書き換え問題

質問

書き換え問題

1)Eliot is two inches taller than Lee.
=Eliot is taller than Lee ( ) (two) (inches).

2)She tried to read the English paragraph as fast as she could.
=She tried to read the English paragraph (as) (fast) (as) (possible).

3)Japan has about four times as many people as Canada.
=Canada has about a (quarter) (as) many people as Japan.

4)At the job interview, Rod wasn't as nervous as he looked.
=At the job interview, Rod was (less) (nervous) (than) he looked.

5)This street is three times as wide as that street.
=This street is three times (the) (width) of that street.

穴埋め出来ていないところもありますが質問させて頂きます。

回答解説よろしくお願いします。

回答No.1

wind-sky-wind · ベストアンサー

1)Eliot is taller than Lee (by) (two) (inches).
この by ... は「...分，だけ」という差分を表す用法です。

あとはすべて合っています。

回答No.2

sayshe

(1) by two inches
(2) as fast as possible
(3) quarter as / fourth as
(4) less nervous than
(5) the width

ほとんど正解していると思います。(1) の by は [程度を示して] 「～だけ」と言う意味です。