Vol.120 My Second TOEIC Score

I was looking forward to knowing the TOEIC socre which was my second trial.
After taking the exam I expected to get at least 800.



As I expected, my score was 805 in total.
Last time I foud it my weak point was reading.
Because I took 345 points from reading section, whereas 420 points from listening section.
So I foucused on studying grammer and vocabrurary much time than listening.
Thanks to my effort for studying I scored 420 points from reading section.
But, to the contrary, my listening score went down to 385.



In the next TOEIC exam, I am sure to take 420 points from each section.

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765→830目指して勉強していましたが、目標には届かず。
805でした。
まぁ、800の壁は突破したのでこれはこれでいいのかなと。

次回こそは830突破だ！

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Vol.119 Practice makes perfect

Do you read a newspaper every day?
I have a custom of reading Japan times every morning at a library.


I found it very difficult to understand what was written in the newspaper 3 months ago.
But thanks to continuing to study English so hard every day, now I can have little difficulty in reading the newspaper.
"Practice makes perfect."

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英語を勉強し始める３ヶ月前は、
英字新聞はもっと難しいもの、
敷居の高いものと思っていたんですが、
そうでもないんですね。
最近英字新聞を読んでみたら、スラスラと読めました。
でも見慣れない単語がありましたが、類推すれば大意は掴めますね。
継続は力なり。

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Vol.118 The 1st Guest

The first guest to visit my house was a foreign friend of mine.
We invited him to have dinner together and decided to cook chicken as a main dish because he is Muslim.
We cooked radish salada with biled chicken, miso soup, kawari gohan and tsukune.



At 20:00 we went to the nearest station to receive him.
As soon as I found him, we hugged each other.
My GF near me was laughing at the strange scene.
I introduced him to her.


We enjoyed the delicious meals which we prepared with drinking a glass of cold red tea.
Of course, we did not stop having nice conversation at all.
After the dinner, we had some cake brought by him as well one prepared by her.
He was very satisfied with the all from the end to the beginning.


We saw him off to the station.
We promised him to visit him next time.

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我が家に遊びに来た初めてのゲストは外国人の友達でした。
鶏肉メインの夕食に満足してくれたようです。
次回は彼の家に遊びに行きます。

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Vol.117 New Comer

Yesterday she spoke to me,
"When you arrive at home you will get something good"
I asked her,
"Maybe a cat is in my house?"



Although I entered my house and then I looked for something nice inside,
I could not find it at all.
She said, "Try to find it carefully!"
At last, I found a betta in a fish tank.



In fact, we had had a betta in the past.
But unfortunately our cat attacked and killed the betta...
Now we do not have any cats and dogs, so the new comer can live in peace and comfort.
We named it Kuppi.
He has already begun to attract our attention.

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「家に帰ったらいいことがある。」
と言われて、とっさに思いついたことは、
「猫がいるかもしれない」と。
でも、猫の代わりにいたのは水槽に入ったベタでした。
早くも我が家の注目の的になっております。

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Vol.116 Arabic dish

June 25th was the anniversary day we talked to each other.
We went to a restaurant where it offer Arabic dish.
In the restaurant almost of all seats were occupied by Japanese as well as Arabic people.
Most songs played there made me nostalgic for memories which I used to live in Arabic country.
We enjoyed eating some Arabic food while appreciating belly dance.
Although the amount of food per person is less and also of the price is higher, we were satisfied with the taste and atmosphere as if we had a trip to Arab countries.





By the way, I ordered menu to the waiter in Arabic.
But he took it for granted that he was spoken to Arabic by Japanese.
It means that many Japanese customer who can speak to him in Arabic visit the restaurant. Surprisingly, he can speak Japaneses very fluently.


After that, we stopped at Ministop to eat ice cream.
They offered 2 ice creams free to the people who bought a Waon card.
So we could have ice cream without charge.

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記念日にアラブ料理のレストランに行ってきました。
量や値段にいささか不満があったものの、久々に味わうアラブ料理は美味しかった！
でも日本人によるベリーダンスは微妙でした・・・。

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Vol.115 Misokatsu and Gifu

Last Tuesday I went to Gifu by Shinkansen and local trains.
Not having known Kodama is not the fastest one, it took more than 2 hours to arrive at Nagoya by Kodama.
On the way to Gifu, I stopped at Nogoya station to eat Misokatsu.
It cost me no less than 1680 yen but I was satisfied with the taste.


After eating Misokatsu I took a train for Gifu.
Gifu is located near Nagoya in 20 minutes.
I checked location of bus station and time table for the next day,
and then I checked in a far cheaper hotel which offers a room for 3100 yen.
It was very hot at that time, and I took shower.
After taking a nap I bought some food like ice cream and juice.
I did the final check for the exam which was held the next day.
I went to bed at 22:30.



Next morning I got up at 4:30 to exercise my mind.
I had breakfast and I took a bus for Gifu Univ.
Gifu is located in the suburb of the city, which makes me feel peaceful.
I saw street cats in the campus as well as wild birds in the lake.




By the way, what food is famous for in Gifu?
I have no idea about the local food, so I decided to eat Misokatsu in Nagoya.

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名古屋と岐阜に行っててきました。
名古屋駅の矢場とんで食べたみそかつは美味しかった！
でもあの味噌ダレさえあれば自宅でも簡単に再現できそうな味。
東京でも食べれる店があるようだ。
ところで、岐阜で有名な食べ物っていったい何でしょう？

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Vol.114 TOEIC Test (2nd)

I did not leave an umbrella all day.
I took TOEIC exam at Meijigakuin Univ.


Although I found difficult to understand some questions in the listening section, I found easy in the reading section.
And I could manage to solve the all questions 5 minutes before the test ended.
So I review only several questions which I found difficult at first.
I am expecting that I will get the score around 800.



I promise to reach 900 within this year.

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今回で二回目となるTOEICテストを受験してきました。
パート２のリスニングが難しく、一方のリーディングは前回の借りを返せたと思います。
おそらく８００は行ったんじゃないでしょうか。
前回は時間ギリギリでしたが、今回は五分前に終わり、見直す時間もありました。
今年中には900に到達できるように頑張ります！

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