From the homeless have-nots huddled together in the cold subways of Seoul, watching the smartly dressed haves hustle from swanky offices to heated homes, to families sheltered in wooden shacks alongside Mumbai airport, listening to the thundering roar of airplanes full of affluent business travelers landing beside them, jarring illustrations of inequality abound across Asia.
From the homeless have-nots huddled together in the cold subways of Seoul, watching the smartly dressed haves hustle from swanky offices to heated homes, to families sheltered in wooden shacks alongside Mumbai airport, listening to the thundering roar of airplanes full of affluent business travelers landing beside them, jarring illustrations of inequality abound across Asia.
①Any fantasies about advancing democratic reforms within a dictatorship through coordination and encouragement will be, to quote a Chinese saying, the equivalent of trying to catch a fish by climbing a tree.
①Any fantasies about advancing democratic reforms within a dictatorship through coordination and encouragement will be, to quote a Chinese saying, the equivalent of trying to catch a fish by climbing a tree.
②That would not do Aung San Suu Kyi justice.
出典はTIME誌に掲載された、アウンサンスーチー氏の自宅軟禁解除の背景と影響を中国人亡命者が語ったA Lady Called Hopeという記事の結論部分です。解説は次回。
①With $2 billion in annual revenue at stake, cork producers have scrambled to invest in new equipment, improve quality and develop treatments to eradicate the moldy-smelling menace.
SV構造の第１文型になります。
②To protect it, the Portuguese government is helping the Portuguese Cork Association and the CQC finance a campaign dubbed "100% Cork" that aims to build consumer support for cork and encourage vintners, restaurants and retailers to switch back.
目的語the Portuguese Cork Association and the CQC と補語finance a campaignが主述関係を構成するSVOC構造の第５文型になります。
①With $2 billion in annual revenue at stake, cork producers have scrambled to invest in new equipment, improve quality and develop treatments to eradicate the moldy-smelling menace.
②To protect it, the Portuguese government is helping the Portuguese Cork Association and the CQC finance a campaign dubbed "100% Cork" that aims to build consumer support for cork and encourage vintners, restaurants and retailers to switch back.
①Japan contends that Chinese fishing and naval vessels in recent months have flocked in ever greater numbers to the disputed area, turning what was once a relatively placid outpost into a flash point.
②After the Chinese trawler and its crew were detained by the Japanese Coast Guard on Sept. 8, Beijing reacted with percussive fury, severing many diplomatic ties, slowing down Japanese cargo shipments and even briefly suspending exports of rare-earth minerals that Japan needs to manufacture everything from hybrid cars to superconductors.
①はthat節が目的語になるSVO構造の第３文型、②はSV構造の第１文型です。
①ではturning以下が分詞構文、②はsevering～、slowing down～、suspending～と三つの分詞が並んだ分詞構文になっています。分詞構文はつまるところ分詞の副詞的用法で主語にも動詞にも目的語にも補語にもならないため、五文型分類では常に除外されます。分詞構文によってひとつの英文が長くなることは多々あるとはいえ、分詞構文は文の骨格にならず脇役でしかないことを心得ておくと、とても便利です。ただし、分詞構文と動名詞の区別がつかないようなことでは正確な英文理解は困難になりますから、五文型分類を通した判別訓練が有効になります。
ちなみに一般論としては「分詞構文の主語は文の主語と一致する」とはいえ、①のように分詞構文がthat節の中に含まれている場合には、分詞の主語はthat節の主語になります。turning what was once a relatively placid outpost into a flash pointにしているのはthat節の主語であるChinaでJapanではありません。このあたりを「分詞構文の主語は文の主語と一致する」という一般論を安易に適用して誤読すると、かなりマズイことになりそうです。
②における三つの分詞の主語は言うまでもなくBeijing(中国政府)です。
①Japan contends that Chinese fishing and naval vessels in recent months have flocked in ever greater numbers to the disputed area, turning what was once a relatively placid outpost into a flash point.
②After the Chinese trawler and its crew were detained by the Japanese Coast Guard on Sept. 8, Beijing reacted with percussive fury, severing many diplomatic ties, slowing down Japanese cargo shipments and even briefly suspending exports of rare-earth minerals that Japan needs to manufacture everything from hybrid cars to superconductors.
出典はTIME誌に掲載された、尖閣諸島における日中の領有権争いとグローバルな影響と背景について伝えたAsia's New Cold Warです。解説は次回。
