Under no circumstances are we going to allow North Korea to possess nuclear weapons.これは昨日の新聞の見出しです。この意味は We are not going to allow North Korea to possess nuclear weapons.のことです。ここでは英語の倒置法が使われています。倒置法はとても大切な会話の一部です。新聞の見出し、あるいは会話でも語気を強めたいときなどによく使われます。Little did he know that he would be a future billionaire.(自分が将来大金持ちになるとは知る由もなかった。）のように使います。つぎのビデオの3:53を聞きましょう。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh1XT0Myg8M&feature=feedu 1:47
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjRPqF4KV_s 0:22 gone are the days...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBOqGirabf0 1:35http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh1XT0Myg8M&feature=feedu 1:47
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjRPqF4KV_s 0:22 gone are the days...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r98ZsnoCG4 3:07 never has a contestant come so close to beating the balls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ieux_Btu98Y 9:01 little did they know not far behind there's another wave その後方の第二波を知る由もなかった
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOvDZ-NPAVA 0:25 little did they know that this place once housed the workers of Chernobyl nuclear reactor, この地にかつてチェルノブイル原発の職員たちが住んでいたことを知る由もなかった。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtfPw2dRRvo 1:45 little do we know he's not only paying attention, he's also paying her tab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs2VKAYn1Oo 3:26 only years later, did Arias finally admit she was the killer. （あれほど頑なに殺人を否定していたアリアス容疑者は）ほんの数年で結局は自分が殺ったとゲロを吐いた。
練習問題解答
a-2322 little did
a-2873 little did she know
a-2963 little did she know
a-4603 little do they know
a-5772 little did the birthday boy know
a-7291 little did they know that
a-9443 little did any of them know
a-9600 never did I think
b-0732 never again can we allow
b-4421 little did those working alongside her know
