(상식-001) (Holiday) New Year's Day

[Write 2 Speak]

New Year’s Day is, of course, the first day of the year. It is a national holiday in most countries around the world. It is a time when families get together and celebrate with a meal. Many people make new plans for the rest of the year. These plans are called New Year resolutions. People decide to lose weight, get fit, stop smoking, study English every day or save lots of money. I think most people are serious about these plans on January 1st, but then forget about them before the end of the week. Then one year later, it’s New Year’s Day all over again and people make the same resolutions again. I guess people all around the world make the same kinds of plans. I guess they also break their resolutions at the same time.
* national holiday = 국경일/ New Year's resolutions = 새해결심

One thing I like about New Year’s Day are the TV programs that look back at the previous year. They are like highlights shows of the news. These always remind me how lucky I am because a lot of the news is about wars, famines, natural disasters, plane crashes and other terrible things. The shows also look back at the lives of people who died that year. Hmmm… That all sounds a bit depressing really. But then there are happier things, like the top sports and music stories. Another thing that happens on New Year’s Day is lists. The top ten movies of the year, the ten best sporting achievements of the year, etc. There is even a list for the top ten new English words of the year. Previous winners of this are the words ‘blog’ and ‘podcast’.
* look back at ~ = ~을 되돌아보다/ remind = ~을 상기시키다/ famine = 기근/ depressing = 우울하게 만드는

New Year's Day - WTS.mp3

* 관계부사 when의 활용 *
선행사가 시간(the time, the day, the week, the month, the year 등)을 나타낼 때 쓴다.
앞에 나온 시간의 선행사(명사)를 수식하는 형용사절의 역할을 한다.
관계부사 "when = 전치사(at/in/on) + 관계대명사(which)"로 바꾸어 쓸 수 있다.

New Year’s Day is, of course, the first day of the year. It is a national holiday in most countries around the world. It is a time when families get together and celebrate with a meal.
* national holiday = 국경일/ get together (with ~) = (~와) 만나다

* Examples *
1. Please tell me the time. + We have to meet [(at nine o'clock)/ (on Friday)]. 
= Please tell me the time (when) we have to meet.
= Please tell me the time (at which) we have to meet.

2. The day was a hot summer day. + We got married on that day.
= The day (when) we got married was a hot summer day.
= The day (on which) we got married was a hot summer day.