2007(3)

2007年第3回筆記2
Gambling on Casions
慣用的な表現がいくつも出てくるが、前から読んでいき、空欄のある段落の最後まで読んでいけば、それぞれの空欄を埋めるのは難しくない。ただし、内容を押さえておかないと解きにくい。

Understanding the Brain
脳に関する意味の分からない単語が多出するが、具体的な内容がわからなくても、文章の展開がわかれば正解できる。

gamble on に賭ける
follow close on someone's heel (人)のすぐ後に続く
have an eye on に目をつける、から目を離さないでいる、監視している
close on one's heels 人のすぐ後について
proceed to do ･･･していく、し始める
slash 大幅に削減する
halve 半分にする
may well 多分･･･だろう、･･･するのも理解できる
leave A out of からAを除外する
lay out 適切に並べる、提示する、明確に述べる
retain 保持する
to the chagrin of にとって悔しいことに
desperately 必死に、是が非でも
cluster 集団、群
neuron 神経
stroke 脳卒中、麻痺、発作、一撃
victim 犠牲者
sensory area 感覚野
cortex (脳などの)皮質
visual cortex (脳内の)視覚皮質
remap を再割り当てする
incapacitate 能力･視覚を奪う、正常に機能しないようにする
motor cortex 運動皮質
neural 神経(系)の
obsessive-compulsive disorder 強迫(性)障害
plague 疫病にかからせる、悩ませる、苦しめる
meditation 瞑想
faulty circuit 故障回路

2007(3)

2007年第3回筆記3
The Evolution of Eaton
語彙、内容ともに難しくない。問題が半分弱の2段落までに固まっているので、早めに設問をチェックする必要がある。

Out-of-Home Advertising
語彙、内容ともに難しくないが、最後の設問はグレー臭い選択肢がいくつか含まれているので、他の問題と同じていどのノリで解答したり、問題文の細部に拘りすぎると難しくなる。

Churchill and the Anglo-American Relationship
長い文だけ難しくなる。時間を確保したい。

synonymous 同意語の
myriad 無数。無数の、多種多様な
token しるしとなる、形だけの。しるし、徴候
simmer ぐつぐつ煮える、(感情などが)爆発しそうである
resentment 恨み
scorn 軽蔑する、さげすむ
circumspect 慎重な
brag 自慢する
covet を切望する
uphold 支持する、進展する
tailcoat 燕尾服
regimen 食事療法、定型的な事象、統治
daunt ひるませる、脅す
strive to することを目指す、するよう努力する
inclusive 含めた、包括的な
divest の服を脱がせる、の所有物などを奪う
out of favor 嫌われて、人気を失って
overload 過重負担。過重な負担をかける
clutter 群がり
transit display
bus shelter バス待合所
reawaken 再び目覚め(させ)る、復活する･させる
venue 現場、発生地、立場
tune out を無視する
blacklash 反発
fed-up うんざりした
do well to do する方がよい
heed に気をつける、、傾聴する
affectionately 愛情を込めて
towering 非常に高い、高くそびえる
prism
ally 同盟国
front 最前線、分野
menace 脅威
brawn 腕力
ambivalence 矛盾する感情
outright 露骨な
animosity 敵意
affinity 類似性
Anglophobe イギリス嫌いの人
monarchical 君主(制)の
antithesis 正反対のもの
beacon かがり火、導き手
urgency 緊急性、しつこさ
folksy 庶民的な
lament を嘆き悲しむ、に失望する
mar を損なう
naval 海軍の
enrage 激怒させる
ricochet 跳ね飛ぶ

2007(3)

2009年第3回筆記4

Topic: Do the world’s wilderness areas need to be better protected?
Points: Biodiversity/ Ecotourism/ Rights of indigenous peoples/ Population growth/ Economic development/ International cooperation

解答例
Although many people support blanket protection for the world's wilderness areas, I believe that long-term survival of such regions depends on them being carefully managed and exploited.

Some wilderness areas, such as the Amazon Basin, are under serious threat from logging. However, these areas are also home to many plant species that can provide us with life-saving medicines. These plants can only flourish if the biodiversity of forests is maintained. We cannot expect people to stop logging, but sustainable logging would be a step in the right direction.

Another threat to wilderness area is population growth. In developing countries, people are moving into previously uninhabited areas and threatening animal habitats. This cannot be prevented altogether, but it is important that governments try to limit the impact in these areas by, for example promoting eco-friendly agricultural practices.

Finally, ecotourism can help local economies in need of vital income and protect wilderness areas at the same time. Take the Shiretoko Peninsula World Heritage site. The area's economy, which was previously struggling, is now benefiting from careful use of ecotourism, and in return tourists get to learn about and appreciate nature.

Improving the lives of people should always be a priority, and responsible exploitation of wilderness areas can help do just that.
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自答
Generally, we love affuluent nature. We eagerly hope to protect and sustain it. But the solution to the problem concering the protection of wilderness area is not straightforward. In thinking this problem, we need to have broader insights.

First of all, when we think of this problem, we have to respect the indigenous people in wilderness areas. They have the rights for good lives as well as we have, people in economically and scientific-technologically developed regions. We must not just say they should protect and maintain the wilderness because they have the right to use resources in their countries for their economic welfare.

What do we have to do for the protection from the developed regions? International cooperation is indispensable. We can protect wilderness areas far from us by supporting their lives economically. We provide them with the incentive not to exploit natural resources by economic support.

Another possible solution is ecotourism. Of course economic support is necessary, but not sufficient. Success in the long term needs autonomy. In some places in the world, ecotourism is making indigenous peoples economically better with the nature sustainable. The idea of ecotourism need to be prevailing more deeply all over the world.

When we think of the natural environment, we tend to imagine this is not our own problem. But, as stated above, this is also our problem and we have a lot of things to do for protecting the world's wilderness areas.
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