There were quite a few students absent from class today.
今日は欠席の生徒がほとんどいなかった。
This book says that elephants live to be over 100 years old.
象は１００歳生きるとこの本には書いてある。
The president addressed his students as follows.
学長は生徒たちに次の通りに講演した。
Success in life is not necessarily the same thing as the acquirement of riches.
人生における成功とはかならずしも富の獲得と同じものではない。
Each part of the book starts with a quote taken from the life of the author: a passage from a book, a question asked to a stranger on the road, something shouted by a girlfriend.
The world today needs to advance its production of food.
今日の世界は食料生産を促進する必要性がある。
A student raised his hand when the teacher finished the reading.
教師がそれを読み終えたとき、１人の学生が手を上げた。
His life is no bed of roses.
彼の生活は楽ではない。
I teach English to the second year classes.
私は２年生の英語を受け持っています。
The teacher's name was Mr Grey.
先生の名前はグレイ先生でした。
Every one wants to live free from care.
だれでも苦労の無い生活を望んでいる。
My husband passed away after having fought against his illness for a long time.
長い闘病生活の末、夫が亡くなりました。
Chokichi keenly felt that people, as they get older, forget entirely about the worries that only young people know about and that they themselves experienced in their youth; and that they nonchalantly take this convenient disposition where they judge hars
He wouldn't let anybody interfere with his private affairs.
彼は私生活には誰も立ち入らせなかった。
Compare your answers with the teacher's.
あなたの解答を先生のと比べてみなさい。
As long as I live, you shall want for nothing.
私が生きている間は君には何一つ不自由させません。
Those rules fostered discontent among students.
その規則が学生の間の不満を強くした。
Tom lives on a boat.
トムは舟の上で生活している。
They're not afraid of hard work.
彼らは一生懸命に働く。
He is in danger of losing his position unless he works harder.
彼はもっと一生懸命働かないと職を失う可能性がある。
Teachers help to form the minds of children.
先生は子どもの心を形成するのを助ける。
Life in a small town is boring.
小さな町の生活は退屈だ。
School children have colds twice as often as adult.
学校の生徒はおとなにくらべて２倍も風邪をひく。
I was born on October 10, 1972.
私は１９７２年１０月１０日に生まれました。
A son was born to the couple.
その夫婦に、男の子が生まれた。
I think that Japanese students are very good at gathering knowledge.
日本の学生は知識を蓄積する事は大変得意だ。
I remember the house where I grew up.
私は自分の生まれた家を覚えている。
Events of that type generally arouse suspicion.
この種の事件はよく疑惑を生む。
He has changed my life.
彼は私の人生を変えてしまった。
John Lennon was born in 1940.
ジョン・レノンは１９４０年に生まれた。
Write down your date of birth here.
ここに誕生日を書いてください。
One of the important differences between Japanese and Americans is that Japanese tend to choose a safe course in life, while Americans choose to explore and challenge life.
