渋谷教育学園渋谷中学の、２０２１年度帰国子女枠英語入試のディスカッションテーマ

４９行目

“Let me tell you, Mr. Wooster, that I appreciate your splendid defiance of the outworn fetishes of a purblind social system.

I appreciate it!

You are big enough to see that rank is but the guinea stamp and that, in the magnificent words of Lord Bletchmore in ‘Only a Factory Girl,’ ‘Be her origin ne’er so humble, a good woman is the equal of the finest lady on earth!’”

５５行目

“I do, Mr. Wooster. I am ashamed to say that there was a time when I was like other men, a slave to the idiotic convention which we call Class Distinction. But, since I read your books——”

５９行目

“You think it’s all right for a chappie in what you might call a certain social position to marry a girl of what you might describe as the lower classes?”

１

Until the early 20th century, when he reading passage was written, social class basically determined a person’s life.

Things have changed somewhat, but any people believe that it is merely the way we define class that is different. Communist countries and the United States claimed that they were “classless” societies, although social inequalities were evident everywhere.

Will social classes always exist, or can society be made less unequal?

Choose one position and explain it with clear, logical support.

社会階級はこれからも存在するのでしょうか、あるいは、社会における不平等や格差は縮まっていくのでしょうか。

どちらかの立場で説明なさい。

２

After reading the poem on the passage 8-9, please answer the following in one to two well organized paragraphs, making sure to explain your reasoning.

Write an interpretation of William Blake’s poem “The Chimney Sweeper.”

Consider, in particular, how Tom and the poem’s speaker feel about their condition and what is meant by the last line, “if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.” （Hint: Be careful not to confuse the speaker of the poem with Blake himself）

ポエムの中に登場する語り手の境遇はどのようなものでしょうか。

そして最後の行にある“if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.”は、どのような意味でしょうか。

The Chimney Sweeper BY WILLIAM BLAKE

When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue
Could scarcely cry " 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!"
So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep.

There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head
That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved, so I said,
"Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bare,
You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair."

And so he was quiet, & that very night,
As Tom was a-sleeping he had such a sight!
That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, & Jack,
Were all of them locked up in coffins of black;

And by came an Angel who had a bright key,
And he opened the coffins & set them all free;
Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing they run,
And wash in a river and shine in the Sun.

Then naked & white, all their bags left behind,
They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind.
And the Angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy,
He'd have God for his father & never want joy.

And so Tom awoke; and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags & our brushes to work.
Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy & warm;
So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.

渋谷教育学園渋谷中学の、２０２１年度帰国子女枠英語入試のディスカッション（１０分～１５分）

１、各自３０秒間で自己PRを行う

２、１グループ３人でのディスカッションを行う

・テーマ：　With your group, find out multiple solutions to solve differences with social classes.

※２０２１年度入試は新型コロナ感染拡大防止のために、各グループの人数が少なく、グループディスカッションの時間も短かったと思います。