この夏休みはTOEIC対策に明け暮れていました。
英語コラムの連載10回目です。
PDCA作戦でTOEIC大幅スコアアップを狙え! - 模試で弱点を徹底的に分析する
これに関して、日向先生のブログに興味深いエントリが
ありました。
なぜ、突然の値下げか?
TOEICこぼれ話、(続)TOEICこぼれ話をご覧ください。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Retirement Plans (4) 8/19 2009
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
I guess they could also be seen as cognitive exercises
that help ward off senial dementia.
My Mom, who's 72, has a senior-friendly PC that has
simplified icons and a screen magnifier, for example.
Health is of paramount importance for us geezers.
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cognitive, 認識の、認知の、知的な
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Cognitive means relating to the mental process involved
in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
[TECHNICAL or][FORMAL]
ex) As children grow older, their cognitive processes
become sharper.
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senile dementia, 老人性認知症
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If old people become senile, they become confused, can no
longer remember things, and are unable to look after themselves.
[ODE]
ex) she couldn't cope with her senile husband.
Dementia is a serious illness of the mind. [MEDICAL]
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screen magnifier, 画面拡大ソフト
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To magnify an object means to make it appear larger than
it really is, by means of a special lens or mirror.
ex) A lens would magnify the picture so it would be like
looking at a large TV screen.
magnifying glass 虫めがね
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of paramount importance, 最も重要で
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Something that is paramount or of paramount importance
is more important than anything else.
ex) Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.
最上級になるわけですね。ふむふむ。
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geezer, (変わった)じいさん、変人
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Some people use geezer to refer to a man. [mainly BRIT]
[INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED]
ex) an lod bald geezer in a posh raincoat.
[ODE]
イギリス英語ではa man.
アメリカ英語では(軽蔑的に)an old man.
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その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現
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ward off, ...を防ぐ、...を避ける
not-too-distant future, それほど遠くない将来
save diligently, こつこつ貯金する
fruits, 成果、報い