
I now began going round and visiting all the trees where I distinctly remembered having seen ants ascending, and on all those trees I found them still swarming up in immense numbers as if to some place containing an inexhaustible supply of food.(The Book of a Naturalist by W. H. Hudson)
英文を前から読んでいくために、語句のかたまりを作ります。こんな具合に課題文をスラッシュ(斜め線)で区切ります(スラッシュリーディング)。語句のかたまりを意識すると、リスニングで英語の意味をつかむのが楽になります。
I now began going round and visiting all the trees/(関係副詞の前)where I distinctly remembered having seen ants ascending,/(接続詞の前)and on all those trees/(主語が文頭にないときの主語の前)I found them still swarming up in immense numbers/(接続詞の前)as if to some place containing an inexhaustible supply of food.
語句のかたまりを前から訳していきます。
I now began going round and visiting all the trees
そこで私は、すべての木々を見て回りはじめた
where I distinctly remembered having seen ants ascending,
アリが上っていくところを見たのをはっきり覚えている
and on all those trees
そして、それらの木すべてで
I found them still swarming up in immense numbers
いまだに無数のアリが大挙して上っているのを見た
as if to some place containing an inexhaustible supply of food.
無尽蔵の食料が供給される場所に向かっているかのように
I now began going round and visiting all the trees where I distinctly remembered having seen ants ascending, and on all those trees I found them still swarming up in immense numbers as if to some place containing an inexhaustible supply of food.
そこで私は、アリが上っていくところを見たのをはっきり覚えている木々を全部、見て回りはじめた。そして、それらの木すべてで、無尽蔵の食料が供給される場所に向かっているかのように、いまだに無数のアリが大挙して上っているのを見た。
I now began going round and visiting all the trees where I distinctly remembered having seen ants ascending, and on all those trees I found them still swarming up in immense numbers as if to some place containing an inexhaustible supply of food.
where I distinctly remembered〜 → all the trees を後ろから修飾する関係副詞節です。
on all those trees→ 本来の語順は I found them still swarming up in immense numbers on all those trees ですが、on all those trees を強調するために前に置かれています。
as if to some place〜 → as if の後に they were going を加えると、意味がはっきりします。→ as if they were going to some place containing〜
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