
The water was very clear, and as we passed through the kelp we looked down in some places where it grew less thickly, and could see its vast stems and branches, with their huge leaves, springing up from the depth of many fathoms, like a forest of submarine oaks or Spanish chestnuts. (A Voyage round the World by W.H.G. Kingston)注:船で海を移動している場面です。kelp = 大型の海藻。
動画の後半部分でリスニング用音声が流れます。
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。
The water was very clear,/(接続詞の前)and as we passed through the kelp/(主語が文頭にないときの主語の前)we looked down in some places where it grew less thickly,/(接続詞の前)and could see its vast stems and branches, with their huge leaves, springing up/(前置詞の前)from the depth of many fathoms,/(前置詞の前)like a forest of submarine oaks or Spanish chestnuts.
語句のかたまりを前から訳していきます。
The water was very clear,
海水はとても澄んでいた
and as we passed through the kelp
そして、私たちはケルプの上を通りながら
we looked down in some places where it grew less thickly,
ケルプがあまり密集していない場所を見下ろした
and could see its vast stems and branches, with their huge leaves, springing up
そして、大きな葉と共に、巨大な茎や枝のようなものが上に伸びているのが見えた
from the depth of many fathoms,
何メートルもの深さから
like a forest of submarine oaks or Spanish chestnuts.
海中のオークやヨーロッパグリの森のように
海水はとても澄んでいて、私たちはケルプの上を通りながら、それがあまり密集していない場所を見下ろした。大きな葉と共に、巨大な茎や枝のようなものが何メートルもの深さから上に伸びているのが見えた。オークやヨーロッパグリの海中の森のようだった。
The water was very clear, and as we passed through the kelp we looked down in some places where it grew less thickly, and could see its vast stems and branches, with their huge leaves, springing up from the depth of many fathoms, like a forest of submarine oaks or Spanish chestnuts.
some places where it grew less thickly→ where は関係副詞で、where it grew less thickly が後ろから some places(先行詞)を修飾しています。
could see its vast stems and branches, with their huge leaves, springing up→ see は知覚動詞です。see ● 〜ing = ●が〜しているのを見る
