英検 １・準１級 英英単語
「英検 １・準１級 英英単語」の電子書籍を出版したので紹介させていただきます。
英検1級と準1級は、英語力の上級レベルに位置しますが、その難易度や求められるスキルにはいくつかの違いがあります。以下にそれぞれのレベルについて詳しく説明します。
1. **英検1級**
- **レベル**：ネイティブに近い高度な英語力
- **求められるスキル**：1級は、大学卒業レベル以上の英語力が求められ、専門的な話題や抽象的なトピックについても十分に議論できる力が必要です。
- **試験内容**：
- **語彙**：幅広い分野にわたる高度な単語や熟語の知識が求められます。
- **リーディング**：長く複雑な文章を理解し、要点を把握することが求められます。政治、経済、科学など専門性の高い内容が多く含まれます。
- **リスニング**：ネイティブスピーカーの会話をほぼ完全に理解する力が必要です。話題の幅が広く、スピードも速い会話に対応する力が求められます。
- **スピーキング**：複雑なテーマについて自分の意見を論理的に展開できる力が求められます。面接では抽象的なテーマについて話し、自分の主張を根拠を持って述べることが期待されます。
- **取得メリット**：海外での進学や就職、日本国内でも国際的な職場での評価が高く、多くの企業や大学で優遇されます。
2. **英検準1級**
- **レベル**：大学中級程度の英語力
- **求められるスキル**：準1級は、大学生レベルの英語力が求められ、日常生活やビジネスの場面での英語がしっかりと理解できる能力が求められます。
- **試験内容**：
- **語彙**：日常生活やビジネスに関連する単語や熟語の知識が中心です。1級ほどの高度な語彙は要求されませんが、語彙力は豊富である必要があります。
- **リーディング**：比較的長い文章を理解する力が求められますが、1級ほど専門性は高くなく、新聞記事やエッセイなどが中心です。
- **リスニング**：ネイティブの会話が理解できる力が必要です。スピードもやや速く、実際の会話やニュースなど、日常の場面を想定した内容が多く含まれます。
- **スピーキング**：日常的なテーマややや抽象的なトピックについて意見を述べることが求められます。1級に比べると深い議論までは求められませんが、論理的に自分の意見を展開する力が求められます。
- **取得メリット**：国内での就職活動や昇進の際に英語力を証明する資格として有用です。また、英語圏での日常生活にも対応できるレベルであるため、留学や海外インターンなどにも役立ちます。
レベルの違いのまとめ
- **1級**はより高度で抽象的な英語力が必要で、ネイティブに近いスピードや専門的な内容も含むため、難易度が非常に高いです。 **準1級**はビジネスや日常生活に関連するトピックが中心で、より実践的な場面で使える英語力が求められます。
以下は電子書籍の一部抜粋です。
【準１級】
・intolerable
too difficult, bad, annoying etc for you to accept or deal with
・hinder
to make it difficult for something to develop or succeed
・convince
to make someone feel certain that something is true
・substance
a particular type of solid, liquid, or gas
・insufficient
not enough, or not great enough
・evident
easy to see, notice, or understand
・evidence
facts or signs that show clearly that something exists or is true
・height
how tall someone or something is
・alternative
an alternative idea, plan etc is different from the one you have and can be used instead
・noticeable
easy to notice
・irritate
to make someone feel annoyed or impatient, especially by doing something many times or for a long period of time
・confront
if a problem, difficulty etc confronts you, it appears and needs to be dealt with
・sustainable
able to continue without causing damage to the environment
・hasten
to make something happen faster or sooner
・activate
to make an electrical system or chemical process start working
・biology
the scientific study of living things
・substantial
large in amount or number
・wholly
completely
・typical
having the usual features or qualities of a particular group or thing
・baffle
if something baffles you, you cannot understand or explain it at all
・suppress
to stop people from opposing the government, especially by using force
・ingredient
one of the foods that you use to make a particular food or dish
・aversion
a strong dislike of something or someone
・correspondent
someone who is employed by a newspaper or a television station etc to report news from a particular area or on a particular subject
・wrinkle
wrinkles are lines on your face and skin that you get when you are old
・hardy
strong and healthy and able to bear difficult living conditions
・debatable
things that are debatable are not certain because people have different opinions about them
・exclusive
available or belonging only to particular people, and not shared
・disposition
a particular type of character which makes someone likely to behave or react in a certain way
・cuisine
a particular style of cooking
・justify
to give an acceptable explanation for something that other people think is unreasonable
・circulate
to move around within a system, or to make something do this
・clog
to block something or become blocked
・artery
one of the tubes that carries blood from your heart to the rest of your body
・vein
one of the tubes which carries blood to your heart from other
【１級】
・congregation
a group of people gathered together
・liquidation
