Vol.27 The 1st time TOEIC

I went to Kokugakuin Univ. for taking the TOEIC exam.
Before that I bought a mask at a CanDo and wore it on the spot because I had kept coughing.
I worried about if I would cough and it might disturb the neighbor test examinees.
But my concern proved unfounded.
I could stop coughing during the exam for some reason.
I do not know why.



I got the whole questions finished10 minutes to 15:00.
Today's result was acceptable.
I felt the questions easier than workbook which I have used.
But I realized that my weakness in English is listening and grammar.



By the way I had a sense of closeness to a test proctor in the exam room.
Because he looked very tense in front of many people, so he often stumbles when he explained instruction.
I also sometimes stumbles like him.



I left Shibuya for Jiyugaoka and went to a Bookoff.
The store happened to I offer special discounts.
I bought some textbook for English and a dictionary.
I was very pleased to buy this dictionary for about 600 yen.
Because I had been waiting for its being sold for fair-sale price.
I feel even 3300 yen is too expensive.



After that I went to Yoshinoya.
I ordered a normal Gyudon.



Almost evertime I order only normal Gyudon.
I hope that the day I can order a specail Gydon, miso soup as well as salada will come.
One of my hapiness is something like that.
What is your hapiness?



I work toward the next TOEIC from now.





受験者の英語の知識を試験する
test examinees

# その不安は杞憂に終わった。
That concern proved unfounded.

# 試験監督官
proctor〈米〉 // test proctor

# 親近感を持つ
have a sense of closeness

# 聞き取りにくい話し方をする
talk thick

# stumble in one's speech
スピーチ［演説｛えんぜつ｝］中のつまずき［へま］

# すべてやり終える
get the whole thing finished

# ディスカウントセールを実施する
offer special discounts

# 我慢して待つ
wait in patience

激安価格
fire-sale price

* ほぼ毎回
almost invariably

* ～に向けて頑張る
work toward


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体を引きずるようにして行ってきたTOEIC。
問題集より本番のほうが簡単に感じた今回のテスト。
出来のほうはまずまず。
早く結果が知りたいです。

試験監督の方は緊張の余り、
試験場の注意を説明する際に何度もつっかかっていました。
自分を見ているようで親近感が沸きました。

久しぶりに食べた吉野家の牛丼は美味しかったです。
一杯がたった380円でも、一食150円で自炊している自分には
なかなか外食なんて出来ませんが、
風邪で体調を壊していることもあり、
景気付けに牛丼をいただいて来ました。

ブックオフではロングマンの辞書を購入。
電子辞書をやめて、脳に残りやすい紙の辞書で語彙を覚えようと思います。

明日からは次のTOEICに備えて勉強開始です。

nikukyu