(がっこう)

school

(ぷーる)

pool

(へる)

to decrease / to diminish

(にほん)

Japan

(すくない)

few, scarce

(ふるい)

old (things)

(なおす)

to fix; to repair

(たかい)

expensive; high

(おかね)

money

(かかる)

to take (time/money), cost

(なつ)

Summer

(とても)

very; extremely

(あつい)

hot

(みず)

water

(おんど)

temperature

(あがる)

to rise / to go up

(じゅぎょう)

lesson; class

(できる)

to be able; to be made

(ひ)

day

(そのため)

therefore; for that reason

(つかう)

to use

(まち)

town

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(こども)

child

(し)

city

(すぽーつくらぶ)

sports club

(いく)

to go

(ばす)

bus

(のる)

to ride, board

(みんな)

Everyone; everybody

(せんせい)

teacher

(せんもん)

specialty; expert field

(ひと)

person / people

(おしえる)

to teach

(じょうず)

skillful, well

(いう)

to say

(でも)

but; however

(ちかく)

nearby

(しんぱい)

worry / concern

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる. Can describe an action in progress or a state resulting from a past change.

in order to ～

Expresses purpose.

because ～

Provides a reason or cause.

plural suffix (for people)

Pluralizing suffix attached to nouns referring to people.

to become

Expresses a change of state; Kawai became the new commissioner of the Sports Agency.

学校のプールが減っている

School swimming pools are disappearing

日本の学校で、プールが少なくなっています。

At schools in Japan, swimming pools are becoming fewer.

古いプールは、直すために高いお金がかかります。

Old pools cost a lot of money to repair.

夏はとても暑いですから、水の温度が上がって、授業ができない日もあります。

Because summers are very hot, the water temperature rises and there are days when classes cannot be held.

そのため、学校のプールを使わない町が増えました。

For that reason, the number of towns that do not use school pools has increased.

子どもたちは、市のプールやスポーツクラブへ行きます。

The children go to city pools or sports clubs.

バスに乗って、みんなで行きます。

They ride a bus and go all together.

先生は「専門の人が教えますから、子どもは上手になります」と言いました。

A teacher said, 'Because specialists teach them, the children get better.'

でも、「学校の近くにプールがない」と心配する人もいます。

But some people worry that there is no pool near the school.