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高校1年生　英語です。

①In Japanese cooking it has been a tradition to use ingredients with five flavors and five colors, and prepare them by using five methods. ②New Yorkers were attracted to these bentos and eagerly bought them. ③Most of them will tell you it's because bentos contain many different items, taste great, are pleasing to the eye, and are healthy. ① itが指すものは何かとその理由 ② andが結んでいるもの ③ andが結んでいるもの について教えてください

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①In Japanese cooking it has been a tradition to use ingredients with five flavors and five colors, and prepare them by using five methods.
① itが指すものは何かとその理由 → it(代名詞)の元になる可能性のある単語(=名詞)は、 前にある Japanese cooking だけで、それを主語にすると意味が成り立たない ⇒ 形式主語：真主語は to use 以下

②New Yorkers(S) [were attracted](V) to these bentos and eagerly [bought](V) them.
② andが結んでいるもの ⇒ and(等位接続詞)は後ろを見て、同じ働きをする語を前で探す→ eagerly(副詞)は前にない→ bought(動詞) → were attracted(動詞：受動態) ⇒ were attracted と bought を結んでいる－主語(New Yorkers)は共通

③Most of them will tell you it's because bentos [contain] many different items, [taste] great, [are] pleasing to the eye, <and> [are] healthy.
③ andが結んでいるもの について教えてください ⇒ and(等位接続詞)は後ろを見て、同じ働きをする語を前で探す → are(動詞) → are(動詞), taste(動詞), contain(動詞) ⇒ contain, taste, are と are を結んでいる－主語(bentos)は共通

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