東京大学 英語 最新傾向と大問別の時間配分・得点戦略

【本文】We often assume that memory works like a video recorder, storing events exactly as they happened. Research suggests otherwise. Each time we recall an experience, we rebuild it from fragments, filling the gaps with what we now know or believe. Adults who remember a childhood quarrel, for example, often describe it in words they could not have used at the time. This flexibility may seem like a flaw, since it makes our recollections unreliable as evidence. Yet it also allows us to reinterpret painful events and to learn from the past rather than simply repeat it. Memory, in other words, is less a record of the past than a tool for living in the present.（70〜80字で要約）【模範解答・78字】記憶は過去を正確に保存する記録ではなく、思い出すたびに今の知識で組み立て直されるため証拠としては頼りないが、その柔軟さが過去を解釈し直し今に生かす力となる。【採点の目】①記録ではない（常識の否定）②再構成される ③証拠として頼りない（譲歩）④解釈し直し今に生かす（主張）の4要素。子どもの口げんかの例は捨てる。

【模範解答・77語・オリジナル】Being independent does not mean doing everything alone; it means knowing when to ask for help. When I began commuting to a school far from home, I tried to solve every problem by myself and often got lost. Later, I learned to check routes in advance and to ask station staff whenever I was unsure. I became more confident, not less. True independence, then, is taking responsibility for your choices, including the choice to rely on others.【ここが点】1文目で定義、2〜4文目で1場面、最終文で定義に戻る。not less の一言で常識の裏返しを強調している。