<Elementary> Lesson No.31
Handling an Ethical Dilemma / 倫理的ジレンマをどう判断するか
0.Greetings & Ice-break (2min.)|挨拶と導入
0-1 Greetings
Let’s practice a short small talk that you can use to greet a business partner and start building a good relationship.
講師との挨拶を兼ねて、ビジネスパートナーと信頼関係を築くための短いスモールトークを練習してみましょう。
[Tips / 会話のヒント]
・Can you hear me clearly?
私の声はクリアに聞こえますか?
・How's your day going so far?
今日はどんな一日でしたか?
・Talk about one small topic (Work, Weather, News, Hometown, Sports event, etc.)
軽い話題について話しましょう(仕事、天気、ニュース、地元、スポーツイベントなど)
0-2 Introduction
In today’s lesson, we’ll learn about the following situation. Have you ever experienced something similar?
本日のレッスンでは以下のようなシチュエーションについて学びます。同様のシチュエーションを経験したことがありますか?
- If you have experience, please tell us what it was like, what was difficult, or what you learned.
経験があれば、どんな内容だったか、難しかったことや学んだことなどを教えて下さい。
- If you don’t have experience, try to imagine yourself handling that situation in English.
What do you think would be challenging?
経験がなければ、英語でその状況に対応しているところを想像してみましょう。どんなことが難しそうですか?
Situation / シチュエーション
An ethics advisory meeting where you recommend closing the pediatrics department to avoid insolvency while proposing three mitigation measures.
破綻を避けるために小児科閉鎖を推奨しつつ、3つの緩和措置を提案する倫理諮問会議の場面です。
1. Read (2 min)|型を学ぶ
Let's read the following key sentences aloud!
下記の文章や単語を順番に音読しましょう!
1-1 Basic phrases
1.I must recommend...(...を提言せざるを得ない)
2.I propose 3 mitigation measures...(3つの緩和策を提案する)
3.We will provide subsidized...(...に補助を提供する)
4.We will redeploy...(...を配置転換する)
5.We commit to reopening...(...の再開を約束する)
6.We estimate...(...と見込んでいる)
7.We need to explain that...(...ということを説明する必要がある)
1-2 Essential words
1.recommend(提言する)
2.save(節約する)
3.provide(提供する)
4.avoid(回避する)
5.improve(改善する)
6.afford(負担する)
7.balance(バランスを取る)
8.accept(受け入れる)
9.transparent(透明性のある)
10.emphasize(強調する)
2. Try (3 min)|ロールプレイ練習
Let’s practice the role-play.
ロールプレイの練習をしましょう!
Situation / シチュエーション(Reference again)
An ethics advisory meeting where you recommend closing the pediatrics department to avoid insolvency while proposing three mitigation measures.
破綻を避けるために小児科閉鎖を推奨しつつ、3つの緩和措置を提案する倫理諮問会議の場面です。
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
Thank you for coming today. I need your honest recommendation on our financial crisis. We have only 6 months before insolvency unless we take drastic action.
(本日はお越しいただきありがとうございます。財政危機について率直な提言が必要です。抜本的な対策を取らなければ、破綻まで6か月しかありません。)
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
I understand the urgency. After reviewing the numbers, I must recommend closing the pediatrics department. This will save 100 million yen annually and prevent insolvency.
(緊急性は理解しています。数字を検討した結果、小児科の閉鎖を提言せざるを得ません。これにより年間1億円が節約され、破綻を防げます。)
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
But this is the only pediatric facility in the region. How can we justify abandoning these children and their families?
(しかしこの地域で唯一の小児科施設です。子どもたちとその家族を見捨てることをどう正当化できますか?)
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
I propose 3 mitigation measures. First, we will provide subsidized transportation to the nearest hospital 40 km away. Second, we will redeploy pediatric nurses to other departments to avoid layoffs. Third, we commit to reopening pediatrics within 3 years once finances improve.
(3つの緩和策を提案します。第一に、40 km先の最寄り病院への補助付き交通手段を提供します。第二に、小児科看護師を他部門に配置転換し、解雇を回避します。第三に、財政改善後3年以内に小児科を再開することを約束します。)
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
The transportation subsidy sounds expensive. Can we really afford that while trying to reduce costs?
(交通費補助は高額に聞こえます。コスト削減を図りながら本当にそれを負担できますか?)