the act of closing a company by selling the things that belong to it, in order to pay its debts
・lingering
continuing to exist for longer than is usual or desirable
・lamentable
very unsatisfactory or disappointing
・rebut
to prove that a statement or a charge made against you is false
・stifling
a room or weather that is stifling is very hot and uncomfortable, so that it seems difficult to breathe
・aggravation
to make a bad situation, an illness, or an injury worse
・reverence
great respect and admiration for someone or something
・disruptive
causing problems and preventing something from continuing in its usual way
・pawnbroker
someone whose business is to lend people money in exchange for valuable objects
・supplementary
provided in addition to what already exists
・isolation
when one group, person, or thing is separate from others
・fortify
to build towers, walls etc around an area or city in order to defend it
・concurrent
existing or happening at the same time
・appall
to make someone feel very shocked and upset
・navigation
when someone sails a ship along a river or other area of water
・inauguration
to hold an official ceremony when someone starts doing an important job in government
・incite
to deliberately encourage people to fight, argue etc
・comprise
to consist of particular parts, groups etc
・pique
to make someone feel annoyed or upset, especially by ignoring them or making them look stupid
・manifest
plain and easy to see
・derisive
showing that you think someone or something is stupid or silly
・chafe
to feel impatient or annoyed
・privatize
if a government privatizes an organization, industry, or service that it owns or controls, it sells it
・interject
to interrupt what someone else is saying with a sudden remark
・consolidate
to combine things in order to make them more effective or easier to deal with
・excavation
if a scientist or archaeologist excavates an area of land, they dig carefully to find ancient objects, bones etc
・stagger
to walk or move unsteadily, almost falling over
・instigate
to make a process start, especially one relating to law or politics
・wrench
to twist and pull something roughly from the place where it is being held
・emanate
to produce a smell, light etc, or to show a particular quality
・circulate
if information, facts, ideas etc circulate, they become known by many people
・cringe
to move away from someone or something because you are afraid
・suppression
to stop people from opposing the government, especially by using force
・subdue
to defeat or control a person or group, especially using force
・impair
to damage something or make it not as good as it should be
・detestable
very bad, and deserving to be criticized or hated
・corrosive
gradually making something weaker, and possibly destroying it
・mangle
to damage or injure something badly by crushing or twisting it
・encompass
to include a wide range of ideas, subjects, etc
・dawdle
to take a long time to do something or walk somewhere
・incapacitate
to make you too ill or weak to live and work normally
・stable
steady and not likely to move or change
・engulf
if an unpleasant feeling engulfs you, you feel it very strongly
・revitalize
to put new strength or power into something
・thwart
to prevent someone from doing what they are trying to do
・contemplation
quiet serious thinking about something
・bolster
to help someone to feel better and more positive
・subversive
subversive ideas, activities etc are secret and intended to damage or destroy a government or an established system
・evasive
not willing to answer questions directly
・subsidy
money that is paid by a government or organization to make prices lower, reduce the cost of producing goods etc
・aversion
a strong dislike of something or someone
・detonator
a piece of equipment used to make a bomb etc explode
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