英検1級道場-2016-2の1級リスニングパート①10問のうち8問は過去問と同一です
これまで度々、英語は同じ単語を繰り返すことを極端に嫌う文化だと書きましたが、
いま、受講生と使っている教材でよい例を紹介します。
下記の英文記事は「英検準1級最短合格!リスニング問題完全制覇-ジャパンタイムズ」
から引用しました。
因みに、この参考書は、「CEL英語ソリューションズ」の3人の先生が関わっておられ、数多くの参考書の中でも最高だと私が太鼓判を押すことができる優れものです!是非、お買い求めください。
【Coffee】 を 【the black beverage 】
【America 】を【the New World 】とすかさず言い換えている点も注目です。
62 The History of Coffee
There are many legends surrounding the origins of 【coffee】, but scientists agree that its beneficial properties were first discovered in Africa.
However, the actual cultivation of 【coffee】 started on the Arabian Peninsula around the 15th century, and within a hundred years it was a popular drink in many parts of the Middle East. Coffee houses were established, and they became town centers where people met and traded information.
Thanks to merchants, 【the black beverage】 soon found its way to Europe. Because it was so refreshing and energizing, it replaced beer and wine, the common morning drinks of the time, by the 17th century.
【America】 was a bit slow to accept 【coffee】, though it was introduced there right after it had appeared in Europe. After the Boston Tea Party, however, when American colonists destroyed the tea cargo of British ships to protest high taxes, 【coffee】 became the number one drink in 【the New World】 as well.
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