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TOEFL IBT

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:46:22 +0900

The day after tomorrow, I'm going to take TOEFL IBT at Kyoto venue from 10:00am to 4:00pm, but I will have to be the place half an hour before starting, so I'm going to wake up early after a long time. This is the first time taking TOEFL, because I have only been focusing on TOEIC up to now. I looked over a difference between TOEFL and TOEIC, then I caught that. First, TOEFL is the foreign-oriented and TOEIC is business-oriented. Next, TOEFL has 4 part, reading, listening, speaking, and writing, on the other hand TOEIC has only two part listening and reading, so I feel the former is more difficult to get better score. Then, TOEFL IBT is held on a designated computer, which causes a serious eye-drought, and TOEIC is paper test, additionally the hour is shorter. Lastly, the cost of TOEFL is steep, compared to TOEIC, it' more than 10^4 yen, although it has speaking and writing part. In the mean while, I try to stuff a lot of major words into my heart.

Umemoto

responce for No straw No beverage

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:24:31 +0900

Yes, definitely I have. I have also such this case. When I went to buy a new comic to a big bookstore, I was disappointed at the nylon bag, which a comic was contained in. This was awfully fragile, so during my way home, it was broken off, I hung it bicycle grip though, and dropped down onto ground. The comic was terribly damaged.

Umemoto

toku toku noodles

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:49:17 +0900

I went 'toku toku udon' Yesterday. Udon means noodles made of wheat flour. Yesterday was May 19th. I could eat noodles at half price as often. Because toku toku udon take special canpaign on 10th and 19th every month. 10 is called 'to o' in Japanese and 9 is called 'ku'. So 19th is 'toku' and 'toku' means value. Hence The noodle restaurant 'toku toku udon' serves menu in special price.

How about going that restraunt in 'tokutoku days'.

Takuro

No straw no drink

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:42:25 +0900

I think it is crime that not giving straw to person who buy soft drinks with paper pack bottle in convenience store.

Someday, I bought milk tea in convenience store before go colleage. When I want to drink it, I noticed that there was no straw.

How can I drink it!ヽ(`Д´)ノ

There was no item witch should be in store bag such as chopstiks, spoon and so on.

Have you met the case like this before?

Takuro

wrapping up4-1

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:53:29 +0900

*chilly
*ahead of us　これから先
*artisan　熟練工
*intricate　複雑な
*carve
*represent　表す
*potential buyer
*preferences　好み

*retailer　小売
*wholesales
*determine
*acknowledge 認める
*keep up with
*count on　頼りにする
*tasty
*pastry
*downtown district

drinking party after the completion ofTOEICkouza

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:22:08 +0900

Today, I finished the TOEIC course. The course ends with final achievement TOEIC test at all times, and at this time it is also taken. However, it couldn't go successful due to disturbing noise during listening section! Because my friends also said that that was right, I don't just suppose that I was very sensitive. Therefore, I don't have much confidence about listening section, but I think reading section got better than last time, especially part5 and part6. Par6 had a lot of very complicated idiom, so I couldn't do that very well. I guess that the conclusion of the whole part is much better than last time.

And I enjoyed the end-course-party! My classmates are very highly motivated and friendly, though one of them is going to enroll in Waseda University and another one is Osaka University, so we are very impressed each other. They encourage me to get better more and more, and I think this spring intensive course's classmates will be the best friends in the future! Thanks!

Umemoto

wrapping up3

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:33:06 +0900

Official textbook
*elevators will be out of service
*prolong
*in an effort to
*consistent ~correspond
*constraint ~restriction

*sincerely　心から
*likewise　同じように
*attain / accomplish / achieve
*bibliography 書誌学
*retention / retain

*copper / aluminum
*state further
*in common
*disposable contact lens
*exponentially

forrest gump

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:58:08 +0900

I watched DVD Forrest Gump yesterday, and I was awfully impressed!
This is my friend's recommendation, and he spoke highly of it, so I had both a big expectation and an anxiousness of disappointment, however, actually I enjoyed so much all of the time during watching the movie.
It's very gripping, however, it's morning when I watched that, so I come near to be late for the TOEIC class.

I'm very sleepy now, so in these parts, g' night!

umemoto

Wrapping up2

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:50:47 +0900

I'm wrapping up today's words and sentence.

punctuality / punctual
prompt
itinerary
intractable 頑固者
Start on scratch!
proprietary　所有者

in-house language courses
play pool
foot print
household name　famous name
workforce / laborforce
timeshare
carpool

The rain is coming down.
sheep 単複同形
the pilot light
ruin
raze
How does the camera work?
be out of town
send him up

suburb
close to an hour　1時間近く
charge it to my account
bills
calm down != come down
That's a relief / What's a relief.

stationery = pencil / stationary = unmoving
the wind will be picking up. Business is picking up.
convey
limousine

G' night.

Umemoto

public bath

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:47:31 +0900

Today, I went to sento Gokurakuyu with my one classmate.
There are a range of baths, such as momonoyu, so I could enjoy there!

by the way I borrow a DVD Forrest Gump, but I don't watch it yet.
This must be going great.

G' night!

Umemoto