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実践！スラッシュ・リーディング　I-30

　One expert on spiders made an estimate of the number of the spiders in
a grass field in the south of England, and he came to the conclusion that there
were not less than 2,250,000 in one acre; that is something like no less than
6,000,000 spiders of different kinds on a football field.

　スラッシュは、前置詞、接続詞の前、カンマに入れます。

　One expert on spiders made an estimate of the number of the spiders/ in
a grass field /in the south of England,/ and he came to the conclusion/ that there
were not less than 2,250,000/ in one acre;/ that is something like no less than 6,000,000 spiders of different kinds/ on a football field.

　「あるクモの専門家は、クモの数を概算した、草原の、イングランド南部の、そして
彼は結論に至った、少なくとも225万匹のクモがいたと、つまりそれは1エーカーに60
0万匹もの様々な種類のクモがいたという事だ、1つのサッカー競技場に。」