2020年度第2回英検1級受験申し込み
受験料1万円超えですね。3技能受験者には高いかも。
これにより，10月4日のTOEIC L&Rテストは受験しないことにします。
松戸市周辺で申し込みましたが，高校で受験できるのかなあ？
本日の将棋棋戦
竜王戦，藤井聡太棋聖vs丸山忠久九段の対局，
丸山九段が勝ち，次局は佐藤和俊七段との対局となります。
NHKラジオ講座
世界に発信！ニュースで英語術 #74
異文化共存の象徴がイスラム礼拝堂に
MOVE TO MAKE HAGIA SOPHIA A MOSQUE RAISES OUTCRY
outcry noun [C] UK /ˈaʊt.kraɪ/ US /ˈaʊt.kraɪ/
a strong expression of anger and disapproval about something, made by
a group of people or by the public:
The release from prison of two of the terrorists has provoked a public outcry.
dismay noun [U] UK /dɪˈsmeɪ/ US /dɪˈsmeɪ/
C2 a feeling of unhappiness and disappointment:
Aid workers were said to have been filled with dismay by the appalling
conditions that the refugees were living in.
The fans watched in/with dismay as their team lost 42–11.
She discovered, to her dismay, that her exam was a whole month earlier
than she'd expected.
ラジオ講座なので，同じ単語が繰り返し登場するようになっているのですが，
どうもリスニングでは反応できず。orz
orthodox adjective UK /ˈɔː.θə.dɒks/ US /ˈɔːr.θə.dɑːks/
C2 (of religious people) having more traditional beliefs than other people
in the same religious group:
orthodox Christians/Jews/Muslims
the (Greek/Russian/Eastern) Orthodox Church
a part of the Christian Church, with many members in Greece, Russia,
and eastern Europe
cathedral noun [C] UK /kəˈθiː.drəl/ US /kəˈθiː.drəl/
A2 a very large, usually stone, building for Christian worship.
It is the largest and most important church of a diocese:
Salisbury Cathedral
diocese noun [C] UK /ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/ US /ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/
plural dioceses
an area controlled by a bishop
"cathedral"という単語は知っているのですが，orthodoxという形容があったので，
うまくイメージできませんでした。
ruling noun [C] LAW
an official decision, especially one by a judge, a court, or other authority:
If some states launch a legal challenge to the FCC's ruling,
Congress may have to step in.
The electronics giant is appealing against the Commission's ruling that
the company had abused its market position.
The director of the EPA said he'd issue a written ruling within two weeks.
a ruling is upheld/overturned
The ruling was later overturned by the state Supreme Court.
"Muslim prayers"がスクリプトを見るまで，まったく聞き取れず，
見たあとは普通にそのように聞こえるから，私の耳はいい加減だ。orz
Hagia Sophia cathedral, Istanbul, Turkey
Hagia Sophia, Turkish Ayasofya, Latin Sancta Sophia, also called Church of
the Holy Wisdom or Church of the Divine Wisdom, cathedral built at Constantinople
(now Istanbul, Turkey) in the 6th century CE (532–537) under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
By general consensus, it is the most important Byzantine structure and one of the world’s great monuments.
(from Britannica)
それほどの重要性を持つ問題だという認識がなく，無知を思い知らされました。
He owes his present success to his sound play methods.
