９(A)イギリス人とユーモア

​The British pride themselves on their sense of humour.  As a matter of fact, they are gifted with it.

  If you suspected a British man of being without a sense of humour, he would protest strongly.  Not by any means would he admit to not having a sense of humour, any more than he would ever admit to being a bad driver.

​まずは音声を聞きながら読んでみましょう。

​The British pride themselves on their sense of humour.  As a matter of fact, they are gifted with it.

  If you suspected a British man of being without a sense of humour, he would protest strongly.  Not by any means would he admit to not having a sense of humour, any more than he would ever admit to being a bad driver.

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The British ( ) ( ) ( ) their sense of humour.

イギリス人は自分たちのユーモアのセンスを自慢に思っている。

• pride

• themselves

• on

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( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ), they are gifted with it.

実際，彼らはそれに恵まれている。

• as

• a

• matter

• of

• fact

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As a matter of fact, they ( ) ( ) ( ) it.

実際，彼らはそれに恵まれている。

• are

• gifted

• with

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「仮定法過去(現在のことに対する仮定)」になるように（　）内の語を選びなさい。

If you ( ) a British man of being without a sense of humour, he ( ) strongly.

もしあなたが，あるイギリス人のことをユーモアのセンスがないのではないかと疑ったとしたら，その人は強く異議を唱えるだろう。

• suspect, protest

• suspected, protest

• suspect,

  would protest

• suspected,

  would protest

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If you ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) without a sense of humour, he would protest strongly.

もしあなたが，あるイギリス人のことをユーモアのセンスがないのではないかと疑ったとしたら，その人は強く異議を唱えるだろう。

• suspected

• a British man

• of

• being

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( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) he admit to not having a sense of humour, any more than he would ever admit to being a bad driver.

その人は，車の運転が下手なことを決して認めないのと同様に，ユーモアのセンスがないことを何としても認めないだろう。

• Not

• by

• any

• means

• would

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Multiple Choice

「～を持っていないこと」の意味になるものを選べ

Not by any means would he admit to ( ) a sense of humour, any more than he would ever admit to being a bad driver.

その人は，車の運転が下手なことを決して認めないのと同様に，ユーモアのセンスがないことを何としても認めないだろう。

• not having

• having not

• have not

• don't have

Multiple Choice

（　　）内が「～と同様に」という意味になるのはどれか

Not by any means would he admit to not having a sense of humour, ( ) he would ever admit to being a bad driver.

その人は，車の運転が下手なことを決して認めないのと同様に，ユーモアのセンスがないことを何としても認めないだろう。

• no more than

• any more than

• not so much

• not any more

​The British pride themselves on their sense of humour.  As a matter of fact, they are gifted with it.

  If you suspected a British man of being without a sense of humour, he would protest strongly.  Not by any means would he admit to not having a sense of humour, any more than he would ever admit to being a bad driver.

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