TOEIC 6/23

石井本

  • 4-3 (301-330) 22/30
  • ねむ〜い。orz
  • きっと疲れが蓄積しているに違いない。
  • step down: 辞任する
  • correspondent: someone who is employed by a newspaper or a televisionstationi etc to

report news from a particular area or on a particular subject

    • Our correspondent on South Africa sent this report.
  • Miss Smith had better not have gone when I get back or I'll be furious.
    • furious: extremely angry
    • had betterの否定 -> had better not
  • It goes without saying that SV
    • SVはいうまでもない
    • detrimental: formal causing harm or damage
      • smoking is detrimental to health
    • eyesight: your ability to see
  • The local government is thinking of having garbage collected by a ----
    1. 使役動詞 have 目的語 + do/done
    2. これが分からなくても、by a --から受け身であると判断する。
      • contractor: a person or company that makes an agreement to do work or provide goods in large amount for another company.
      • a rooting contractor
        • rooting: stone, tiles etc for making or covering roof
  • be busy doing
  • listen to + OBJ + do/doing/done
    • 知覚動詞
  • 前置詞の次 -> ○ 動名詞 × 不定
  • supple: someone who is supple bends and moves easily and gracefully
    • She excercises every day to keep herself supple.
  • to do 〜すること -> not to do 〜しないこと
    • in order to do -> 〜するために -> in order not to do / so as not to do 〜しないために
  • shortfall: the difference between the amount you have and the amount you need or expect
  • tellがthat節 -> 「誰か」に相当する単語が必要
  • ○ deny -ing
  • elderly -> lyだけど形容詞
  • 不定詞の時制
    • He seems to study.
      • It seems that he studies.
    • He seems to be studing.
      • It seems that he is studing.
    • He seemed to study.
      • It seemed that he studied.
    • He seemed to have studied.
      • It seemed that he had studied.
    • to doの時制は、主節の動詞によって決定する。
    • 主節の動詞より古い場合、完了形にしたい場合は、haveをつけるべし。
    • 進行形ならto be doing
  • slid -> slideの過去形、完了形
  • frail: somesone who is frail is thin and weak, especially because they are old.
    • He was a man of about 60, frail and bent.
  • ○ suggest -ing × suggest to do
    • suggest -ing
    • suggest (do 人) that S should V
    • suggest (do 人) that S V
    • suggest A for B
  • get 目的語 to do
  • pound: a place where lost dogs and cats, or cars that have been illegally parked, are kept until the claims them
  • ragged: also raggly especially AmE torn and in bad condition
  • 使役動詞の受動態 -> 不定詞になる
  • They made me work on time.
    • I was made to work on time.
  • pest: a small animal or insect that destroys crops or food supplies