N1 grammar · Lesson 22

Reading news: 「とみられる」「としている」「ものとする」

事故じこの原因げんいんは、部品ぶひんの劣化れっかとみられている。

Long news sentences: read the end, find the subject, split at the links. 「とみられる」: a guess; 「としている」: a party’s position; rule-text 「ものとする」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01Breaking up long sentences: the end first, then the subject
  2. 02「〜とみられる」: it is thought that
  3. 03「〜としている」: one side’s claim or position
  4. 04「〜ものとする」: how rules are written
  5. 05Compared with similar expressions
  6. 06Putting them together: dialogue, a news report and an essay

Practice

  • What does this sentence mean?
  • Match the news and rule-text expressions with their meanings
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Put the long sentences in order
  • Read the news reports and essays and answer the questions

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