問題文全文(内容文)：
This dog is taken care of by a famous comedian.
His TV program is looked forward to by all my friends.
A lot of cans were thrown away by the audience.
I was made to wait for a long time to buy a ticket.
The world-famous designer was seen to enter the restaurant.
The comedian is heard talking at the hall.

問題文全文(内容文)：
N.T. Lesson9-1の解説動画です。
補語になる分詞の特徴を解説します。2018年の明治大学の商学部の入試問題にも触れています。

例文
After the class was over, we all sat talking for an hour.
Mr. White stood surrounded by his students.
Jason did his best to work Lucy ( ) the seriousness of the problem.(明治大・商学部 2018)

問題文全文(内容文)：
Tell me what you learned from this book.
I have no idea (as to) why the ancient city disappeared completely.
Why the city disappeared is a mystery, so experts are continuing their research.
The question is who ruled this city two thousand years ago.
What do you think the experts will do with the dinosaur fossils?
I think they will preserve them in a museum.
Who do you suppose is appropriate for the leader of our project?
I suppose Michael is.

問題文全文(内容文)：
大学入試でも見かけるalbeitという、少し変わった接続詞についての動画です。
実際に入試で出題された以下の文を観察した上で、解釈してみましょう。
①－a mental condition that resembles schizophrenia albeit with far less severe symptoms－ (慶應義塾大学理工学部2010)
② In it, he provided his own useful, albeit sometimes misleading, account of the qualities that helped him become a leader. (慶應義塾大学商学部2020)
③ My first lesson in economies was a classic, albeit bizarre supply-and-demand problem. (慶應義塾大学商学部2022)

問題文全文(内容文)：
即効英文解釈講座第2講
「アフルエンザ」について解説しています。

【問題文】
（１）
Modern-day families are buying more than ever before. The typical American family owns more goods than families fifty years ago
- second cars and televisions, CD players, DVD players, and kitchen tools and clothing
- that far exceed their living space. (1)As the income of today's family has increased, so have the number and frequency of purchases.

（２）
For many peaple, economic growth and an increase in possessions are signs of progress, but for anti-consumer groups over- consumption is a sickness. A recent Public Broadcasting Service documentary invented the term affluenza, which describes consumption of material goods in a strongly negative wav.

（３）
The term afflaenza combines two words: *affluence and influenza. According to anti-consumer and environmental rights organizations, the high consumption lifestyles of affluence cause people to be less happy even though they ar acquiring more "things." The major negative effect on the environment is that over-consumption is depleting the world's natural resources, anti-consumer groups argue.