英語検定ライティング準１級（第285回）

英語模試「グラフ問題は怖くない話」

グラフ問題に嫌悪感のある受験生は多い。英文はグラフの説明だ。だからグラフをじっくり見て理解できれば英文に時間をかける必要はない。アンケート結果を軽視することはできない。
Not a few examinees have an antipathy toward English exams including a few graphs, where the sentences in English are something supplemental, so that we should understand the graph’s contents in the first place, at the same time, we don’t have to spend extra time reading them, but we cannot ignore the results of questionnaires carried out toward the participants, an article says.

模試には単純な物語は出ない。現代社会の内容と関わる問題が多い。社会問題に関心のある学生の育成が急務だからだろう。ただし政府の悪口は避けて通るように意図されているのだが。
The simulation exams wouldn’t provide the examinees with the easy and simple stories to read, but many of the contents are about our modern society because the government has urgency and emergency to increase the number of young people with interests in social issues.
At the same time, something critical toward the current government should be avoided absolutely, we assume.

今回は図書室の使い方がテーマになっていた。アンケート結果は宿題をするためがダントツでトップだった。改善点としては通路が狭いと。アクセシビリティは車椅子だと意識できるか。
The subject in English exam the examinees took was about how the students utilized the library, where the top response by them was that they should be there in order to complete their homework, and the results of the questionnaires contained what should be improved in the library, for example, not a few users found the walkways a little narrow to walk through : the word “accessibility” had the same meaning as the word “wheelchair.”

注意散漫と集中力は対立概念だ。最近よく見かける。集中力の持続が生産性に関わるからだ。友人から頻繁に来る連絡が注意力の低下につながるならスマホの使い方も重要になってくる。
The word “distraction” has the contrast meaning of the word “concentration,” which we have seen in recent years in out society frequently, an online article says.
It might be because the sustainable concentration has makes a vital difference in the productive viewpoint.
When we tend to receive numerous text messages from our acquaintances, it might matter how we could use the smartphone without fail, an online article says.