はがきが2通！
第306回TOEIC L&R TESTの受験会場は，千葉市の専門学校です。
おそらく受験番号によって，建物が違うタイプですね。
英検サンプルテストは不受験の罰ゲーム的に申し込む予定ですが，
昨年も罰ゲームとして申し込んでおいて，欠席していたことを
思い出しました。orz
本日の将棋棋戦
順位戦A級4回戦，広瀬章人八段vs稲葉陽八段戦，
先手番の広瀬八段が午後11時過ぎの時点で，勝勢ですね。
明日の午前3時開始のバレーボールの試合に備えて，
終局まで見守らず，早めに寝ます。
順位戦C級2組，青嶋未来七段が北島忠雄七段に負けて，
初黒星，4勝1敗となりました。北島七段は2勝3敗。
CNN 10
Will Tech Force Cars To Slow Down? | October 11, 2022
Are we getting closer to having our cars monitored and controlled by the government? The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for carmakers to be incentivized to put speed limiters in new cars. Proponents say that it will make roads safer. Opponents say that it's an attack on freedoms. What do you all think? And, we finish today by meeting CNN Hero Dustin LaFont who is teaching skills like mechanics, welding, and cycling safety to help hundreds of kids in Baton Rouge stay safe and stay in school.
NHKラジオ講座
ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」(2022年10月4日分)
超高層ビルの地震対策は“上から”
QUAKE-DAMPER TECHNOLOGY TESTED ON SKYSCRAPER MODEL
long-period ground motion 「長周期地震動」
sway verb
UK /sweɪ/ US /sweɪ/
sway verb (MOVE)
[I] to move slowly from side to side:
The trees were swaying in the wind.
The movement of the ship caused the mast to sway from side to side/back and forth.
A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to stay upright.
ward noun [C]
UK /wɔːd/ US /wɔːrd/
ward noun [C] (CITY AREA)
(in many countries) one of the areas into which a city or town is divided, having its own elected political representative or its own organizations for managing services
skyscraper noun [C]
UK /ˈskaɪˌskreɪ.pər/ US /ˈskaɪˌskreɪ.pɚ/
a very tall building:
The restaurant is at the top of one of the big downtown skyscrapers.
scrape verb
UK /skreɪp/ US /skreɪp/
scrape verb (REMOVE)
[T] to remove an unwanted covering or a top layer from something, especially using a sharp edge or something rough:
[+ obj + adj] Scrape your boots clean before you come in.
We'll have to scrape the snow off the car before we go out in it.
Emily scraped away the dead leaves to reveal the tiny shoot of a new plant.
scrape verb (RUB)
[I or T, usually + adv/prep] to (cause to) rub against a surface so that slight damage or an unpleasant noise is produced:
Jackie fell over and scraped her knee (on the pavement).
I was woken up by the noise of branches scraping against my bedroom window.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
追加的に，"Asian View"の10月4日分を聞きました。
「らじるらじる」の音声と上記ウェブサイトの音声，微妙に音質が違うんだなあ。
TOEIC L&Rテスト対策
森田鉄也著『新TOEIC TEST直前すぐ効く160問』語研，2011年。
2週間前の金曜日に行なう儀式を本日行いました。
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