 
これも入試頻出です。
例文
★ It is ten years since he died.
彼が死んでから10年がたつ。
＝彼は10年前に死んだ。
★ It is ten years since they got married.
彼らが結婚してから10年がたつ。
＝彼らは10年前に結婚した。
・get married＝「結婚する」
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● 「〜してから〜がたつ」が直訳です。
● このように主語が「It」であるとき、「〜してから〜がたつ」はこの構文で表現します。
● 「is」の代わりに「has been」を使ってもかまいません。アメリカ口語では「has been」を多用します。
★ It is ten years since he died.
＝It has been ten years since he died.
★ It is ten years since they got married.
＝It has been ten years since they got married.
● 《重要》次の書き換え問題がよく出題されます。すべてのパターンを暗記しておきましょう。
★ He died ten years ago.
＝He has been dead for ten years.
＝Ten years have passed since he died.
＝Ten years have gone by since he died.
＝It is ten years since he died.
＝It has been ten years since he died.
★ They got married ten years ago.
＝They have been married for ten years.
＝Ten years have passed since they got married.
＝Ten years have gone by since they got married.
＝It is ten years since they got married.
＝It has been ten years since they got married.
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★問題文は主語が「It」で「〜してから〜がたつ」と訳すものだから、ここで説明している表現を使います。「is」が正解。 |
