英語検定ライティング準１級（第80回）

タイトル「受験にない科目はやはり必要ないのか？」

No, this opinion isn’t supportable.
One reason makes the suggestion unacceptable.

もう30年以上も前になるが、１度だけロンドンに行ったことがある。遊びではなかったので観光をする時間はあまり取れなかった。だが大英博物館だけは行ってみた。
About three decades ago, a business trip brought me to London, which was the first time for me to visit Europe.
A sightseeing travel would have enabled me to enjoy even more famous sites, but having such refreshing experiences seems almost impossible at that time except British Museum : naturally only once in my life.

アフリカから強奪してきたと悪評の高い彫像も美術の教科書で見るよりも、目の前にあるものは迫力があった。だが入ってすぐに見つかる石ほど強烈なインパクトはなかった。
It has a notorious reputation because its works have been carried from many colonies United Kingdom once controlled, which is collection of stolen goods when we can mention them negatively.
But the real statues were still more brilliant than several pictures we used to appreciate in our textbook.
But what fascinated me the most was the famous stone we can find as soon as we enter there.

象形文字の解読の手がかりとなったロゼッタストーンである。歴史的にこれほどまで貴重なものを来館者が触りまくっているのだ。摩擦で劣化したらいかんやろと思った。
It was Rosetta Stone, which is the most precious stone around the world because hieroglyphics couldn’t have been interpreted without this stone’s discovery.
But what surprised me the most was that any visitor can touch this worldwide treasure by bare hands, which fails to be allowed when it is placed in Japanese museum because such frictions or conflics might lower its quality in the near future.

翌日はパリに移動してルーブル美術館にも行ってみた。そこにも有名な諸作品があった。フラッシュは禁止って注意書きがあっても、それを守らずに写真を撮る輩もいた。
The next day, we moved to Paris and naturally entered Louvre Museum, where we appreciated various kinds of famous art works, but a cautionary notice said that any visitors couldn’t take pictures with the flash fired.
But there were several outrageous guys, who couldn’t obey such a caution.

フラッシュは絵の具の劣化に関わるらしい。光を反射するガラスに入れたらええのにとか思う。となると鑑賞する人の満足度が下がるとのこと。流石にモナリザは別だった。
Firing the flash damages the works’ quality because its paints used many years ago could be degraded in the long run, which are serious worries.
They should cover such treasures with glass cases so that they might reflect the flash, which makes several visitors unsatisfied with any unclear appearances.
Mona Lisa, however, was an exception.

この時ほど世界史の勉強を怠ってきたことを後悔した日はない。大学受験に関係なかったからである。受験に無関係な科目には手を抜く学生が多い。しかしいつか後悔する。
World history wasn’t included in the entrance exams as a required subject, which allowed me to study only our country’s history, Japanese one.
These experiences made me disappointed because my brain couldn’t appreciate such invaluable works to my heart’s content.
Many students at school tend to waste time during the classes unnecessary for their entrance exams, which might make them regret such meaningless behaviors in the near future without fail.

This reason makes the question titled above unfavorable.