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UNIT 18
①「~と同じくらい」
1. My laptop is not as user.
-friendly as this one.
私のノートパソコンはこのノートパソコンより使いやすくない。
. 2. The Linear Express will be able to run about trice
as fast as the Shinkansen.
リニア中央新幹線は新幹線の約2倍の速さで走ることができるだろう。
②「~よりも
practical
·3. In Japan, water power generation is much more
than wind power generation.
・日本では、風力発電よりも水力発電のほうがはるかに実用的だ。
4. The world average lite expectancy in 1985 is six
years shorter than that in 2015
1985年の世界の平均寿命は2015年よりも6年短い。
5. Rechargeable batteries last longer than they used to
充電式電池は以前よりも長持ちする。
* not as ~
as...
(…ほど~ない)
□times as ~ as...
・2倍 twice
{倍 half
の
□倍だ)
☆ much+比較級
(はるかに~)
6. This site is the older of the two World Heritage Sites ☆ the kofthet
(2つのうち~な方
in the city.
この遺跡はこの市の2つの世界遺産のうち古いほうだ。
③
一番
7. Tokyo Skytree is the tallest broadcasting Toner in the world.
東京スカイツリーは世界で一番高い電波塔だ。
8. Egypt was by far the most civilized society in the
was
ancient world.
エジプトは古代世界でずばぬけて文明の発達した社会だった。
9. Which country has the third largest economy in the
world?
世界で3番目の経済大国はどの国ですが……
mach
(by) far
最上級
ずばぬけで~

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[A] (1) This mountain is not as high as the one we climbed last year.
(2) This air conditioner uses only half as much electricity as the previous one.
(3) Singapore is one of the most economically succesful countries in the world.
(4) Our city is not as peaceful as it used to be.
(5) Even this brochure has much more information than that guidebook.
me, but she is much taller.
(6) My sister is live
years younger
Than
B (1) M: What do you think is the best invention in history"
J. I think the internet is by far the most influential invention.
? I heard so many people came.
J Yes, we got three times as many people as we had expected.
(2) S. How was
the
Party
was really chaotic
last night
as we had expected, and it
(3) M : I'd like to buy a camera, but I can't decide which to buy.
•S I recommended you to choise the smaller of the two. You can carry
it in your pocket
© (1) This skirt is 10% cheaper than usual. I will buy it
このスカートはいつもより10%安い。これを買おう。
(2) The world's population.
now is four times as large
as that of one
hundred years ago
現在の世界の人口は100年前の人口の約4倍だ。
(3) Oil has played one of the most important roles in human life
石油は人間の生活において最も重要な役割の1つを果たしてきた
(4) Dr. Tanaka discovered that the ruin were much older than he had
expected.
田中博士はその遺跡が彼が思っていたよりもはるかに古いことを発見した。
(5) People don't write letters than before because of the spread of e- mail.
Eメールの普及のせいで、人は以前よりも手紙を書かなくなった。