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
The subsidy will cost approximately 15 million yen per year, far less than the 100 million yen we save. We estimate 200 pediatric patients will need this support. This approach balances financial survival with our ethical responsibility to the community.
(補助金は年間約1500万円で、節約できる1億円よりはるかに少額です。約200名の小児患者がこの支援を必要とすると見込んでいます。このアプローチは財政的存続と地域への倫理的責任のバランスを取ります。)
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
What about the staff morale? Will the nurses accept redeployment, and how do we explain this to the public?
(職員の士気はどうでしょうか?看護師は配置転換を受け入れるでしょうか、そして一般にどう説明しますか?)
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
We will hold meetings with all affected staff before the announcement. We need to explain that redeployment protects their jobs and keeps their expertise within the hospital. For the public, we must be transparent about the financial situation and emphasize the 3-year reopening commitment and transportation support.
(発表前に影響を受ける全職員との会議を開催します。配置転換が雇用を守り、専門性を病院内に維持することを説明する必要があります。一般に対しては、財政状況について透明性を保ち、3年以内の再開約束と交通支援を強調しなければなりません。)
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
This is a difficult decision, but I see the logic in your plan. Let me discuss this with the board next week. Please prepare a detailed implementation timeline and cost breakdown for the mitigation measures.
(難しい決断ですが、あなたの計画の論理は理解できます。来週理事会で協議させてください。緩和策の詳細な実施スケジュールとコスト内訳を準備してください。)
3. Use (4 min)|ロールプレイ & 実践(空欄補完)
Let's perform the role-play and fill in the blanks by translating the Japanese into English!
空欄の日本語を英語に訳しながら、ロールプレイを実践してみましょう!
Situation / シチュエーション(Reference again)
An ethics advisory meeting where you recommend closing the pediatrics department to avoid insolvency while proposing three mitigation measures.
破綻を避けるために小児科閉鎖を推奨しつつ、3つの緩和措置を提案する倫理諮問会議の場面です。
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
Thank you for coming today. I need your honest recommendation on our financial crisis. We have only 6 months before insolvency unless we take drastic action.
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
I understand the urgency. After reviewing the numbers, I must [提言する] closing the pediatrics department. This will [節約する] 100 million yen annually and prevent insolvency.
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
But this is the only pediatric facility in the region. How can we justify abandoning these children and their families?
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
I propose 3 mitigation measures. First, we will [提供する] subsidized transportation to the nearest hospital 40 km away. Second, we will redeploy pediatric nurses to other departments to [回避する] layoffs. Third, we commit to reopening pediatrics within 3 years once finances [改善する].
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
The transportation subsidy sounds expensive. Can we really afford that while trying to reduce costs?
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
The subsidy will cost approximately 15 million yen per year, far less than the 100 million yen we [節約する]. We estimate 200 pediatric patients will need this support. This approach [バランスを取る] financial survival with our ethical responsibility to the community.
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
What about the staff morale? Will the nurses accept redeployment, and how do we explain this to the public?
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
We will hold meetings with all affected staff before the announcement. We need to explain that redeployment protects their jobs and keeps their expertise within the hospital. For the public, we must be [透明性のある] about the financial situation and [強調する] the 3-year reopening commitment and transportation support.
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
This is a difficult decision, but I see the logic in your plan. Let me discuss this with the board next week. Please prepare a detailed implementation timeline and cost breakdown for the mitigation measures.
4. Challenge (7 min)|応用実践
Let's perform the role-play and fill in the blanks by translating the Japanese into English!
空欄の日本語を英語に訳しながら、ロールプレイを実践してみましょう!
*Let's practice this part repeatedly until we can speak it smoothly.
このパートはスムーズにスピーキングできるようになるまで繰り返し練習しましょう。
Situation / シチュエーション(Reference again)
An ethics advisory meeting where you recommend closing the pediatrics department to avoid insolvency while proposing three mitigation measures.
破綻を避けるために小児科閉鎖を推奨しつつ、3つの緩和措置を提案する倫理諮問会議の場面です。
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
Thank you for coming today. I need your honest recommendation on our financial crisis. We have only 6 months before insolvency unless we take drastic action.
