英文添削　産む機械発言について

1月の英文添削のテーマを何にしよう･･と散々迷ったあげく、「女性は産む機械」発言について書いてみることにしました。普段なーんにも考えずに生きているせいか、突然英語で言いたいことが言えるはずもなく･･･苦労しました。返ってきた添削は直されまくり。前置詞間違い、選んだ単語が不自然だったり、こまごまと間違えてしまいました。

Recently, Japanese fertility fell to an average of 1.26 children per woman. The population is decreasing in our country.

The Minister of Health referred to this issue in a speech at a local meeting last week.

He said, “Because the number of birth-giving machines and devices is fixed, all we can ask is for them to do their best.”

I know there will be more old people and fewer children in Japan, but it is sad to regard women as “birth-giving machines.”

Newborn children are regarded as merely future revenue sources.

Women are accused of having fewer children nowadays. Are only women responsible for this situation?

Although, it is important for both mothers and children to bond with each other, a lot of women are driven away from work during the childraising period. If all parents were able to take paid maternity leave or paternity leave, raising children would be a less cumbersome problem for women. The employers should be supportive of their employees and help them balance their career and family life.

Creating a better environment for working mothers is necessary.

他にも、パートタイムではなくてフレックスタイムにしてほしいとか、いろいろ書きたいことはあったんだけど表現できず。無念！