TOEIC 11/5

石井本

  • 6-2 511-540 17/30
  • うーん、さんざんたるものだ。仮定法以前に、もっと根本的な部分を忘れてしまっている可能性が高い。後半月でリハビリできるんだろうか?
  • We're not sure yet if the school will be able to afford new textbook next year.
    • 〜かどうかのif
  • If it were not for your family connections, you would not have landed such a cushy job.
    • cushy: informal very easy
      • I wish I had a nice cushy job like her.
  • If our college quaretrback were a better player, he wouldn't be playing for our college.
    • would playでも意味は通じるように思えるんだが..
  • If only I had brought my camera with me. The scenery is absolutely spectacur.
  • If my friend hadn't been so good at chess, he wouldn't writing books on now.
  • You could ask my friends if he can give you a lift to the election tomorrow.
  • Ifを見かけたら、以下で分類を試みる。
    • もし〜
      • 直説法:事象は起こった、起こりうる
      • 仮定法:事象は起こらなかった、起こりえない
    • 〜かどうか
  • accompany: to go someone with somewhere, expecially in order to look after them
    • Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
  • hut: a small, simple building with only one or two rooms
    • a wooden hut
  • If the price of our raw materials increases any further, we would be out of businesss by the end of the eyar, so I'm relieved prospects are good.
  • The two boys now wish they hadn't rayed water over the neighbor because they're both grounded.
  • ground: informal to stop a child going out with their friends as a punishment for behaving badly
    • I got home at 2 am and Dad grounded me on the spot.
  • wish のthat節
    • Ifと同じ扱い

From the way he's talking, it sounds as if he had no choice but to accept the transfer.

  • sound(v) : that説はとらない。as if か likeのどちらか
  • If the children in class 4A had not been so unruly, their class room would still be in pristine condition.
    • pristine: extremely fresh or clean
      • the pristine whitenesss of newly falled snow.
  • with storm coulds building overhead, the climbers asked themselves if continueing the climb was a good idea.
  • I know we need to cut costs, but if the quality of our product sould suffer, we will lose custmers overnight.
  • If the show is as good as you say it is, it should have no trouble in pulling the large audience it requres.