英作文演習~予備編⑰「話法」

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【本問題】次の日本文を英訳して下さい。

1、明日の朝早くにおいでなさいと彼は言った。


(解答例)He asked me to come early the next morning.

2、赤ん坊が目を覚ますといけないから、静かにして下さいと母が言った。(山口大学)


(解答例)Mother begged us to keep (あるいはbe) quiet lest the baby 
should wake (up).
(参考)At the door she entered (あるいはimplored, pressed) him to 
reconsider what she said to him.

3、昨晩、彼に電話しましたら、今日の午前11時と12時の間に来てよろしいと言っていました。


(解答例)I telephoned to him yesterday evening and he said that I 
might call this morning between eleven and twelve o'clock.

4、「コップに熱湯を注ぐ前にスプーンを入れるのはなぜか知っているか」と、物理の先生はクラスの生徒に尋ねた。


(解答例)①"Do you know," the physics teacher asked the class, "why we put a spoon in a glass before pouring in hot water?"
②The physics teacher asked the class if they knew why we put a spoon in a glass before pouring in hot water.

5、すると彼は、あらゆる考慮をはかりにかけた(weigh every 
consideration)上での決定かと、私に尋ねました。


(解答例)He then asked me if I had made that decision after weighing every consideration.
(参考)I asked him if he knew (any reason) why the man had 
committed suicide.

6、少し頭痛(a slight headache, a touch of headache)がするので、アスピリンを飲んだが、寝て治して(sleep it off)みようと思うから床に入るよ、と言って、彼は2階の寝室に上がって行った。


(解答例)①He said that he had a slight headache and had had some aspirin, and was going to bed to try sleep it off, and walked upstairs to 
his bedroom.
②"I have a touch of headache, and I have taken some aspirin tablets. I am going to bed to try to sleep it off," he said , and walked upstairs to his bedroom.

7、かさを学校に置いてきたのか、バスの中にだったかはっきりしないんだ、と彼は言った。


(解答例)He said (that) he was not sure whether he had left his 
umbrella at school or in the bus.

8、あんなことをして本当に悪かったと彼は謝りました。


(解答例)He said (あるいはapologized, saying) (that) he was really very sorry for what he had done.

9、彼は、自分は一人暮らしで、妻は死んでから数年になると申しました。(間接話法で)


(解答例)He said that he lived alone, and that his wife had been dead 
for some years.

10、「ジョン、・・・私怖いのよ(frightened)。ジミーの身に何かあったような気がしてならないの」と、彼女はささやいた。


(解答例)①She whispered, "John…, I'm frightened. I cannot help 
feeling that something's happened to Jimmy."
②She whispered to John that she was frightened and that she could 
not help feeling something had happened to Jimmy.

11、彼女は私に時刻を尋ねた。自分の時計が止まってしまったと言って。


(解答例)She asked me the time. She said her wrist-watch had 
stopped.

12、ワシントンの秘書が遅刻の言い訳に時計が遅れていましたのでと言った時、ワシントンは「新しい時計を買いたまえ。でないと、私は新しい秘書を雇わねばならぬ」と言った。


(解答例)When a secretary to Washington said, by way of apology for being late, that his watch was too slow, Washington replied, "Get a new watch or I shall have to get a new secretary."

13、「万事好都合にいったよ」と、彼は喜んで叫んだ。


(解答例)He exclaimed with delight that everything had gone well with him.

14、彼からよろしくとのことでした。


(解答例)He asked to be remembered to you.
(解説)"Please remember me kindly to him."(「あの方にどうぞよろしく」)

15、2、3日前、九州から上京した友人が、「あちらでは桜の盛りも過ぎて、日中など少し暑いくらいです」と言いました。(東京都立大学)


(解答例)According to a friend of mine who came up to Tokyo from 
Kyusyu a few days ago, the cherry-trees there are already out of 
bloom, and it is getting rather hot in the daytime.

16、「誰がそんなことをお前にしろと言ったのか」と、父親はかみつくような口調で息子に尋ねた。


(解答例)①"Who told you to do that?" demanded the father, in a biting tone, of his son.
②The father demanded his son, in a biting tone, who had him told to 
do that.


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