幼い子供がまた犠牲になりました。無責任な母親による車中置き去り事件、本当にやるせないです。生徒のカズくんと授業中フリートークしました。
Toshi
Oh no. This is the worst news I’ve ever heard.
Kazu
What is it, Toshi-san?
Toshi
A 26-year-old woman was arrested.
She left her two daughters in her car.
They both died of dehydration.
Kazu
Another case of parental neglect.
Toshi
Her case is worse than that.
Kazu
What do you mean?
Toshi
She kept her two angels in her car for 15 hours, during which the door was locked, windows were up and the car engine was off.
Kazu
Where did it happen?
Toshi
Wait a sec, ah it says right here in Takamatsu, Kagawa.
Kazu
It must have been steaming hot then.
Toshi
37degrees Celsius outside. So it would have been much higher inside the car.
Kazu
Poor little ladies. I can imagine they were crying for their mom inside the dark , narrow , and sultry space with no air conditioner on.
Oh wait a minute! Why did their mother drive them away from home at such a late hour?
Toshi
That’s the point. Many people wonder why, too.
I infer that the woman wanted to hide her real intention to go out.
Kazu
Which is?
Toshi
To meet her boyfriend. I think she had someone to make love with the whole night through. If she went out with her own kids, her husband wouldn’t be suspicious.
Kazu
There you go again, Toshi-san.
You always say as if adultery was involved.
Toshi
Anyway, let’s see how the case unfolds.