急募 英語の長文問題

質問

英語の長文問題を解いていただきたいです。

❶This fact makes us think about the meaning of eco-tours.
のThis factは何を指していますか。日本語で答えてください。

❷質問に英語で答えていただきたいです。

(1)How old is Jomon Cedar considered to be?

(2)Why did people in Yakushima have to offer boards of cedars as nengu (land tax) in the Edo period?

(3)Why can't people touch or get close to Jomon Cedar?

❸正しい英文にはT、間違っているものにはFで答えていただきたいです。

(4)It is though that Jomon Cedar was discovered 2000-4000 years age.

(5)In the Edo period, people in Yakushima cut down cedars to grow rice.

(6)Only Jomon Cedar was left uncut in the Edo period.

本文

The last picture is, as you all know, Jomon Cedar.

It's one of the oldest and largest cedars in Yakushima.

It was discovered in 1966.

Can you imagine how old and how large it is?

It is considered to be 2000-4000 years old.

Some people say it is 7200 years old!

It is 25.4 m in height and it is 5.2 m in diameter.

Tomorrow we will look for this tree on the tour.

In the Edo period, people in Yakushima began to cut down cedars.

They had a poor rice crop because there was little land for growing rice there.

As a result, they had to offer boards of cedars as nengu (land tax).

Fortunately, some cedars over 1000 years old were left uncut then because they were not suitable for making boards.

That's why we can still see them as well as Jomon Cedar!

I'm very sorry to say that we can't touch or get close to Jomon Cedar.

We can only look at it from a distance.

That's because many tourists stepped on the roots and damaged the tree.

❶(This fact) makes us think about the meaning of eco-tours.

That's all for the orientation.

Do you have any questions?

よろしくお願いします。

回答No.1

tatata-0000 · ベストアンサー

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「過去に多くの観光客が杉の根を踏んで木に損傷を与えてしまったこと」でしょうね。
「遠くから見るだけで、触ったり近づいたりできないこと」ということも、エコツアーの意義を考える契機になりますが、より直接的な前者でしょう。
２－１
質問は、「Jomon Cedarは何歳だと考えられているか？」
It is considered to be 2000-4000 years old.
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質問は、「江戸時代、屋久島の人はなぜ杉板を年貢に出していたのか？」
Because they didn't have enough rice to offer as nengu.
２－３
質問は、「なぜ人々はJomon Cedarに触ったり近づいたりしてはいけないのか？」
Because there is some possibility of damaging the tree.
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F　It was discovered in 1966.→発見されたのは1966年。
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F　「米を育てるために木を切った」のではない。「米がないから代わりに木を年貢にした」。
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F　some cedars over 1000 years old were left uncut→Jomon Cedar以外にも切られなかった木はある。