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《問題》
 
左の英語の青色で示した語句の意味を右欄の選択肢から選んでください。(右の選択肢で、動詞は現在形で表示しています。) 
(初めに左の問題を選び、続いて右の語句を選んでください。やり直すときは、問題を選び直すことから始めてください。)
 
(1)
Dominions originally referred to any land in possession of the British Empire.
出典:[B] 
 
(2)
Noren are traditional Japanese fabric dividers, hung between rooms, on walls, in doorways, or in windows. (noren:暖簾(のれん),fabric:布)
出典:[B] 
 
(3)
The citizen's concern was duly noted in the meeting minutes.
出典:[A] 
 
(4)
They went to a school for the deaf and dumb. (deaf:耳が聞こえない)
出典:[A] 
 
(5)
After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser. 
出典:[A] 
 
(6)
Born into a wealthy family, Roosevelt was an unhealthy child who suffered from asthma and stayed at home studying natural history. In response to his physical weakness, he embraced a strenuous life. (asthma:ぜんそく,in response to〜:〜に応えて,strenuous:活発な)
出典:[B] 
 
(7)
In later years, the professor became known as an eminent historian.
出典:[A] 
 
(8)
Let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved. ([J.F.Kennedyの演説,both sides:東西両陣営のこと])
出典:[C] 
 
(9)
On the weekend, we went fishing at her country estate.
出典:[A] 
 
(10)
At our meetings, there was always an excess of food.
出典:[A] 
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[単語帳]
[選択肢]
 
| dominion | 	名詞 | 	領土 |  
| doorway | 	名詞 | 	出入り口 |  
| duly | 	副詞 | 	[djú▼▲___li]正しく |  
| dumb | 	形容詞 | 	口のきけない |  
| elaborate | 	形容詞 | 	手の込んだ |  
| embrace | 	動詞 | 	受け入れる |  
| eminent | 	形容詞 | 	著名な |  
| endeavor | 	名詞 | 	試み |  
| estate | 	名詞 | 	地所 |  
| excess | 	名詞 | 	余分 |  
 
 
 
 
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