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EXERCISES A
1 次の英文には誤りや不適切なところがある。 該当箇所に下線を引いて訂
正しなさい。
(1) ジムのことを悪く言う人は少ない。
A few people say bad things about Jim.
(2) 育児休暇を取る夫の数が増えている。
Husbands who take childcare leave are increasing.
(3)この道の交通量は年々増加している。
The number of traffic on this road is increasing year by year.
(4) 留学する学生が減少している
The number of students who study abroad are decreasing.
(5) ホワイトハウスはワシントンD.C. の中心部にある。
There is the White House in central Washington, D.C.
2 次の文を英語にしなさい。
(1) 多くの日本人が血液型は性格と何らかの関係があると信じている。
1 主語の決定 (1)
Words & Phrases
育児休暇
childcare leave
ワシントンD.C.
Washington, D.C.
(D.C. は District of
Columbiaの略)
[滋賀大*]
[大阪薬科大†]
血液型
one's blood type(s)
AはBと何らかの関係
がある
A have something to
do with B
サンタクロース
Santa Claus
(2) サンタクロースを見た人はいない。 けれども,それはサンタクロースが
いないという証明にはならない。
(3) ハンカチで鼻をかむ日本人はほとんどいない。
[関西学院大]
ハンカチ
a handkerchief
鼻をかむ
(4) 近年, 世界の農地は減少している。
[京都工芸繊維大†]
(5) 近年,電子書籍の普及が急速に進んできた。
[京都大†]
blow one's nose
農地
farmland
電子書籍
e-books / electronic
books / digital books
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P 8
主語の決定(1)
111) A few people say bad things about Jim,
↓
Few
Few
+
可算名詞:Vする
~
は少ない。
※A few ~:
~
が少しある(肯定文
2) Hasbonds who take childcare leave are increasing、
3)
The number of has bands.
is
※主語は the number なので、isとなる。
The number of traffic on this road is increasing Year
amount
※量の増減を表す。
that is
by year.
4) The number of students whe study abroad are decreasing.
is.
※主語はthe number なので
isとなる。
5) There is the White House in central Washington, D.C.
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I have something to do with character.
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have
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with a hand kerchief,
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ground the world.
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In recent
is decreasing.
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type
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recent r years, more and more people have been reading e-books.
[名]
Recently (ここ豚ヶ月くらい)) 現在完了とともに
In recent years
Nowadays!
These days,
現在形とともに
To day ŏ to be) a
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1 主語の決定 (1)
「少ない」,「増えている」など
本冊 PP.8~11
(1) 多くの日本人が血液型は性格と何らかの関係が
あると信じている。
A lot of [Many] Japanese (people)
believe (that) their blood type has
something to do with their character
[personality].
A lot of [Many] Japanese (people)
believe (that) their blood types have
something to do with their characters
[personalities].
BU2 A lot of [Many] Japanese people be-
lieve (that) their personality is influenced
by their blood type.
(2) サンタクロースを見た人はいない。 けれども、
それはサンタクロースがいないという証明には
ならない。
No one [Nobody] has ever seen
Santa Claus, but this does not prove that
he does not exist.
No one has ever seen Santa Claus.
However, this is not proof that he does
not exist.
2 No one has ever seen Santa Claus.
Even so, there is still a possibility that
he exists.
別解3
No one has ever seen Santa Claus.
However, there is no evidence (to sup-
port) that he does not exist.
B4 No one has ever seen Santa Claus.
However, it does not follow [this does
not mean] that he does not exist.
(3) ハンカチで鼻をかむ日本人はほとんどいない。
Very few [Only a few / Few] Japa-
nese people blow their nose [their nos-
es] with a handkerchief [with handker-
chiefs].
There are very few Japanese people
who blow their nose with a handker-
chief.
(4) 近年, 世界の農地は減少している。
In recent years (,) the amount [the
area] of farmland [land that is used to
grow crops land that is used for farm-
ing] in the world has been decreasing
[declining diminishing].
SU In recent years (,) farmland in the
world has been decreasing.
B2 These days [Nowadays] (,) cultivated
land in the world is becoming less and
less.
B3 These days [Nowadays] (,) less and
less land in the world is being used for
farming.
4 These days [Nowadays] (,) we are
seeing a decline in the amount of farm-
land in the world.
(5) 近年,電子書籍の普及が急速に進んできた。
#These days [Nowadays] (,) more and
more people are reading [read] e-books
[electronic books / digital books].
BU 1 These days [Nowadays] (,) the num-
ber of people who read e-books [elec-
tronic books digital books] is increas-
ing rapidly [quickly / fast].
BU2 In recent years (,) e-books[electronic
books digital books] have been becom-
ing more and more common.
B3 In recent years(,) the use of e-
books[electronic books / digital books]
has become rapidly widespread.