TOEIC 5/23

LC

  • 恐ろしく眠かった週明けの朝。
  • LCの復習、やけに時間かかるので調べてみたら、
    • Part3,4では一問あたりの問題朗読が30-50秒
    • 解答して60秒、解説を読んで辞書引いて120秒、聞き直して180秒、音読して180秒、再生時のオーバーヘッドが一回あたり10秒と仮定すれば、一問あたり10分かかる計算。
    • 考えてみれば、こんなペースでもやむを得ないのかもしれない。
  • glitch: a small fault in the working of something
  • brevity: the quality of expressing something in very few words

RC

  • 2-2,2-3で合計80問
  • 三週目なのでもうちょっとペースアップできると期待していたが、どうしても丁寧に解く癖があるようで、あまり時間短縮できませんでした。
    • remittance: formal an amount of money that you send by post to pay for something
      • remit: to send a payment by post
    • alot: to decide officially to give something to someone or use something for a paticular purpose
    • provide 人 with 物 または provide 物 for 人
    • Please help yourself to more salad WHENEVER you like.
      • 何故か三回とも間違えた問題。(--ゞ
    • help oneself to
    • revoke: to officially state that a law, decision, contract etc is no longer effective
      • そういえば、SQLでREVOKEっていう権限剥奪のコマンドがあったっけ。
    • reticent: unwilling to talk about what you feel or what you know
    • boon: something that is very useful and makes your life a lot easier
    • She WAS OFFERED a better job in the Frankfurt office but refused to leave N.Y.
    • The government is considering deregulating bank interest rate.
    • patronize: formal to use or visit a shop, restaulant etc
    • procession: a line of people or vehicles moving slowly as part of a ceremony
    • awkward: making you feel so embarrassed that you are not sure what to do or say
    • get stack in traffic
    • For the study to succeed, what is necessary IS THAT EACH member of the staff cooperates fully with the research team.
    • mustache: maustache: hair that grows on a man's upper lip