Question

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高二のコミュ英の教科書です。

下から2段目のthatは何を指しているのでしょうか？

3 ミシェルはどこでバラクに出会ったのでしょうか。
Michelle loved her working-class parents, They worked
very hard, but they couldn't go to college. So Michelle
decided not to disappoint them with her schoolwork. She
卒業と同時に
studied hard/at Princeton, and upon graduation/ she went
SG
on to Harvard Law School. She then became a lawyer.
Her starting salary was 1.6 times more than what her
father was making.
お父さんがうみだしているお金よりも小倍のお金
One summer, she mentored a new intern at her law
office/ It was Barack. Although he was poor/ he wasn't
10 interested in making money His car was very old, and
b
goog
there was a hole in the passenger door But he didn't
care He just wanted to help poor black people, and that
impressed her very much./

Answer 1

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that = He just wanted to help poor black people

訳すと、
彼はただ貧しい黒人達を助けたいだけだった、そしてそれは彼女を感心させた。
↑「それは」が that にあたります。

余談ですが、it = それ、that = あれ、と単純に憶えていることも多いですが、that の主要な役割に「何かを指示する(指し示す)」というのがあります。 単体で使う代名詞として「あれ」「それ」と訳せます。ここでの that は日本語として意味の通る「それは」と訳すのが良いです。