スピーチ内容2

前回に引き続き、英語のスピーキング学習用のスピーチ課題の指示と内容を下記にご紹介します。

旅行の価値は何ですか？あなたの意見を支持する理由と例を挙げてください。

旅行の価値は自分の視野を拡げる事です。1つの場所にしかいないと、他文化の人々の存在を認識するのは難しいものです。でも、旅をすれば、様々な分野の新しい人々に出会います。例えば、私は昨年陶芸文化に興味を持ち1人で信楽・有田・備前に行きました。通常の商売では開発・製造・販売のどれかを担う事が多いですが、陶芸の職人はこれら全て一人でしており、それぞれがアーティストとして独自の価値観で作品に作り、お客さんと向き合っていました(協力者は居る(家族等))。彼らは高齢化しているとはいえ、生き生きとしておりその生き方は見習うものがありました。陶芸が盛んな町は多くの職人が居り、職人達はお互いに差別化をすべく何年も試行錯誤をする生活をしていました。土を捏ね、素焼きし、釉薬を塗り、再度焼く、外目には繰り返しに見えるけど本人は創造的な作業をしている。陶芸の地を巡ると、自分のライフワークについて考えさせられます。このように旅の価値は文化の異なる人と話す事で自分の視野を拡げる事だと思います。

What is the value of the traveling? Give reasons and examples to support your opinion.

I think the value of traveling is to expand your horizons. If you are only stay in one place, it is difficult to recognize people from other cultures. But if you travel, you will meet lots of new people from all walks of life. For example, last year I went to Shigaraki, Arita, and Bizen alone because I was interested in the ceramic culture. In a normal business, one is often responsible for development, manufacturing, or sales, but the ceramic artisans do all of these things on his own, and each of them creates works with their own values as an artist and faces customers(although they are supported from family members). Although they are aging, they are still very active, and their way of life is something to learn from. In a town where ceramics is popular, there are many craftsmen, and they spend years trying to differentiate themselves from each other. Kneading clay, baking, glazing, and re-firing, to the outside eye, may seem repetitive, but to the craftsman himself, it is a creative process. Traveling to places of ceramic art makes me think about my own life's work. I think the value of traveling is to expand my  horizons by being contact with people from different cultures.