※難問ですが、1つ1つはベーシックです。
※問題の作りとしては、早慶というよりも東大的な感じです。
EXERCISES 18
1. 日本語に合うように（ ）内に適語を入れなさい．
1) 実を言うと，まだだれもそこに行ったことがない．
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ), no one has been there yet.
2) まず第一に，私たちはゴミの量を減らさなければならない．
( ) ( ) ( ), we must reduce the amount of trash.
3) 不思議なことに, 私は幽霊がこわくなかった．
( ) ( ) ( ), I wasn't afraid of the ghosts.
2. 次の各文を日本語に直しなさい．
1) To be honest, I disagree with this project.
2) She can play the piano, to say nothing of the guitar.
3) To be frank with you, I suspect her.
4) He is clever, to be sure, but impolite.
*5) Needless to say, honesty is the best policy.
*6) The car broke down, and, to make matters worse, it began to rain.
*7) Her business is, so to speak, a fraud.
3. 言語と文化
When language is used for communication it is bound up with culture in every way. To begin with, people talk about common experience. They express facts, ideas or events that refer to knowledge that others share. Words reflect their author's attitudes and beliefs that are also those of others. In both cases, language expresses cultural reality.
