★センター2009  第4問より


Scientists estimate that


eight thousands years ago


rainforests covered approximately


60 million square kilometers of the


Earth's surface.



●estimate 見積もる


●approximately 約


●surface 表面






英単語暗記には 


センター過去問 「1日1長文」 


 2007年以前の 第6問がおすすめです。



■2003 第6問より



You can speak two languages fluently



●fluently 流暢に



Natsumi turned angrily toward the two girls

who were teasing me.



●tease からかう




★2003 冒頭部分


 ”When are you going back to Brazil?”


  I looked down at the ground,trying to


  stop the tears. I didn't want to cry


in front of those two girls.


Why did they have to say things like that?


 ~




記憶とは つながり


英文には 意味のつながり 文法のつながり がある。



★センター2002 第6問より


As she played,

she altered from a plain woman

to someone.



●alter 変わる


●as~


    ①~する時

    

    ②~なので


    ③~ように


    ④~だけれども


    ⑤~するにつれて




I hated practicing.


●hate  きらう


●practice 練習する




We wore a uniform 

,which hid social inequalities



●,which そしてそれは


●hide   隠す


●inequality 不平等




Perry candidacy an alternative

to Bush brand


ペリーの立候補

ブッシュブランドの代替



●candidacy 候補 立候補


●alternative 選択肢  代替  2者択一







★センター2005 第6問より



He was thin, pale and


obviously uneasy.




●thin 細い


●pale 青白い


●obviously 明らかに





He was dancing as if he owned


the dance floor.



●as if~   まるで~するかのように


●own 所有する





You encouraged me to join


activities when I hesitated.




●encourage 励ます


●hesitate ためらう




■2005センター第6問 冒頭部分


During my college days、


I spent my summers as an


assistant at a camp for junior


high school students.


It was work I looked forward


to every year because it was


pleasure.


Of my camp memories,


there is one summer that


stands out from the past.