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増田有華ファンが英語学習に悪戦苦闘する日記

COUNTDOWN TOEIC 27(May 26) 英検1級 41(June 9)

festival:
a day or period of the year when people stop working to celebrate a special event, often a religious one
a series of performances of music, plays, filims/movies, etc. usually organized in the same place once a year
a series of public events connected with a particular activity or idea


三連休中なのに本当に学習量少なすぎる。

P-Study System
「よくできましたっ!」朝晩2回ずつ。
学習時間 2分24秒 正解数21 不正解数 6 正解率77.78 獲得ポイント 876pts
学習時間 3分51秒 正解数39 不正解数11 正解率78.00 獲得ポイント1695pts
学習時間 3分48秒 正解数40 不正解数11 正解率78.43 獲得ポイント1717pts
学習時間 4分27秒 正解数43 不正解数14 正解率75.44 獲得ポイント1776pts

旧TOEICPart3

TOEICテストは20世紀に一度だけ受けたことがあります。スコアシート紛失しました。

問題集正解数累積正解数
公式ガイド問題集ミニテスト10/1010/10
公式ガイド問題集練習テスト18/3028/40
公式ガイド問題集2ミニテスト24/3052/70
公式ガイド問題集2練習テスト19/3071/100


英語5分間トレーニン(2011年4月29日分リスニング)

Have you ever been to a drive-in theater?
Yes, but that was a long,long times ago.
I loved those gigantic screens.
They're much better than TVs or computers.

gigantic: extremely large

This old shoebox is full of old photos.
Many of them are quite faded.
I wanted to preserve them.
So I scanned them all into my computer.

fade: to become or to make sth become paler or less bright

英語リスニング入門(2002年4年29日分May Day)

It is said that May Day goes back to the festival of Flora, the Roman goddes of flowers and spring,
and that this festival spread to various parts of Europe.
In England, it became customary for people in every village or town to dance around a pole
called a maypole and choose the most beautiful girl as the May Queen.
In United States, May Day came to be celebrated in parks or at schools.
College students would choose a May Queen from among themselves.
Today, May Day celebrations are not nearly as common as they used to be,
but many people cherish the memories ot the fun they had on May Day in their childhood.

May Day: the first day of May, celebrated as a spring festival and, in some countries,
as a holiday in honour of working people

Mayday: an international radio signail used by ships and aircraft needing help
when they are in danger

Labor Day: a public holiday in the US and Canada on the first Monday of September,
in honour of working people


birch: a tree with smooth bark and thin branches, that grows in northern countries
(樺の木,樺:光と豊穣の象徴-ジーニアス英和辞典第3版より)

gaiety: the state of being cheerful and full of fun

pagan: a person who holds religious beliefs that are not part of any of the world's
main religions

dew: the very small drops of water that form on the ground, etc. during the night


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