Choose the best answer:
1. 'Obviously' means:
a. odd
b. stubborn in a way of action
c. easily apparent
Answer: C, easily apparent
When something is obvious it very easy to see, understand or conclude.
Choose the best answer:
2. John brought chopsticks to an Italian restaurant.
a. He's obviously not a golfer.
b. He's obdurate about his eating utensils.
c. He's obviously not Italian.
d. He's French.
Answer: He's French... no, I'm just kidding; The answer is C: ''He's obviously not Italian.'' An Italian wouldn't eat spaghetti with chopsticks (except this Italian (American); I, Carl.)
The other choices:
a. He's obviously not a golfer.
This has nothing to do with it, but it is a reference to a funny scene in a famous movie; The Big Labowski.
b. He's obdurate about his eating utensils.
`Obdurate'means stubbornly adhering to (sticking to/following) a certain way of doing something with no chance of changing due to suggestions by others. The story in the sentence does not say this about the subject.
d. He's French. There is no indication of John's nationality. Although, I wouldn't be surprised were he French. Just kidding.
日本語訳
問題１：obviously の意味は odd / 行動が頑固 / 明らかに分かる、のどれでしょう。問題２：ジョンはイタリア料理店に箸を持参しました。これから何が分かるでしょう。選択肢には「ゴルファーではない」「食器の使い方を頑として変えない」「イタリア人ではない」「フランス人だ」があります。
解答・解説の日本語訳
１の答えは c「明らかに」。obvious は見たり理解したりして容易に分かること。２の原文の答えは c「イタリア人ではない」。筆者は冗談を交えつつ、箸でスパゲティを食べないと決めつける例として説明しています。「ゴルファーではない」は映画への言及で、食器の話とは無関係。obdurate は「他人が勧めてもやり方を変えないほど頑固な」という意味ですが、ジョンについてそのような事実は示されていません。「フランス人」は国籍を示す根拠がありません。国籍についての一般化は筆者の冗談として訳し、事実として追加しません。