東大英語で学ぶ英文解釈(3)

　2017年の東京大学で出題されたものです。

     ①Recently, while I was working on my computer during a train ride from Boston to New York, we passed through a magnificent snowy landscape.  ②I wouldn't have known this but for the fact that I happened to look outside on my way to get a coffee.  ③Then I noticed that every other adult on the train was staring at a computer.  ④We deny ourselves the benefits of solitude because we see the time it requires as a resource to use more profitably.  ⑤These days, instead of using time alone to think (or not think), we hurry to fill it with some digital connection.

問．②と④を和訳せよ。ただし，②の this が何を意味するのかを明らかにすること。

＜ヒント＞
(1)　②は仮定法に注意。
(2)　②の "get a coffee" はどのように訳すのが適切か。英文の内容から情景を浮かべるとヒントに。
(3)　④の "deny" はどのように訳すか。文型をヒントに。
(4)　④の "solitude" はどのように訳すか。本文中の「抽象ー具体」の関係性をヒントに。 

解説①はこちらから☟