Words And Expressions 2

Question 1

幼児死亡率

Answer 1

infant mortality rate

Question 2

人口増加率

Answer 2

population growth rate

Question 3

生命の維持を図る

Answer 3

sustain one’s lives

Question 4

森や草原

Answer 4

forests and grasslands

Question 5

この人口の爆発的増加は

Answer 5

This explosive increase in population

Question 6

これが現状だ

Answer 6

This is the current situation

Question 7

加速する

Answer 7

accelerate

Question 8

砂漠化する

Answer 8

turn into deserts

Question 9

土地が痩せる

Answer 9

go barren

Question 10

百人の村

Answer 10

a village of 100 people

Question 11

〜が普及する

Answer 11

~ comes into wide use

Question 12

穀物の供給不足

Answer 12

an insufficient supply of grain

Question 13

食料高騰

Answer 13

a substantial rise in food prices

Question 14

大規模な

Answer 14

large-scale (production)

Question 15

(食べるための)穀物を燃料としてつかう変換は

Answer 15

the diversion of crops to bioethanol fuel (has brought about a price hike of necessities)

Question 16

生活必需品

Answer 16

necessities

Question 17

原料

Answer 17

raw material

Question 18

国内大手企業

Answer 18

major domestic companies

Question 19

技術的に

Answer 19

in terms of technology

Question 20

安価に調達できる

Answer 20

cheaper to procure

Question 21

Aは〜への効果が大きい

Answer 21

A have a significant effect on 〜

Question 22

地球の大気

Answer 22

the Earth’s atmosphere

Question 23

何種類かの（several kinds of 以外）

Answer 23

several types of

Question 24

主要な原因

Answer 24

prime cause of

Question 25

豊富な〜

Answer 25

an abundance of

Question 26

自動車の排気ガス

Answer 26

automobile emissions

Question 27

大規模な研究

Answer 27

extensive research (research は数えられない)

Question 28

（研究などが）おこなわれる

Answer 28

(research) is conducted

Question 29

予測

Answer 29

projection. Projections of declining natural gas production

Question 30

気候変動

Answer 30

climate change

今はglobal warming よりこちらを使うことが多い

Question 31

トップを記録する

Answer 31

ranked top in

Question 32

日本の健康的な食生活

Answer 32

Japan’s healthy diet

Question 33

国民皆保険制度

Answer 33

the universal health-care system

Question 34

少子化の問題は日本社会を悩ませている

Answer 34

problems concerning the declining birth rate are things that have been plaguing Japanese society

Question 35

頭を抱える

Answer 35

He is at his wits end trying to save the company from bankruptcy.

Question 36

高血圧

Answer 36

hypertension

病名は不可算名詞の単数扱いが一般的

Question 37

心臓病

Answer 37

heart disease

Question 38

食の西洋化

Answer 38

the Westernization of the diet

Question 39

〜は例外ではない

Answer 39

is no exception

Question 40

高血圧

Answer 40

hypertension

病名は不可算名詞の単数扱いが一般的

Question 41

心臓病

Answer 41

heart disease

Question 42

食の西洋化

Answer 42

the Westernization of the diet

Question 43

〜は例外ではない

Answer 43

is no exception

Question 44

生活保護家庭

Answer 44

families living on welfare

Question 45

不利な状況にいる

Answer 45

be in a disadvantageous situation

Question 46

日本の子供にとってあたりまえのこと

Answer 46

is the norm for Japanese children

Question 47

殆どが大学に進学出来ない

Answer 47

most of them cannot make it into universities

Question 48

収入の多い仕事

Answer 48

a well-paid job

Question 49

家を出て独立すると

Answer 49

leave home and go out on their own

Question 50

貧困の連鎖

Answer 50

Vicious Circle of Poverty

Question 51

貧困ラインより下で暮らす人の割合

Answer 51

the ratio of people who live below the poverty line

Question 52

赤貧

Answer 52

live in destitution

Question 53

収入内で暮らしている

Answer 53

live within one’s means

Question 54

政府の金銭的なサポート

Answer 54

(count on) financial support from the government

Question 55

引用して

Answer 55

citing the fact that ( the nation’s GIni coefficient continues to be stable)

Question 56

富の再配分

Answer 56

wealth redistribution

Question 57

何十年も続く経済の停滞

Answer 57

decades-long economic stagnation

Question 58

子供の貧困率の増加

Answer 58

an increase in the rate of poverty among children

Question 59

一人親家庭では状況はもっと深刻だ

Answer 59

The situation is even more grave for single-parent families