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Hi! 答えは？/Choose:
The book that's on the table, which I told you about, was written __ Japanese __ my boss--a Korean dude.
a. of
b. by
c. in
d. about
e. for
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ANSWERS: Twitterより。選択問題：「私が話した、テーブルの上の本は、韓国人の上司が日本語で書いたものです」。空欄に入る前置詞を of / by / in / about / for から選んでください。 "In" We communicate in different languages, styles and ways: "by" 答えは in と by。「日本語で書かれた」は written in Japanese、「韓国人の上司によって書かれた」は written by my boss です。in は言語・声の調子・表現方法に使います。「英語で話す」「穏やかな声で話す」「興奮した声で叫ぶ」「異なる言語で書く」「イタリア語でオペラを歌う」「日本語字幕付きの英語の映画」「HTMLで設計されたサイト」という例が挙げられています。by は何かを作る人や、意図的に行為をする主体を表します。「『リア王』はシェイクスピアによって書かれた」「『ライトスタッフ』はトム・ウルフが書いた」「『種の起源』はかつて修道士を志したチャールズ・ダーウィンが書いた」「電球は、さまざまな金属を試したエジソンが発明した」「自動車は最初ダ・ヴィンチが設計したらしい」「『星月夜』は英語、フランス語、オランダ語も話したゴッホが描いた」「月に向かった最初の宇宙船はロシア人とアメリカ人が造った」「『神奈川沖浪裏』は葛飾北斎が描いた」というのが原文の例です。これらの人物や発明についての歴史的な言及は筆者の例として訳しています。
c., in and b., by:
The book that's on the table, which I told you about, was written _in_ Japanese _by_ my boss--a Korean dude. 日本語訳
We speak in English.
We talk in soft tones.
We yell in excited voices.
We write in different languages.
We sing Opera in Italian
This movie is in English with Japanese subtitles.
The website was designed in HTML.
Things are made by people (or by other creatures and robots).
So, 'by' is used with acts of intention:
King Lear was written by Shakespeare.
The Right Stuff was written by Tom Wolf.
The Origin of Species was written by a former wanna-be friar, Charles Darwin.
The electric light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison, who tested thousands of metals before settling on tungsten.
The automobile seems to have been first designed by Da Vinci. Ah, Italians!
Starry Night was painted by Vincent Van Gogh, who spoke fluent English, French and Dutch; he was a great man.
The first spacecrafts to go to the moon were built by the Russians and Americans
Kanagawa No Tsunami or The Great Wave off Kanagawa was drawn by Katsushika Hokusai.解答・解説の日本語訳