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
I understand the urgency. [数字を検討した結果、小児科の閉鎖を提言せざるを得ません。] [これにより年間1億円が節約され、破綻を防げます。]
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
But this is the only pediatric facility in the region. How can we justify abandoning these children and their families?
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
[3つの緩和策を提案します。] [第一に、40 km先の最寄り病院への補助付き交通手段を提供します。] Second, we will redeploy pediatric nurses to other departments to avoid layoffs. Third, we commit to reopening pediatrics within 3 years once finances improve.
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
The transportation subsidy sounds expensive. Can we really afford that while trying to reduce costs?
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
The subsidy will cost approximately 15 million yen per year, far less than the 100 million yen we save. We estimate 200 pediatric patients will need this support. This approach balances financial survival with our ethical responsibility to the community.
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
What about the staff morale? Will the nurses accept redeployment, and how do we explain this to the public?
🧑🎓【Student / Strategy Advisor】:
We will hold meetings with all affected staff before the announcement. We need to explain that redeployment protects their jobs and keeps their expertise within the hospital. For the public, we must be transparent about the financial situation and emphasize the 3-year reopening commitment and transportation support.
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
This is a difficult decision, but I see the logic in your plan. Let me discuss this with the board next week. Please prepare a detailed implementation timeline and cost breakdown for the mitigation measures.
\ If you have some extra capacity, give it a try(余力があればやってみましょう)/
5. Real-world application (5 min)|実務応用
Let's speak freely with the phrases and flow we learned today. If you can, imagine your real job—it makes practice more effective.
本日学習した単語やフレーズ、会話の流れを思い出しながら、自由に話してみましょう。可能であれば、自身の実務を想像しながら話すと効果的です。
Situation / シチュエーション
The hospital faces insolvency in 6 months and must close the pediatrics department to save 100 million yen annually.
You are the Strategy Advisor and must recommend 3 mitigation measures to the Hospital Board Chairman.
病院は6か月後に破綻の危機にあり、年間1億円節約のため小児科を閉鎖しなければなりません。
あなたは戦略アドバイザーとして、病院理事長に3つの緩和策を提言しなければなりません。
👨💼【Teacher / Hospital Board Chairman】:
I need your recommendation on how we can close pediatrics while maintaining our responsibility to the community. What mitigation measures do you propose?
(地域への責任を維持しながら小児科を閉鎖する方法について提言が必要です。どのような緩和策を提案しますか?)
🧑🎓【Student / Your Role】:
(Free Speaking based on today's lesson)
Hints / ヒント
1.Recommend the department closure(部門閉鎖を提言する)
2.Propose 3 mitigation measures(3つの緩和策を提案する)
3.Explain the cost and savings balance(コストと節約のバランスを説明する)
4.Emphasize the reopening commitment(再開の約束を強調する)
※This is not a role-play. Please speak until you finish your thoughts.
このパートはロールプレイ形式ではありません。最後まで通して話してみましょう。
6. Wrap-up (2 min) |レッスンの振り返り
Let's review today's lesson with your teacher!
今日のレッスンについて講師と振り返ってみましょう!
6-1 Comments from student
・Good points / 良かったところ・上手くできたところ
・Things to work on / 今後強化したいところ
6-2 Feedback from teacher
・Good points / 良かった点
・Things to work on / 今後の強化ポイント
・What to review / 復習ポイント
*6-3 Questions from student (if any)
Japanese translation(日本語訳)
1. Read (2min)(型を学ぶ)|基本フレーズ
2. Try (4min)(ロールプレイ練習)|型を使った練習
Let’s practice the role-play.
ロールプレイの練習をしましょう!
3. Use (7min)|応用
Let’s perform the role-play and filling in the missing English!
英語を補完しながら、ロールプレイを実践してみましょう!
4. Challenge (7min)|実践
Let’s perform the role-play and filling in the missing English!
英語を補完しながら、ロールプレイを実践してみましょう!
5. Wrap-up (3min) – レッスンの振り返り
"Let’s review today’s lesson with your teacher!”
「今日のレッスンについて講師と振り返ってみましょう!」
5-1. Comments from Student
- Good points / 良かったところ・上手くできたところ
- Things to work on / 今後強化したいところ
5-2. Feedback from Teacher
- Good points / 良かった点
- Things to work on / 今後の強化ポイント
- What to review / 復習ポイント
5-3. Question from Students (If any)
