The competition for getting into good junior high schools is getting very fierce.
There are 12-year old children who think that they have failed in their lives, because they could not get on the elite track.
ご質問ありがとうございます。
"The competition for getting into good junior high schools is getting very fierce."＝「良い中学校に入学する競争はとても激しくなってきています。」
"There are 12-year old children who think that they have failed in their lives,"＝「12歳で人生を失敗したと思う子供たちがいます」
"because they could not get on the elite track."＝「その子たちはエリートコースに乗れなかったから。」
ご参考までに。
Children as young as 12 years old who feel despair in life.
"たった12歳の若さで人生に絶望する子どもたち"
- Children as young as 12 years old who feel despair in life.
- Children at the young age of 12 years old who become depressed.
日本では中学受験での競争が加熱しています。そこで、エリートコースに乗れなかった場合、たった12歳の若さで人生に絶望する子どもたちがいるのです。
- In Japan, the competition for junior high school entrance exams is intensifying. As a result, if they can't make it to the elite track, there are children as young as 12 who feel despair in life.
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