Hiya,
1. 冬を過ごせば、０度の日もあるし、６度の日もあるし、１２度の日もある。しかし、「平均」で０．５度だけ高いとそれはもう異常なのだ。
My translation: "We may experience a winter in which some days are 0 degrees, some days are 6 degrees, and other days are 12 degrees. Nevertheless, if the the temperature is only 0.5 degrees higher than 'average', it's now 'unusual'."
In the second sentence:
a) What is the role of で? This is not proper English, but does it essentially mean something like "0.5 degrees higher from the average"?
b) In the translation, have I got the word "only" applying to the right thing?
c) I translated もう as "now" -- i.e. basically emphasising a change of state to "unusual". Is that right?
2. いつごろ返事をがいただけますか。
Translation given: "When will you give me your answer?"
How do we parse がいただけますか? Is が a typo perhaps?
3. This is from a text about about global warming:
a) こんなニュースを聞いても、その深刻さを実感する人は少ないようだ。
I understand this to mean: "Even on hearing news like this, it seems few people realise the seriousness (of the situation)."
Then:
b) それはきっと温暖化という言葉とこの平均気温のせいだろう。
I'm guessing this may mean something vaguely like "The reason (why people don't understand the seriousness) is probably because they equate 'global warming' with this average temperature (rise)."
However, I can't understand the grammatical structure of the sentence. What is the purpose of と? Does せい mean "reason"? Does せい show that the whole sentence is explaining a reason, or is せい connected purely with 平均気温?
If there's some way to show the logical structure of this sentence, that would be a great start...
Then:
c) 暖かくなるのは寒くなるよりいいのではないかとか、心配していたほど上がらなくてよかったと考えてしまうのかもしれない。
I understand "Perhaps (people think that) warming is better than cooling..."
Then I'm a bit hazy. I get something like "... and maybe people end up thinking it's OK if we don't increase to the point of worrying". This doesn't make sense, at least partly because I don't understand in what sense 上がる is used...
1. 冬を過ごせば、０度の日もあるし、６度の日もあるし、１２度の日もある。しかし、「平均」で０．５度だけ高いとそれはもう異常なのだ。
My translation: "We may experience a winter in which some days are 0 degrees, some days are 6 degrees, and other days are 12 degrees. Nevertheless, if the the temperature is only 0.5 degrees higher than 'average', it's now 'unusual'."
In the second sentence:
a) What is the role of で? This is not proper English, but does it essentially mean something like "0.5 degrees higher from the average"?
b) In the translation, have I got the word "only" applying to the right thing?
c) I translated もう as "now" -- i.e. basically emphasising a change of state to "unusual". Is that right?
2. いつごろ返事をがいただけますか。
Translation given: "When will you give me your answer?"
How do we parse がいただけますか? Is が a typo perhaps?
3. This is from a text about about global warming:
a) こんなニュースを聞いても、その深刻さを実感する人は少ないようだ。
I understand this to mean: "Even on hearing news like this, it seems few people realise the seriousness (of the situation)."
Then:
b) それはきっと温暖化という言葉とこの平均気温のせいだろう。
I'm guessing this may mean something vaguely like "The reason (why people don't understand the seriousness) is probably because they equate 'global warming' with this average temperature (rise)."
However, I can't understand the grammatical structure of the sentence. What is the purpose of と? Does せい mean "reason"? Does せい show that the whole sentence is explaining a reason, or is せい connected purely with 平均気温?
If there's some way to show the logical structure of this sentence, that would be a great start...
Then:
c) 暖かくなるのは寒くなるよりいいのではないかとか、心配していたほど上がらなくてよかったと考えてしまうのかもしれない。
I understand "Perhaps (people think that) warming is better than cooling..."
Then I'm a bit hazy. I get something like "... and maybe people end up thinking it's OK if we don't increase to the point of worrying". This doesn't make sense, at least partly because I don't understand in what sense 上がる is used...
