都立英語マラソン ’18 第45回 読解

読んでいる途中で、文の意味がつかめず、「あっ、わからない」と思ったとき。「ああ、だめだ」と思わず・・・

 ①主語と動詞を見つける。
 ②時制を確認する。
 ③今まで習ってきた英文のどの形か思い出す。
 ④とにかく逐語訳してみる。
 ⑤前後の文脈から読み直す。見当をつける。

の順でやってみてください。



 大輝(Daiki)さんは、もうすぐ帰国するALTのジュリー(Julie)先生と「とやま名誉友好大使(Toyama Honorary Friendly Envoy)」について話をしています。



Daiki:Hello, Julie. I've heard you'll leave Japan next month.(主語と動
   詞は?時制は?thatの省略がわかるか。that節の主語と動詞は?)
Julie:Hi, Daiki. Thank you for everything. I had a very good time
   here.(主語はどれか。動詞とその時制は?)I'll leave here soon, but
   I'll work for Toyama in my country because I was appointed to be
   a Toyama Honorary Friendly Envoy last week.(butは何と何とをつなぐ
   のか。前半の主語と動詞とその時制は?後半の主語と動詞とその時制は?
   because以下の節の主語と動詞とその時制と態は?)I'm excitied about
   it.(動詞は?)
Daiki:What is that?(thatは何を指すのか?)Could you tell me about it?
   (動詞はどれか?)
Julie:The Toyama Honorary Frienfly Envoy Program started in 1989.(動詞
   はどれか?) Only foreign people who have lived in Toyama for one
   or more years can be an Envoy.(主節の動詞は?)As Envoys, we tell
   people a lot of nice things about Toyama. We also help
   international exchanges between Toyama and foreign countries.(動詞
   はどれか?)
Daiki:Oh, that's great.
Julie:I'm happy to be an Envoy because I think Toyama is wonderful.(主
   節の主語と動詞は?because節の主語と動詞、that節の主語と動詞は?)
   It has a lot of beautiful places like high mountains, rivers and
   the sea.(itは何を指すか?)And I love people in Toyama. They are
   so kind.(theyは何を指すか?)They always helped me and I learned    a lot from them.(andは何と何をつなぐか?learned の前に省略されてい   るものは?)I've wanted to do something for Toyama, so this is a
   good chance for me.
Daiki:Do you know how many Envoys there are in the world?
Julie:Well, I hear there are about 1300 Envoys all over the world.
   (thereの前に省略されているものは?)Last week sixteen ALTs and I
   were appointed to be new Envoys.(主語は?動詞は?態は?時制は?)
Daiki:So many! Do you have to do anything before you leave Japan?
Julie:No, I don't, but I'm going to study more about Toyama to become
   a good Envoy.(to不定詞はどう訳すか?)Before I leave, I'd like to
   go to some places in Toyama I haven't visited yet(2番目のIの前には
   何が省略されているか?).
Daiki:There are a lot of interesting places to see, but do you know a
   new museum called Koshinokuni-Bungakukan?(to不定詞はどう訳すか?
   called以下の働きは?)It has many old books written by authors
   associated with Toyama.(itは何を指すか?written以下の働きは?
   assoiated以下の働きは?)You can learn a lot about important
   people and things of Toyama there.(andは何と何とを結ぶのか?)
   I hope that you will visit it if you are interested in hometown
   literature."(itは何を指すのか?)
Julie:Thank you. I haven't been to the museum yet.(時制は何か?)I 
   think it's a nice place to visit.(to不定詞の働きは何か?)
Daiki:You're welcome. I'm not an Envoy, but I'm happy to help you(to以下
   の働きは何か?)
Julie:I think you are a young Envoy when you tell foreign people good
   things about Toyama.

 (2013 冨山 改)




①全文の訳を取りましょう。
②すらすら言えるようになるまで口に出して練習しましょう。


③次の質問に答えてみましょう。

 本文の内容に合うものを、次のア〜オから2つ選んで記号で答えなさい。
ア. Daiki didn't know about the Toyama Honorary Friendly Envoy Program
  before.
イ. Becomimg a Toyama Honorary Friendly Envoy makes Julie excited.
ウ. We have more than two thousand Envoys all over the world now.
エ. Julie and Daiki are going to visit a museum which has a lot of old
  pictures in Toyama.
オ. Daiki will be a Toyama Honorary Friendly Envoy to help
  international exchanges.


④test day に電話をかけて、チェックを受けてみましょう。