Point 19 比較表現

Question 1

携帯電話は、地上ケーブルの電話ほど当てにならない

Answer 1

Mobile phones are not as reliable as landline phones.

Question 2

そのスクリーンは縦横同じ長さだ

この窓は幅よりは縦が長い

Answer 2

The screen is as tall as it is wide.
This window is more tall than wide.
This window is taller than it is wide.

Question 3

彼は私よりも背が高い

Answer 3

He is taller than I.

Question 4

人間の脳はチンパンジーの脳よりも大きい

Answer 4

The human brain is larger than that of the chimpanzee.

Question 5

２つの内でよいほうを選びなさい

Answer 5

Choose the better of the two.

Question 6

道路には車よりずっと多くの馬がいた

Answer 6

There were many more horses on the streets than cars.

Question 7

金星が一番明るく見えるのは日没直後である

Answer 7

Venus appears brightest just after sunset.

Question 8

ウラニウムは鉛よりも体積密度が２倍高い

Answer 8

Uranium is twice as dense as lead.

Question 9

ここで待っているよりは、家に帰った方がましだ

Answer 9

We might as well go home as wait here.

Question 10

返済を先に延ばせば延ばすほど、利息は多くたまっていく

Answer 10

The longer you put off repayment, the more the interest will accrue.

Question 11

彼女は、私と同様、決して天才ではない

Answer 11

She is no more a genius than I.

Question 12

事実は小説に劣らず不思議なものである

Answer 12

Truth is no less strange than fiction.

Question 13

ダラスは私にとって、一番住みたくない都市だ

Answer 13

Dallas is the last city I would want to live in.

Question 14

カナダはロシア連邦に次いで、世界で２番目に広い国である

Answer 14

Canada is, after the Russian Federation, the second largest country in the world.