英語検定ライティング準１級（第175回）

町議会「会議中にスマホゲームをという話」

元大統領の暗殺未遂の報道ばかりが席巻している中でホットなニュースが飛び込んできた。政治家が町議会の会議中にスマホゲームをしていたことが発覚した。これはネタに違いないぞ。
Numerous kinds of media including TV programs has reported that the ex-President Trump was narrowly assassinated since yesterday, which makes us fed up because the same scene is repeated again and again.
In such a moment, a certain hot news hit on me that a certain senior politician aged 73 was absorbed into a smartphone game while other congressmen were discussing something during the conference.
This is beyond our anger, and he must be a comedian.

地元の小学校が社会見学ということで町議会を見学した。その最中にある代議士がスマホゲームをしていた。感想文を書かせたところ複数の生徒がその事実に言及をしていたというのだ。
A certain elementary school attended the town council as its social tour, when the pupils were observers without any right to speak, which wasn’t a right judgement.
The school made them write what they felt about the council’s contents after their social tour.
As a result, several pupils mentioned that a certain congressman was playing a game with his smartphone during the conference in their impressions.

その政治家は事実を認めてはいる。だが無意識のうちに触っていたと。無理のある言い訳だね。ログインボーナスを獲得したかったのか。それとも10連ガチャでもしていたのだろうか。
This representative admitted that he was watching a screen on his phone without any consciousness, but such an excuse isn’t the truth because we could guess easily that he wanted a login bonus or he was absorbed into 10 consecutive gacha without fail.
His punishment shouldn’t be too light or too sweet.

コメンテーターは議会そのものに緊張感がないのだろうと言ってた。70歳超えてる新種の老害だね。パイオニア精神は皆無だ。住民税を払ってる町民は怒ってリコールしましょうよ。
A certain commentator said that there wasn’t anything tense or nervous during the council conference.
The politician aged 73 must be a new type of a senior harmful congressman without any pioneer spirits.
Almost all residents pay a bloody resident tax, so that they must conduct a request for dismissal against this elderly harmful representative with maximum angers.