高校英語について、久々に記す。
とはいえ、ずっと以前から僕の着想は変わらないし、こんごも変えるつもりは無い。
どこまでもおのれの出自や経験に拠っているからだ。
そもそもだ。
産業界にて英米人相手に英語を使い続けてみれば分かること。
世界をリアルに成すさまざまな「知識と命題」（とくに理科と社会科）を広くかつ仔細に了解し了察もしてこそ、「それらを成す単語間の文法秩序」がありうる。
逆は無意味だ。
「単語間の文法秩序」ばかりをどれだけ多様に組み合わせても、そこから既得のリアルな「知識と命題」（理科と社会科）が自動的に復元されることはない。
え？なになに？
AIを使えば可能かって？
なるほど、AIは数学マシンだ、よって「単語間の文法秩序」に則って’全く新規の’知識命題をポコポコ生成することはなんぼでも可能だ。
しかしだね、そんな幽霊のような知識命題が、リアルな産業や科学技術や権利義務の世界において何の意義がありえようか？
日記を記す上ですら役に立たないのでは？
以上まで考えてみれば、勉強においては「既得の（理科や社会科の）知識命題」が最優先であること、そして「単語間の文法秩序」は一番さいごでよいこと、同意頂けるはずだ。
しかし現行の英語教育カリキュラムでは、授業コマ消化と事業化のためにわざわざ英文法を反復的に…。
だから、つまんねぇんだ。
それでも、英文法について、ちょっとは教養力向上に結び付けられないものか、と考えてみた。
それで僕なりに考案したのが、以下の英文法課題だ。
おそらく大半は高２生でも理解出来るものだ。
以下の英文を日本語に訳せ。
なお、これら英文にて語法上あるいは常識上の間違いが有る ─ と考える場合には、それらを自分なりに訂正しつつ訳すこと。===================================
[1] She writes stories.
[2] She is writing stories just now.
[3] She has written stories since her high school days.
[4] She has been writing stories since yesterday afternoon.
[5] She wrote stories 5 years ago.
[6] She was writing stories at 11 o'clock yesterday.
[3] She has written stories since her high school days.
[4] She has been writing stories since yesterday afternoon.
[5] She wrote stories 5 years ago.
[6] She was writing stories at 11 o'clock yesterday.
[7] She had written stories before I met her.
[8] She had beein writing stories when I met her.
[9] She is a writer.
[10] She has been a writer since her high school days.
[11] She was a writer 5 years ago.
[12] She had been a writer before I met her.
[13] I ate fruits when you called me.
[14] I was eating fruits when you called me.
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[15] We leave for Scotland next month.
[16] We are leaving for Scotland next month.
[17] We are going to leave for Scotland next month.
[18] We will leave for Scotland next month.
[19] At this time tomorrow, our family will visit Florida.
[20] At this time tomorrow, our family will be visiting Florida.
[21] By this time tomorrow, our family will have been visiting Florida.
[22] He has been to Los Angels some times.
[23] He has just been to Los Angels.
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[24] I am forgetting people's names these days.
[25] I forgot those people's names.
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[24] I am forgetting people's names these days.
[25] I forgot those people's names.
[26] She resembles her mother.
[27] She is resembling her mother recently.
[27] She is resembling her mother recently.
[28 ] Every flower dies.
[29] That flower is dying now.
[30] H2O consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
[31] This H2O is consisting of hydrogen and oxygen just now.
[32] Diamond is the hardest material of all things.
[33] Only diamonds can cut other diamonds.
[34] 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 is 120.
[34] 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 is 120.
[35] 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 are 120.
[36] 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 was 120.
[37] More than 12 million people live in Tokyo metropolitan area.
[38] Less than 1 billion people lives in the EU.
[39] 1 trillion is a great large number.
[40] 4 trillions were great large numbers.
[40] 4 trillions were great large numbers.
[41] 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ... are even numbers.
[42] Japan is a nation.
[43] How many states does the USA have ?
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[42] Japan is a nation.
[43] How many states does the USA have ?
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とりあえずおわり。
気が向いたら続く。