe
summery:
A record 59,618 acts of violent behavior by children were logged by elementary, junior and high schools nationwide in fiscal 2008, marking the third consecutive annual rise, the education ministry said Nov. 30. Reports of violent acts in junior high schools were up by some 6,000 from a year earlier, accounting for 72 percent of overall violence among children, while instances of bullying dropped 16 percent from the year before, the education ministry said. The ministry attributed the increase in violence to a decline in common manners and lack of communications skills among children.
Impression:
少子化少子化と騒がれ続けている中、児童の暴力は日々増え続けているのだと思うと、悲しくなりました。周りの大人の影響もあってそのようになっているのではないかと思いました。
New words I learned:
behavior:行い log：記録する bullying:いじめる attriburted～to～:～は～に起因する lack:欠ける
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/english_news/news/current/nm20091211/nm20091211main.htm?print=noframe
summery:
A record 59,618 acts of violent behavior by children were logged by elementary, junior and high schools nationwide in fiscal 2008, marking the third consecutive annual rise, the education ministry said Nov. 30. Reports of violent acts in junior high schools were up by some 6,000 from a year earlier, accounting for 72 percent of overall violence among children, while instances of bullying dropped 16 percent from the year before, the education ministry said. The ministry attributed the increase in violence to a decline in common manners and lack of communications skills among children.
Impression:
少子化少子化と騒がれ続けている中、児童の暴力は日々増え続けているのだと思うと、悲しくなりました。周りの大人の影響もあってそのようになっているのではないかと思いました。
New words I learned:
behavior:行い log：記録する bullying:いじめる attriburted～to～:～は～に起因する lack:欠ける
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Homework
The birthrate has fallen in Japan every year. Additionally, the population decreases, too. This might seem to be joyous, however, danger is conceived. It is connected with decreasing also of work that the number of young people will decrease in Japan in the future. The financial strength of Japan weakens, and development cannot be hoped for. Moreover, there is no guarantee to which the elderly persons can surely receive the social security anywhere. Hereafter, Japan should aim at the enhancement of the social security system.
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