By the end of February 1917, 388 miles (624 km) of railway had been laid (at a rate of 1 kilometre a day), 203 miles (327 km) of metalled road, 86 miles (138 km) of wire and brushwood roads, and 300 miles (480 km) of water pipeline had been constructed. And the Royal Navy undertook to land stores on the beach at Deir el Belah as soon as required and until the railway approached the Wadi Ghazzee.
By 1 March the railhead had reached Sheikh Zowaiid 30 miles (48 km) from Gaza, and by the middle of March the railway had reached Rafa, 12 miles (19 km) from Deir el Belah. Although the Rafa railway station opened on 21 March, it "was not ready for unloading supplies" until after the battle. The railhead was to eventually reached Khan Yunis. However, with the arrival of the railway at Rafa, Gaza came within range of an EEF attack by mounted troops and infantry. With firmer ground the pedrails came off the guns and their teams of eight and ten horses were reduced to six.
Although Westerners dislike being asked questions of affiliation ("What group do you belong to?"), t
hey ask many questions involving opinion and choice. It is considered presumptuous and rude to make decisions for other people, even for seemingly minor things like choice of drink or dressing, since it would be considered an infringment on the other person's independence. It is even worse to make arrangements for a meal or an outing without consulting the person concerned. As a result, people who are reluctant to express their opinion or preference are considered not to have any and are thus looked down on as wishy-washy or even stupid.
日本語訳
西洋人は所属（どのグループに自分が入っているか）について聞かれることを嫌うけれども、彼らは意見や選択については、たくさん質問をする。他人のために意思決定をすることはたとえ、それが飲み物やドレッシングを選ぶことのような小さなことであったとしても、
自立した個としての相手の侵害することになるであろうと考えられているので、あつかましくて失礼なことと考えられている。
その人の意見も聞かずに、食事や外出の計画をすることはもっと良くないことである。その結果、自分の意見や好みを言うことを嫌がる人は、意見や好みを持っていないと考えられ、したがって、
決断力のない人間かもしくは愚か者であると見下されるのである。
和訳をお願いします
長くなってすみません(>_<)
For over 1,800 years, pepople have had animals as pets. Dogs and cats are the ones which are kept the most, but some people keep fish, rabbits, snakes and robopets. Then, you may say, “What are robopets?”
Over the years, science has developed and now we have robot pets. Some of them can show “feelings,”such as joy, sadness and anger, by using body movements, sounds and the lights in their eyes. Some can even decide how to things by themselves, as well as remember hundreds of words and talk to us in languages such as English, Japanese and Spanish.
Robopets have some better points than animal pets. They don't make loud noises and we don't need to feed them, give them a bath or take them for a walk. Also, they never make the carpet or floor dirty, so we don't have to clean up after them. And they don't get sick or die !
Many people aren't interersted in having robopets, however. They can't feel any warm relationship between a robot and themselves. They feel that when they have an animal as a pets, they can have friendly relationship with it. When animals get sick or die, we learn an important lesson : we wil be gone some day. So we love them more and learn how important ― and sometimes short ―life is.
People now have a choice about pets. They can choose a pet that is very convenient, or they can choose a pet that is living. Which kind would you choose?
1. I tried to do my homework, but I found there was something wrong with my computer.
2. "Who did you go to the movie with?" "No one. I went by myself."
3. I think my speech went down reasonably well. How did yours go?
4.The dog is one of the two most ubiquitous and popular domestic animals in the world; the cat is the other.
5. If I ask my co-workers whether they'd mind meeting on a Sunday, I'm sure most of them will say it's out of the question.
