08/Nov/27 Thu Today's English ( 年・背・体重が ２倍 ３倍 ）

Good morning all,

 

It is dark cloudy and about 10 degres this morning

here in Tokyo. According to weather forecast, it is rainy

in Seoul today.

Here is today's english!

 

unit 418

 

My mother was inclined to approve of my younger

sister's marriage to a man twice her age, while my

stubborn father would not consent to it.

 

私の妹と年が２倍差がある男性との結婚を、母は認めても

いいと思っていたが、堅固な父はどうしても承諾しなかった。

( 年差が ２倍の人との 結婚?  )

 

Words,Phrases & Patterns

> be inclinded to ; ...する傾向がある

> approve of ; ..を 認める
> stubborn ; 堅固な

> consent to..; ....に 同意する
 

ここで twice her age は 彼女 年より 2倍差 を 表す倍数の表現です。

年, 背, 体重などを 表す age, height,weight単語 前に 倍数な 分数を

置いて 表す 表現です.

age, height, weight, length, size, length, number, amount, rate

だけに 使う表現です。

 

以下の 例文を みて ください。

 

日本語で;

年, 背, 体重 の 倍数を 表したいの 時は

倍数/分数 + 人称代名詞 + age/height/weight などの 表現を

使ってみてください。

 

例えば;

(a) He is twice my age

(= He is twice older than me )

( = He is twice as old as me )

(b) They have sold five times the number of cars they predicted

(c) My little brother is half my height

(d) India is one-third the size of the United States.

 

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