Few Koreans to Take a Break During Sandwich Holidays: Survey
Here in Korea, May is known for having the most overlapping holidays such as Labor Day, Children's Day and Buddha's Birthday.
But a survey of some FIFTEEN-hundred workers here conducted by the online jobs portal CAREER finds that more than EIGHT out of TEN do NOT plan to take advantage of these so-called ''sandwich holidays.''
Around FORTY percent attributed their decision to a RIGID corporate culture that frowns upon too many off days, followed by a heavy workload.
Regardless, nearly SEVENTY percent claimed back-to-back holidays hold many merits such as giving one time to recharge and the joy of looking forward to an extended break.
APR 29, 2008
http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=80479&code=Ne2&category=2
1.Survey 바라보다, 전망하다, 개관하다, 검사하다, 측량하다.
2.attribute ..에 귀착시키다, 있다고 생각하다, ..의 것이라고 하다.
3.RIGID 완고한, 강직한, 엄격한
4.frown 눈살을 찌푸리다. 난색을 표하다.
5.workload 업무량
6.Regardless 부주의한, 관심없는, 고려되지 않는
7.merit 장점, 공적, (칭찬할 만한) 가치
8.extended 펼친, 연장한, 광대한, 파생적인