2026-04-01から1ヶ月間の記事一覧

『動物農場』を原書で読む(第19回)

(テキスト19ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) It was soon noticed that when there was work to be done the cat could never be found. it(代)(形式主語として事実上の主語の不定詞句・動名詞句・that節などを代表して) notice(他)…

『動物農場』を原書で読む(第18回)

(テキスト18ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) The animals were happy as they had never conceived it possible to be. animal(名)(人間以外の)動物、けだもの、四足獣 as(代)(関係代名詞)(節の中で主語・目的語・補語の役目を果…

『動物農場』を原書で読む(第17回)

(テキスト17ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) CHPTER III chapter(名)(書物・論文の)章 How they toiled and sweated to get the hay in! how(副)(疑問詞)(感嘆文に転用して)まあ何と、いかに toil(自)骨折る、骨折って働く sw…

『動物農場』を原書で読む(第16回)

(テキスト16ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) It was very neatly written, and except that ‘friend’ was written ‘freind’ and one of the S's was the wrong way round, the spelling was correct all the way through. neatly(副)き…

『動物農場』を原書で読む(第15回)

(テキスト15ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) The pigs now revealed that during the past three months they had taught themselves to read and write from an old spelling book which had belonged to Mr Jones's children and which …

『動物農場』を原書で読む(第14回)

(テキスト14ページ、3行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) It was as though they had never seen these things before, and even now they could hardly believe that it was all their own. as though=as if まるで~であるかのように(as if節の中…

『動物農場』を原書で読む(第13回)

(テキスト13ページ、4行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) The reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, were thrown on to the rubbish fire which was burning in the yard. rein(名)(しばしば複数形で)(通例革製の、馬につ…