慶應大学経済学部の英作文は2種類出題される
慶應義塾大学経済学部の英語試験の英作文には、大問4（和文英訳）と大問5（自由英作文）の2種類がある。どちらも英作文なので、単語力はもちろん文法力、文章作成能力も必要となる。まずは、日本語文が与えられて翻訳する和文英訳タイプの大問4から見てみよう。
ここではAとBがオフィスで第三者の渡辺君について話している場面を想像しよう。おそらくAとBが遠くにいる渡辺君が疲れているように見えたため、軽い世間話の形で会話をしている。
【日本語】
A：あれ、渡辺君、顔色悪いよね。寝てないのかな。
B：うん、夜中にロンドン出張から帰ってきたらしいよ。
A：朝イチに会議もあったから大変だよね。
B：仕事も大切だけど、身体を壊したら元も子もないよ。
【英語】
A：Oh, Watanabe-kun (Mr. Watanabe) looks pale (bad). I wonder if he has not slept enough last night.
B：Yes, I hear that he has just returned from London on a business trip in the middle of the night.
A：He was busy because he had a meeting early in the morning.
B：It’s important to work but we’re ruined if we break our bodies.
続いて、自由英作文形式の大問5は、約150語の本格的な英文構成が求められる。2018年度の入試問題は、「（A）日本政府が飲酒年齢を下げるべきかどうか」と「（B）死刑の賛否両論」のテーマから片方を選択して解答する。英作文を解く上で大切なことは、段落の構成や引用、賛否の理由を意識しながら、自身の文章を合わせること。このようなテーマは法と経済の分野で頻繁に出題されているので、日頃からニュースなど時事に目をやることを意識しよう。
【アルコールの飲酒可能年齢18歳に対しての賛成意見】
In my opinion, Japanese government should lower the legal age of alcohol to18. In the article “Why let the young turn to drink” written by Naughton Mywatch, the author claims, “Becoming an adult is a step-by-step process, and just when the young are finally wise enough to be treated as young adults is not the time to give them free access to the drinks bar.” However, if we regard young people who are 18 as adults who can vote and marry, it would not be fair to treat them as children only limited to alcohol. Even if we do not allow young people only drinking alcohol, Some young people who are not convinced to such a low may drink alcohol own their own even it is illegal. The fact that they are responsible enough to marry and vote means that they are old enough to drink alcohol and thus, take responsibility of their own acts. Therefore, I think it is fair to let young people who are 18 drink alcohol if we regard them as adults.
【死刑廃止に対しての反対意見】
In my opinion, the Japanese government should not abolish the death penalty. In” The Death Penalty Reconsidered”, the author, Max Ornot argues” Even the possibility that someone might die in error ought, one might think, to give us pause.” He also claims “Clearly the justice system fails at every stage, like all human systems.” It is true that we can’t say that sentences of the death penalty is 100% correct and sure, and if we execute someone who is innocent, it would be a catastrophe which cannot be recovered. However, lots of evidence are concerned and investigated carefully during the process until the death penalty as a deterrence and as something that can make a bereaved family feel better even a little are more important than considering a low possibility that the execution might be a mistake. Therefore, I think the Japanese government should not abolish the death penalty which can be a deterrence and a satisfaction for a bereaved family.
