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Subway Pushers of Tokyo's Shinjuku Station.
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Trains during rush hour in Shinjuku Station would get so crowded, that
people needed assistance to get in the train in order to get to work on time.
These railway workers, officially called "passenger arrangement staff" at the
time, were responsible for getting the most amount of passengers (
train possible. Now, it might (Japan/Subway Pushers invent that not /
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you / did/surprise / know / to). They were actually first used in New York
City almost a century ago! While they are not used in New York anymore,
they can still be found in Japan's largest and busiest station.
), these
Japanese Subway Pushers were students "helping" people to get on trains as a
part-time job. These days, however, Subway Pushers are normal train staff
who are charged ( ) the duty of pushing people into the trains, mostly in
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taka

並び替え問題を解く基本：SV+接続詞＋SV
Now, it(S1) might (surprise(V1) you(O1) [to know <that(接続詞) Japan(S2) did not invent(V2) Subway Pusher(O2)>](S1).
さて、「押し屋」は日本が発明したものではないと知ると、あなたは驚くかも知れません。
←　さて、[＜日本が「押し屋」を発明しなかったということ＞を知ること]は、あなたを驚かせるかも知れません。
【ヒント】
〇it(S)：形式主語 → 真主語：①. that+SV か ②. to ～(不定詞) ← it(代名詞・単数)を表す単数名詞が前文にないため、形式主語と判断
真主語①の場合：that Japan(S) did not invent(V) Subway Pushers(O) ← 次の英文の内容(＝押し屋はほとんど1世紀前にニューヨーク市で実際に使われていた。)から判断
真主語②の場合：1. to invent Subway Pushersか 2. to surprise you か 3. to know that+SV
〇it(S) might(助動詞)＋動詞・原形：1. might invent か 2. might surprise か 3. might know
→ 1. Now, it might invent Subway Pushers …✕：形式主語が押し屋を発明できないから
⇒ 2. Now, [it](形式主語) might surprise you [to know that Japan did not invent Subway Pushers](真主語). 　

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