連立完成問題27　tell+人+to-V

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《演習問題》

141. You can’t answer the question.
        (     ) is impossible (     ) you (     ) answer the question.

142. My mother said to me, “Will you close the window?”
        My mother (     ) me (     )(     ) the window.

143. Could you tell me the way to the nearest station?
        Could you tell me (     )(     ) get to the nearest station?

144. You are so young that you can’t understand this.
        You are (     ) young (     ) understand this.

145. I hope you’ll be an English teacher.
        I want you (     )(     ) an English teacher.

《解説》

141. You can’t answer the question.
        ( It ) is impossible ( for ) you ( to ) answer the question.

『仮主語の構文：It is ～ for 人 to-V …』

『 can not ⇔ impossible 』の書き換え問題です。

142. My mother said to me, “Will you close the window?”
        My mother ( asked ) me ( to )( close ) the window.

『直接話法から間接話法への書き換え』

・“…”の中が「命令文」なら「tell+人+to-V …」を使います。
・“…”の中が「依頼文」なら「ask+人+to-V …」で表します。

143. Could you tell me the way to the nearest station?
        Could you tell me ( how )( to ) get to the nearest station?

『間接疑問文と疑問詞+不定詞』

　 Could you tell me the way to the nearest station?
→ Could you tell me the way how I should get to the nearest station?
→ Could you tell me how I should get to the nearest station?
→ Could you tell me how to get to the nearest station?

144. You are so young that you can’t understand this.
        You are ( too ) young ( to ) understand this.

『so ～ that S (can) …＝～enough to …』
『so ～ that S can’t …＝too ～ to …』

145. I hope you’ll be an English teacher.
        I want you ( to )( be ) an English teacher.

    I hope you’ll be an English teacher.
= I hope for you to be an English teacher.
= I want you to be an English teacher.

「hope」の場合には、意味上の主語を「for you」で表さなければなりません。
「want」の場合には、意味上の主語を「目的格」で表すことができます。