The lights were red, so my taxi had to ①(s ) . When they changed to
green again, an old lady was slowly going across the ②( s ) in front of
the taxi, so of ③( c ) the driver waited. But as soon as the driver of
the car behind ④( s ) the green light, he began to blow his horn.
My taxi-driver calmly opened his door, got out, pointed to the driver's
⑤( s ), and said to the man who was blowing the horn. "Get into
my taxi and drive over her. I always feel so uncomfortable when I drive
over old ladies."
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① 解説解答
The lights were red, so my taxi had to ①(s ) .
解説
The lights were red, 信号が赤だった。
so my taxi had to ①(s ) .
それで私の乗ったタクシーは停止しなければいけなかった。
had to ( have to)の過去形：＝must
停まる，停止する・・・stop
had to（助動詞）に接続するので、動詞の原形
答 ① stop
② 解説解答
When they changed to green again, an old lady was slowly going across the ②( s ) in front of the taxi,
解説
When they changed to green again, ： they = the lights
信号が青に変わったとき
an old lady was slowly going across the ②( s ) in front of the taxi,
in front of ～ ：～の前の
go across～：～を横切る go across the street : 通りを横切る
When they changed to green again, an lod lady was slowly going across the
② street in front of the taxi,
信号が青に変わったとき、１人の老婦人がタクシーの前の通りをゆっくりと横切って行っていた。
答 ② street
③ 解説解答
When they changed to green again, an old lady was slowly going across the
street in front of the taxi, so of ③( c ) the driver waited.
解説
信号が青に変わったとき、１人の老婦人がタクシーの前の通りをゆっくりと横切って行っていた。
so of ③( c ) the driver waited.
so : それで the driver waited：運転手は待った
of course もちろん，当然
so of course the driver waited. それで もちろん運転手は待っていた。
答 course
④ 解答解説
But as soon as the driver of the car behind ④( s ) the green light,
he began to blow his horn.
解説
as soon as: ～するやいなや， ～するとすぐ
he driver of the car behind ： 後ろの車の運転手，the green light 青信号 なので④( s )には動詞が入る。主節の時制が過去なので、動詞の過去形。
But as soon as the driver of the car behind saw the green light, he began
to blow his horn.
しかし 後ろの運転手は青信号を見るとすぐクラクションを鳴らし始めた。
答 saw
⑤ 解答解説
My taxi-driver calmly opened his door, got out, pointed to the driver's
⑤( s ), and said to the man who was blowing the horn. "Get into
my taxi and drive over her. I always feel so uncomfortable when I drive
over old ladies."
解答
pointed to～ ：～を指さす， the driver's ⑤( s )：運転手の⑤を指さした
My taxi-driver calmly opened his door, got out, pointed to the driver's
⑤( s ), 私の乗ったタクシーの運転手が静かにドアを開け、車を降り、クラクションを鳴らした運転手の⑤を指さした。 よって ⑤は side,
seat (運転手の方，運転手の席）など。
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