＜今日の進捗＞Book8 - 74 (If you were home alone and heard someone creeping around outside your window, what would you do?)
＜オリジナル回答＞When you hear other people speaking English, do you sometimes eavesdrop on their conversation? Why?Yes, when I hear other people speaking English, I sometimes eavesdrop on their conversation because I want to check how much I can understand them.
【解説】
when節は知覚動詞hearを用いた構文になっています。hear O CでOがCするのを耳にするという意味です。
Who do you think would arouse more indignation in the general public: a drunk man or a drunk woman staggering down a street? Why?I think a drunk woman staggering down a street would arouse more indignation in the general public because a lot of people have the prejudice that women are less likely to become an alcohol addiction.
【解説】
are less likely to doは～する可能性が低いという意味です。lessの代わりにhighlyを使うと～する可能性が高いとなります。また、the prejudice that S Vのthatは接続詞でSがVという偏見という意味です。
If you saw a bus driver staggering into the vehicle, would you raise the alarm with the police? Why?Yes, if I saw a bus driver staggering into the vehicle, I would raise the alarm with the police because he is highly likely to have a serious traffic accident.
【解説】
ここでのseeは知覚動詞として使われています。
If you were an owner of a company which was staggering under $10 million debt, what would you do to prevent it from collapse?If I were an owner of a company which was staggering under $10 million debt, I would ask someone to finance me to prevent it from collapse.
【解説】
prevent A from BはAがBするのを防ぐ、AにBをさせないという意味です。ここではBは名詞ですが、動名詞を取るも多いです。
＜単語・イディオム＞stagger :
よろめく、ふらふらする
indignation :
憤慨、憤り
arouse indignation :
憤慨を呼び起こす
crawl along :
のろのろ進む、のろのろ運転する
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