例文002（入門英文解釈の技術70）

例文002

Life on earth began in water, billions of years ago, and water sustains all life today. It cycles about endlessly, from rain to streams, from streams to rivers and from rivers to the seas. Sea water rises to the atmosphere as water vapor, then forms clouds in the cooler air and falls to earth again as rain.

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Life on earth began in water, billions of years ago, and water sustains all life today.

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和訳

S:生命　M:地球上の　V:始まった　M:水の中から
J:そして　S:水　V:支えている　O:全ての生命　M:今日も

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It cycles about endlessly, from rain to streams, from streams to rivers and from rivers to the seas.

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和訳

S:それ（水）　V:循環する　M:ほとんど終わりなく
　M:水から小川へ
　M:小川から川へ
　J:そして　M:川から海へ

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Sea water rises to the atmosphere as water vapor, then forms clouds in the cooler air and falls to earth again as rain.

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和訳

S:海水は
　V:昇る　M:大気へ　M:水蒸気として
　M:それから　V:作る　O:雲　M:冷たい空気の中で
　J:そして　V:落ちる　M:地上へ　M:再び　M:雨として