増田有華さんを応援しながら英語学習+α

増田有華ファンが英語学習に悪戦苦闘する日記

Countdown TOEIC L&R 第212回公開 6 IP 5

neat simple and clever  a neat trick
He's got a neat way of memorizing information.
There is, unfortunately, no neat solution to solve.
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比嘉愛未さん目当てで(少数派だろうけれど),『コード・ブルー』を見ました。
東海大学の救命に高校の同級生がいるのですが,卒業後,一度もお会いしたことは
ありません。スタッフの集合写真を見てもどの方が同級生なのかわかりませんでした。

ウィンブルドンフェデラー選手,単独トップの8回目のタイトル獲得!!!
チリッチ選手の足のマメ,映像が映し出されましたが,痛々しかったですわ。
最新ランキングを見ましたが,錦織圭選手の全米オープン第8シード確保は
固そうです。マレー選手とナダル選手のポイント差がかなり詰まりました。
一方,女子はついにケルバー選手に代わって,プリスコワ選手がナンバーワンに
なりました。ムグルサ選手はトップ5返り咲き。4位のコンタ選手と差が
僅かですから,全米オープンの第4シードをめぐる争いも注目したいところですわ。

朝,YBMのサイトから音声ファイルをチマチマとダウンロードしました。
調子が良かったのですが,ネットワークエラー1回だけありました。
noisy versionの音声のありがたみがよくわかりませんが。。。
韓国って,そんなにリスニング,劣悪な環境なのか???

TOEIC L&R対策

休みます。

評判が悪い日本語版公式トレーニング本を明日からやる予定ですわ。
気が変わり,模試を解くかもしれませんが。。。


Enjoy Simple English

My Hometown Osaka Part 2: Osaka's Famous Shopping Street

7月号のカバーを飾っている本日のお話。
大阪の食い倒れ,京都の着倒れ,神戸の履き倒れ,奈良の寝倒れ,なんですね。

52 Places to Go in 2017

There are thousands of getaways to explore this year. 
Here are some ideas to get you started.
January 4, 2017

15. Osaka, Japan

The ultimate Japanese feast awaits.

If Kyoto represents Japan's spirit, and Tokyo its heart, Osaka is the country's insatiable appetite. 
The city's culinary legacy is alive and at work in the neighborhoods of Tsuruhashi and Fukushima, 
and in the 91 Michelin-starred restaurants spread throughout the city — like Ajikitcho, 
specializing in traditional Japanese cooking, and Taian, with a chargrilled focus. On April 28, 
it will all come together at the International Festival Utage (“feast”), a 10-day food festival, 
celebrating flavors from Japan's 47 prefectures. — Kenan Christiansen



currency the money that a country use : a specific kind of money
[count] A new currency has been introduced in the foreign exchange market.
[noncount] They were paid in U.S. currency.

budget an amount of money available for spending that is based on a plan
for how it will be spent
[count] What's the average weekly/monthly/annual budget for a family of five?
The film has a million-dollar budget.
He's been trying to live on a budget of less than $1,500 a month.
[noncount] The project was completed on schedule and under budget.
[=it was completed for less money than is planned]
We're still within budget. [=we still are not spending more money than we 
planned to spend]
The director always goes over budget on his film. [=the director always spends 
more money than is planned]
- often used before another noun a budget crisis  budget cuts
The governor will discuss the state's budget deficit/surplus.

expensive costing a lot of money  an expensive hobby  an expensive car  
expensive clothes
The lights were expensive to install.
They live in an expensive neighborhood. [=a neighborhood in which houses, 
apartments, etc. cost a lot to buy or rent]
Her decision to leave the company proved to be an expensive mistake.
[=a mistake that caused her to lose a lot of money]
He has expensive tastes. [=he likes expensive things]

reasonable not to expensive 
The store's prices are reasonable.
The hotel offers excellent accommodations at reasonable rates.
- opposite unreasonable

定期購読

休みます。

Quotations

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be
able to do nothing else.

[William Hazlitt, 1778-1830, On the Ignorance of the Learned]

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本日も売れ残りのうなぎ系を買ってきました。明日の朝食となります。


We'll get through this together.