TOEIC 6/14

toeic

Overview

  • 結構メモを残しておくべき内容が多かった気がするけど、書いていると寝る時間が無くなるので、要点だけ。時間があれば明日にでも纏めよう。
  • 風邪でダウンして以来ペースが崩れていましたが、ここ数日で元に戻せたように思える。油断大敵。

Dialogue1800

  • Part13,14,15
  • 全体の約10%強が終了になるわけですが、前からシーケンシャルにやるよりは、ランダムに選んだ方がよいのかもしれないと思えてきた。
  • senior prom date
    • AmE a formal dance party for high school students, often held at the end of a school year
    • BrE promenade a wide road next to the beach where people can walk for pleasure
  • tuxedo
  • diploma ceremony
  • grad dinner == graduation dinner
  • curfew: a law forcing everyone to stay indoors from a particular time in the evening until a particular time in the morning
    • The military regime decided to impose a curfew.
    • Can you tell me what your curfew is?
  • bring back == remind
  • remember
    • remember -ing: 過去にあったことを思い出す
      • I rememer seeing you somewhere.
    • remember to: 未来のことを忘れない
      • Remember to post this letter.
  • race: to move very quickly or make someone or something more quickly
    • She raced into the kitchen.
  • lively: someone whois lively has a lot of energy and is very active
    • He'd always been a bright and lively child.
  • what has become of
    • What has become of that famous actor?
  • parcel: an object that has been wrapped in paper or put in a special envelope, especially so that it can be sent by mail -> package
  • surface mail < registered mail < SAL (surface air lifted) < express mail
  • whereas: used to say that although something is true of the thing, it is not true or another
    • Why are some cancers cured by chemotherapy alone, whereas others are uneffected by drugs?
  • plastic: informal small plastic cards that re uused to pay things instead of money.
  • mundane: ordinary and uninteresting
    • Initially, the work was pretty mundane.
    • mundane daily necessities
  • blame: to say or to thing that someone or something is responsible for something bad
  • seduce: to persuade someone to have sex with you, especially someone who is younger than you or in a weaker position than you
    • The head lecturer here was sucked for seducing female student.
  • profligate: formal wasting money in a silly and careless way
    • proflicate spending of the taxpayer's money
  • snap: be a snap: AmE informal to be very easy to do
    • The test was a snap
    • a snap job

石井本

  • 3-1 (151-180) 14/30
  • 解きながら20分ほど寝てしまった。orz
  • ある選択肢を選ぶ == 他を誤答と見なす -> それでよいのかというviewをもつのだそうだ
  • 助動詞の使い方
    • canの過去形
      • could: 習慣的能力があった
        • He could run very fast when he was young.
        • ある時期にそう言う能力があった。
      • was able to: することができて、実際にやった
        • I was able to pass the exam although it was difficult.
        • 実際にやった。
      • could have done: できたに違いない（実際にはやらなかった）
        • When I went on a biz trip to Tokyo, I could have stayed with one of my friends there, but I put up at a hotel.
        • × I could pass the exam although it was difficult.
    • must not と not have to
      • must not: してはならない
      • not have to: しなくてもよい
    • canとbe able to
      • 能力
        • He can swim.
        • He is able to swim.
      • 可能性
        • It can be very hot in this area in Dec.
        • be able to はだめ
      • 許可依頼
        • Can I use your pen?
        • Can you open the door?
    • won'tとwouldn't
      • 未来の否定 He won't go to the dentist.
      • 否定的な意志 He wouldn't go to the dentist.
    • mayとmight
      • ほとんどのケースで may と同じ意味（〜かもしれない）で使われる。
      • might には、〜してもよいという意味はない。
    • must
      • -- しなければならない had to do
      • -- に違いない must have done
    • 助動詞 have p.p.
  • ought to do -> ought not to do
  • Shall I ---- ---- してあげましょうか？
  • astonish: to surprise someone very much
    • Dian astonished her family by winning three competitions in a low.
  • burglary: the crime of getting into a building and steal things
  • mammal: one of the class of animals that drinks milk fromm its mothers' body when it is young
  • submerge: to go under the surface of water, or to put someting under water or another liquid
    • The funnel entrance was submerged by rising seawater.
    • These great sea mammals are incredible, they can remain submerged for a very long time
  • squeamish: easily shocked, upset or easily made to fool sick by unpleasant sight
    • I could never be a nurse -- I'm too squeamish.
  • vet: someone who is trained to give medical cure and treatment to sick animals AmE veterinarian
  • in one's favor 人に有利に、好都合に
  • mind --ing
    • would you mind opening the window?
    • Would you mind me opening the window?