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SUMMARY DOJO

✍️ 車のための道か人のための道か

🏙️ 都市・交通・災害・インフラ|★★☆ 標準|英文 約282語

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Streets for Cars or Streets for People?

As cities grow, planners face a basic choice: should streets be designed mainly for cars, or for people on foot? For much of the last century, many cities chose cars. Wide roads and large parking areas were seen as signs of progress, and they made it easy for people to travel long distances in a short time.

But this choice has costs. When streets are filled with traffic, the air becomes dirty, the noise increases, and children and older people find it harder to move around safely. Shops and homes are built farther apart, so even a small errand requires a car. Over time, people who cannot drive, or who prefer not to, are left with fewer options and a weaker connection to their neighbors.

In response, some cities are now giving space back to pedestrians. They widen sidewalks, plant trees, close certain streets to cars on weekends, and improve buses and trains. A city where daily needs can be reached on foot tends to have livelier streets, since people who walk stop to talk, to shop, and to notice the places around them.

Critics point out that these changes are not always easy. Shop owners may fear losing customers who arrive by car, and in areas with poor public transport, removing parking may simply make life harder. These worries are reasonable and should not be dismissed. Yet experience suggests that, when walking and public transport are improved first, businesses often benefit rather than suffer.

The lesson is that a city is not just a system for moving vehicles; it is a place where people live together. Designing streets around people, while listening to local concerns, can make cities healthier and friendlier.

※この英文は原田英語のオリジナルです。

📝 語彙ヒント 6語

💡 ヒント:第4段落は批判者の意見と筆者の再反論が入った段落です。Critics 以降は譲歩、Yet 以降が筆者の見方なので、要約では Yet 側の内容を必ず入れましょう。

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次の英文を120字以内の日本語で要約しなさい。
Summarize the passage in about 50 words in English.

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日本語で要約した答案を採点してもらう
あなたは大学入試の要約問題の採点者です。次の【英文】を120字以内の日本語で要約した【私の答案】を、100点満点で採点してください。

配点:内容(要点)50点/構成と論理20点/表現20点/字数と形式10点

次の順番で、やさしい日本語で答えてください。
1. 各観点の得点と、その理由
2. 減点された箇所の具体的な指摘(該当部分を引用して)
3. 直した例(1つだけ)
4. 次に直すべき点を3つ

採点の注意:原文の言い回しの丸写しは減点。具体例や数字を入れすぎていたら減点。自分の意見が混ざっていたら減点。字数は制限の90〜100%が理想。

【制限字数】120

【英文】
As cities grow, planners face a basic choice: should streets be designed mainly for cars, or for people on foot? For much of the last century, many cities chose cars. Wide roads and large parking areas were seen as signs of progress, and they made it easy for people to travel long distances in a short time.

But this choice has costs. When streets are filled with traffic, the air becomes dirty, the noise increases, and children and older people find it harder to move around safely. Shops and homes are built farther apart, so even a small errand requires a car. Over time, people who cannot drive, or who prefer not to, are left with fewer options and a weaker connection to their neighbors.

In response, some cities are now giving space back to pedestrians. They widen sidewalks, plant trees, close certain streets to cars on weekends, and improve buses and trains. A city where daily needs can be reached on foot tends to have livelier streets, since people who walk stop to talk, to shop, and to notice the places around them.

Critics point out that these changes are not always easy. Shop owners may fear losing customers who arrive by car, and in areas with poor public transport, removing parking may simply make life harder. These worries are reasonable and should not be dismissed. Yet experience suggests that, when walking and public transport are improved first, businesses often benefit rather than suffer.

The lesson is that a city is not just a system for moving vehicles; it is a place where people live together. Designing streets around people, while listening to local concerns, can make cities healthier and friendlier.

【私の答案】
(ここに自分の要約を貼る)
英語で要約した答案を採点してもらう
You are a strict but kind grader for university entrance exam summary tasks. Grade my summary of the passage below out of 100 points.

Scoring: Content (key points) 50 / Structure and logic 20 / Language (grammar, vocabulary, paraphrasing) 20 / Length and format 10.

Please answer in Japanese in this order:
1. Score for each category with reasons
2. Specific problems (quote the words in my summary)
3. One improved version of my summary
4. Three things to fix next time

Rules: copying whole sentences from the passage loses points. Use third-person, present tense. The ideal length is 90–110% of the target.

Target length: about 50 words

Passage:
As cities grow, planners face a basic choice: should streets be designed mainly for cars, or for people on foot? For much of the last century, many cities chose cars. Wide roads and large parking areas were seen as signs of progress, and they made it easy for people to travel long distances in a short time.

But this choice has costs. When streets are filled with traffic, the air becomes dirty, the noise increases, and children and older people find it harder to move around safely. Shops and homes are built farther apart, so even a small errand requires a car. Over time, people who cannot drive, or who prefer not to, are left with fewer options and a weaker connection to their neighbors.

In response, some cities are now giving space back to pedestrians. They widen sidewalks, plant trees, close certain streets to cars on weekends, and improve buses and trains. A city where daily needs can be reached on foot tends to have livelier streets, since people who walk stop to talk, to shop, and to notice the places around them.

Critics point out that these changes are not always easy. Shop owners may fear losing customers who arrive by car, and in areas with poor public transport, removing parking may simply make life harder. These worries are reasonable and should not be dismissed. Yet experience suggests that, when walking and public transport are improved first, businesses often benefit rather than suffer.

The lesson is that a city is not just a system for moving vehicles; it is a place where people live together. Designing streets around people, while listening to local concerns, can make cities healthier and friendlier.

My summary:
(paste your summary here)

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