英作文演習~原則編②
【テーマ】主語についての一般的知識②
主語itは、「天候、場所に関する状況、距離、時間など」を示す場合があり、また、漠然と環境を指したり(すなわちthe thing, person, or matter in questionとか、general and vague circumstances or state of thingsといった内容)、漠然と先行または後続の内容を表わす場合もあります。
“Who is there (あるいはthat)?” ”It’s me.”(「誰だ?」「僕です。」)
I cannot see who it is at this distance.
It isn’t only a question of money.
It all seems like a dream to me.
I wonder what it is like when he gets angry. (cf. I wonder what he is like at home.)
I don’t like it when it is hot. (cf. I don’t like hot weather.)
What was it like in Tokyo? -Oh, there were crowds everywhere. (cf. He went to Yale, but apparently he did not like it there, he left a year and a half later.)
Poor Rose -it must have been lo
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