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1 It is five years since I began to study English.
2 My sister goes to school everyday.
3 Do you know when the next bus will come?
4 The boy has been ill for the past two weeks.
5 We learned at school that Columbus discovered America
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1 One should obey one's parents.
2 He may be a poet but he cannot be a scholar.
3 How can she know my name?
4 You must be tired after such a long walk.
5 May she live long!
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1 The cat has killed a rat. A rat has been killed by the cat.
2 They sent for the doctor at once. The doctor was sent for at once.
3 John painted the door green.The door was painted green by John.
4 Open the windows. Let the window be opened.
5 This book did not interest me. I was not interested in this book.
27下線部を接続法を用いて書きかえる。
1 It being rainy, we had to give up our picnic.As it was rainy
2 Turning to the right, you will find the store. If you turn to the right
3 Judging by his appearance, he must be a farmer. If we judge by his appearance
4 Seeing the policeman, he began to run away. When he saw the policeman
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The railway and the railway engine were invented in Britain, by George Stephenson, in the early part of the nineteenth century. At that time, the way to use electricity had not been discovered, but Britain had enormous supplies of coal, and they continued to run on coal long after the newer railways in many other countries had been electrified.
鉄道と機関車はイギリスのジョージ・スティブンソンによって19世紀の早い時期に発明された。その頃は電気を使った方法は発見されてなかったが、イギリスには莫大な石炭があり他の諸国のもっと新しい鉄道が電化された後も、イギリスの鉄道は石炭によって走らせ続けたのであった。