I really like the movie “The Pursuit of Happyness.” It’s based on a true story, and it really inspired me. I first watched it when I was in high school, and it made me think about how important it is to never give up. The actor Will Smith did an amazing job, and I cried at the end!
このように、エピソード＋感想＋理由があると、自然に話が広がります。
🧠 よく出る「好きな○○」の例と準備ヒント
トピック
準備する内容のヒント
好きな食べ物
どこで食べた？なぜ好き？家族との思い出は？
好きな本／映画
いつ読んだ／観た？どんな場面が印象的？
好きな場所
旅行先？近所？どう感じた？また行きたい？
好きなスポーツ
観る？プレーする？誰と？きっかけは？
好きなアプリ／ゲーム
どんな機能が便利？生活にどう役立ってる？
💬 テンプレートで練習しよう！
どのトピックでも使えるシンプルな構成はこちら：
I like [○○] because [理由]. I first [体験] when [いつ]. Since then, I [現在の関わり]. One of the best memories I have is [エピソード].
Is there any hobby you would like to try in the future?
事前に「自分の趣味」を英語で語れるように準備しておくことがスコアアップの近道です！
🧩 英語で趣味を語るには？ 3つのポイント
① 趣味の名前＋簡単な説明を用意しよう
まずは自分の趣味をシンプルに伝えられるフレーズを用意しておきましょう。
例：
One of my hobbies is photography. I enjoy taking pictures of nature and cityscapes.
他にも使える趣味表現：
I’m into playing the guitar.
I love baking sweets on weekends.
I enjoy jogging in the morning.
② きっかけや理由を加えると自然な会話に
英語で「なぜ好きなのか」「いつ始めたのか」などの背景を語れるようにしましょう。
例：
I started photography when I was in high school because I wanted to capture beautiful memories of my friends and family.
このように理由やストーリーを加えると回答がグッと印象的になります。
③「型」を使えば話が広がる！
以下の「趣味テンプレート」で準備しておくと、どんな質問にも応用できます。
🔸 テンプレート例：
One of my hobbies is [趣味]. I started it [期間]. I like it because [理由]. In the future, I’d like to [関連すること].
例：
One of my hobbies is cooking. I started it about three years ago. I like it because it helps me relax and I can try new recipes. In the future, I’d like to learn how to cook international dishes.
💡 英語で話せる趣味がない…という人は？
心配いりません！ 「少しだけやったことがあること」「興味があること」でも十分答えられます。
例：
I don’t really have a specific hobby right now, but I sometimes watch movies in English. I find it interesting because I can learn new expressions.
✅ まとめ：今日からできる3ステップ
自分の趣味を1つ選ぶ（なければ興味があることでもOK）
「いつ・なぜ・どうやって」などの質問に答える形で英語でメモを作る
声に出して練習！録音して振り返ると効果UP
🔚 最後に
Part 1はリラックスして取り組むパート。 あらかじめ「自分の趣味」を英語で語れるようにしておくことで、自信を持ってスタートできます。英語力だけでなく、「準備力」もスコアに直結しますよ！
Read each passage and choose the best word or phrase from
among the four choices for each blank. Then, on your answer
find the number of the question and mark your answer.
“Drink Responsibly” Messages
Alcohol producers frequently include messages encouraging people to “drink responsibly” in their advertisements. On the surface, these campaigns appear to reflect companies’ sincere efforts to reduce excessive drinking and other negative behaviors associated with alcohol consumption. Some experts, however, are critical of the ads, pointing out that the messages are frequently written in small letters whose colors blend in with the background. ( 26 ), the messages are often contradicted by the images in the ads. One vodka adve11isement in the United States, for example, was accompanied by a responsibility message, but the advertisement itself featured a character who appeared to have been enjoying vodka all night.
Another criticism is that the messages are ( 27 ). Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in the United States, analyzed dozens of alcohol advertisements from major magazines and found that 87 percent of the ads contained advice to drink responsibly. None, however, defined what this meant or provided health warnings supported by scientific evidence. In fact, critics say that the messages are simply another way to improve the reputation of the alcohol companies.
Some people also complain that alcohol producers use the ads as a way to ( 28 ). Whenever there are proposals to increase alcohol taxes or place limitations on where alcohol can be sold or advertised, alcohol manufacturers argue that such measures are not necessary because they already provide responsibility messages in their advertising. No research, however, has indicated that the responsible-drinking messages have any effect whatsoever.
(26)
1 In exchange
2 Therefore
3 On the other hand
4 Fu1thermore
(27)
1 only effective for a short time
2 directed at the wrong people
3 too vague to be practical
4 often quite frightening
(28)
1 criticize other brands
2 identify loyal customers
3 put blame on the government
4 avoid regulation
Dog Colors
A recent study of Labrador retrievers has revealed that chocolate-colored Labradors are more likely than Labradors of other colors to suffer from ear infections and skin diseases. It also found their average life expectancy is about 10 percent shorter. According to the research team, ( 29 ). Ear infections and skin diseases both cause inflammation -a condition where the body tries to repair cellular damage, and which is characterized by swelling, increased temperature, and pain. Inflammation is harmful in the long term, and studies in humans have shown that people with inflammation tend to die younger than others.
The researchers believe color-related health problems in Labradors result from breeding by humans. Both parents must have the gene for the chocolate color in order to produce a chocolate Labrador, so there are fewer dogs available for breeding, and this limited population of dogs likely has more genes that are associated with ear infections and skin problems. ( 30 ), a gene found in dogs with blue eyes and a white coat can increase rates of deafness, while another gene, which gives dogs a pale, spotted coat, has been linked with high rates of blindness and deafness.
Other studies have found that a dog’s color ( 31 ). In a study of English cocker spaniels at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, researchers discovered a relationship between melanin- a substance that affects a dog’s coloring- and other chemicals that affect the dog’s brain. The study found that, among English cocker spaniels, which are known to be an aggressive breed to begin with, golden-colored ones are even more aggressive than others.
