KEY POINT Itis that 「……のことは~だ」という意味を表します。英語では主語が長くなることを避けるため, it を主語にし、その内容を that 節で表します。 It is amazing that trains run on time in Japan. (日本で電車が時間どおりに走るのは驚きだ。) It is well known that traveling is convenient in Japan. (日本では移動が便利であることはよく知られている。) DRILL It is ~ that と( )内の語を使って, 次の英文を意味の通る1文にしましょう。 1. Japanese people are polite. (amazing) t is ama zing that Japanese people are polite 2. Japanese people use three writing systems. (interesting) t is Tneresting ot people hree utifing systems Japane se use 3. Japanese people sometimes work during holidays. (surprising) Surprising that People Soretines 4ork during holidays is 4. Japanese people patiently wait in long lines. (amazing) 1 is amazing thot Japen eic People potiently Japap ese waif in lony lines