TOEIC 6/4

別の問題の復習

• 今回僕が受験したのとは別の区分らしいですが、何処かで出会う可能性があるので、ちゃんと復習しておくに超したことはありません。
• 昨日と今日のパートは、次回テストの一週間くらい前から集中的に復習したいのだが、うまいリマインダーは無い物だろうかな。
• 1月に勉強始めた頃から思っていましたが、不思議と英語の勉強って苦にならないんですよねえ。最近はやってて面白いとすら思えているし。:-)
• biannual: happening twice each year
  • biannual report
    • I'v forgotten how often that NewsPaper comes out.
    • ---- is published biannually.
• easy-going: not easily upset, annoyed, or worried
  • Her easy-going nature make her popular.
• in exchange for
• durable: staying in good condition for a long time even if used a lot
  • Plastic window frames are more durable thatn wood.
• affordable: to be able to do something without causing serious problems for yourself
• draw on: to use money, experiences etc for a particular purpose
  • When ---- market is tight, many individuals draw on their particular area of business and hire themselves out as consultants. （意味不明？）
• anticipate: to expect that something will happen and be ready for it
  • Organizers are anticipationg a large crowd at the carnival.
• She's tying a scarf around her neck.
• He's sliding down a ----.
• shovel: AmE to lift and more earth, stones etc with a shovel
  • The workman shovelled loads of gravel onto the road.
    • gravel: small stones, used to make a surface for paths, roads etc
      • a gravel pit: a place where gravel is dug out of the ground
• She's peddling down the street.
  • pedal down: to ride a bicycle
  • peddle: to go from place to place, trying to sell something
• advisable: (not before noun) something that is advisable should be done in order to avoid problems or risks
  • For heavy smorkers, regular medical checks are advisable.
  • it is advisable to do something
  • ---- is advisable to dress appropreately to ----.
• bewilder: to confuse someone
  • bewildered: totally confused
    • Benny looked around, a bewildered expression on his face.
  • bewildering: confusing, especially because there are too many choices or things hapening at the same time
    • There's a bewildering range of skin care product to choose from.
• uncharted: not marked on any maps
  • The ship arrived at a previously uncharted island.
• infirm: weak or ill, especially because you are old
  • Her grandmother is now old and infirm.
  • the infirm: all the people who are weak or ill
• contingency: on event or situation that might happen in thefuture, especially one that might cause problems
  • contingency plan: a plan that you make in order to deal with a problem that might happen
    • contingency plan to cope with a major computer failure
• allowance: an amount of money that you are given regularly or for a special reason
  • His father gave him an allowance of $1000 a year.
• wheelbarrow: a small cart that you use outdoors to carry things, with a single wheel and two handles
  • The wheelbarrow is filled with ----.
  • One ---- has lifted the wheelbarrow.
• chimney: a pipe inside a building that goes from a fire to the roof in order to let smoke out
  • a factory chimney belching smoke
    • belch:
      1. to let air from your stomach come out noisily through your mouth
      2. to give or send out large amount of smoke, fire etc
  • Dark smoke is rising from the chimney.
• readily: quickly and easily
  • Computers make data readily avairable to users.
• displaced: to make the place of someone or something
  • Coal is being displaced by natural gas as a major source of energy.
• illegible: difficult or impossible to read
  • I'm not sure what this note says. Dad's writing is almost illegible.
• culminate in something: if a process culminates in something, it finally reaches the highest point of development or the most important result
  • a series of minor clashes culminating in a full scale of war
• alleviate: to make something less painful or difficult
  • a medicine to alleviate cold symptoms
  • Decline in ---- import has done little to alleviate concerns about the country's trade deficit.
    • deficit: the difference between the amount of something that you have and the hgher amount that you need
      • The directors have reported a deficit 2.5 million.
• chef: a skilled cook, especially the chief cook in a hotel or restaurant
• flip: to turn something over or into a different position with a quick, sudden movement
  • He's flipping through some ---- at his desk.
• set oneself apart from ----

• 日に日に書き写す量が増加中なのが気になりますが、覚えるのには効果的なので、できるだけ続けることにしよう。
• このスタイルって、受験勉強の時にライトハウスでやっていたことが、Longmanに変わっただけで全然変わってないです。
• 同じ人が考えてるのだから、突き詰めると同じ結論になる...といえなくもないが、全然進歩が無いとも言えるわけで。

なんだかな。

証跡

しばらく前の郵送物を参照する必要があって、手紙を放り込んである棚を調べていたところ、1998年当時に受験したTOEICのスコアが出てきた。点数は深く封印するとして、三回も受験していたのに驚いた。てっきり二回だとばかり思っていたのですが。いつの間に。(^^;

生活リズム

一週間前に風邪を引いたことの最大の負の影響は、早起きできなくなってしまったことだと思う。体調はある程度戻ってきているので、ほとんどは気持ちの問題なんですけどね。おかげでLCの勉強が出来ないままっす。よくないなあ。