White House Cites Economy To Bolster Clinton's Rolling ⇒
Stepping up its campaign to bolster President Clinton's sagging public standing, the White House today paraded out eight top economic officials who turned their agencies' accomplishments over the last year and a half. (訳⇒)
President Clinton highlighted the economy's performance in the opening statement of his prime time news conference on Wednesday, the third of his term.
Administration officials said this evening that he would hold another news conference in Rose Garden on Friday morning just to discuss the economy.
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適語挿入課題 意味もわかりますか? A storm system wreaked havoc through the country on Tuesday, ripping down power lines and ( ) unstable structures.
選択肢:
tops / toppled / toppling / topples
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※課題122-その1
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2.My sister married with a man who is younger than her.
3. Bob entered into the classroom.
4. When will Miki leave from Japan?
5. He helped my homework.
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以下は、相対性理論を分かり易く説明したものです 日本語に、上手く翻訳しましょう
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.
-- Albert Einstein
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1)The population of Italy is about ( ) that of Japan.
a) half as large as / b) half less than c) as half as / d) half larger than
2) The population of San Francisco is ( ) that of Tokyo.
a) less of one tenth than / b) less than one tenth of c) less than one tenths / d) one tenth less 〜〜〜〜
その1)
Takeover speculation has ( ) the firm since its CEO was involved in a scandal several months ago.
選択肢: placed, plagiarized, plagued, pluralized
その2)
Our hotel prides ( ) on good service, and our friendly staff never hesitates to show our guests every courtesy.
その3) The teacher told his students to close the windows in order to have him ( ).
選択肢 hearing/ to be heard / hear / heard
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課題 名言シリーズ:これはどういうことが書かれているでしょうか?
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
-- Buddha( BC565?-486?)
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速読・精読資料から(これは英語練習帖の追加版です)
★ある思春期の子からの相談
I feel like I'm my friends' last resort. If one of their other friends is free, they hang out with that person instead.
これはどういう相談でしょうか?
英検トイク課題 適語挿入課題
The boss told us during the meeting that the next assignment would be an ( ) job and not outsourced.
選択肢:outhouse, in-house, outcast, built-in
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1)適語挿入課題です
There are ( ) advantages as well as disadvantages to sole proprietorships.
選択肢: much / many / more / most
2) The government demanded that more businesses ( ) opt-out options in their email messages to cut down on the overload of spam.
選択肢:inhabit / incite / import / include 〜〜〜〜〜〜
1) Taro soon found that his promotion had its ( ). He expected to work late on weeknights and on some weekends without being paid overtime
選択肢:upturns/ drawbacks / outposts / pullouts
2) Because Hanako is so shy, the most difficult part of her new job is having to ( ) with clients at work-related events and parties.
〜〜〜〜〜 The singer was at first ( ) to speak publicly about her battle with cancer, but eventually decided she should tell her fans about it.
選択肢:captive/ hesitant/ shameless/ erratic
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Since Jacob believes in the ( ) that the number 13 is unlucky, he refused to move into an apartment on the 13th floor.
選択肢:superstition/deformity/innovation/gratuity/
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課題その1)適語挿入課題
It seems that the CEO is having difficulty ( ) the business after the partnership buyout.
選択肢: to run / running/ having been running/ was running
その2)
The bank requires that all businesses have ( ) collateral for all loans taken with its lending institution.
選択肢: sufficient / reticent / immoral / motile
その3)
Taro: I know that you don't always sell all the bread you make at the bakery. What ( ) of the bread that you don't sell there?
Mike: I give the bread to homeless people in this town.
選択肢: the rest / becomes / turns off / is the share