EBS 월드뉴스 리뷰
기사1> 1/3 11:50A.M.(1)
"The American people sent us to Congress with clear instructions:
make government smaller, not bigger.
And stop spending money we don't have on programs that aren't working.
It's now our responsibility to carry out the will of the people."
Giving the weekly Republican address,
Ayotte said that for her, like many Americans, the challenge is personal.
"As the mother of two children,
I'm like parents across the country who worry that our nearly $14 trillion debt
threatens America's economic future and our children's future."
* instruction - (복수형) 명령, 지령 Direction - Please follow the instructions in the manual. - I could not understand my supervisor’s confusing instructions.
* carry out - 실시하다 Implement, complete - Who will carry out my vision after I am gone? - Just tell us what to do and we will carry out your orders.
* will - 의지, 뜻 Desire, drive, ambition, wish - My getting into a good college is the will of my parents. - She has the will to go far in life.
* threaten - 위협하다 Intimidate, make threats - If you don’t do a good job, then you will threaten my standing with my boss. - I am threatened by her beauty.
기사2> 1/3 11:50A.M.(2)
Bethlehem businessman Ibrahim Salah says it is a boost to the Palestinian economy.
"We want business. This is what we want, you know,
to bring food to the table to our children and our families.
I mean when you have lots of people then usually you have good business."
But the boom in tourism is fragile,
especially because the Middle East peace process is deadlocked over
Israel's expansion of Jewish settlements. Israelis and Palestinians are well aware
that in the recent past, eruptions of violence have scared the tourists away.
* boost - 경기 활성화
* fragile - 깨지기 쉬운, 취약한 Easily broken or destroyed, Weak, temporary - Please be careful with the fragile vase. - She has a fragile figure.
* be deadlocked - 교착상태에 빠지다 Cannot come to an agreement, be at a stalemate - We are deadlocked over the final price. - We have been deadlocked over this issue for the past three months.
* expansion of - .. 의 확대 Growth of - I support the expansion of the government stimulus programs. - The King sent out explorers for the expansion of his empire.
* eruption - 폭발 explosion - This is the first eruption of the volcano in twenty years. - There was an eruption of applause when he walked into the room.
* scare away - 겁을 줘서 쫓아 버리다 frighten - Foot and mouth disease scared away visitors to the area. - A scandal will scare away investors.
기사3> 1/4 1:50P.M.(1)
Angela Merkel said Friday that Germany remains committed to the euro.
She said Europe is in the middle of a great test.
And despite upheaval during 2010, now is the time to support the currency.
In the past year sovereign debt crises in Greece
and Ireland threatened financial stability across the euro zone.
The EU bailed out Greece and Ireland, a
nd set up a mechanism to help future euro countries in trouble.
That euro fund is worth about $600 billion in loan guarantees from member nations.
Around one-quarter of that sum was paid in by Germany.
* remain committed to - .. 에 대학 열정과 각오를 유지하다 Dedicated - She found it was extremely difficult to remain committed to her new exercise program. - After finding out that the airplane tickets would be very expensive,
I had to find out which of our friends remained committed to going on the trip.
* upheaval - 대격변, 혼란 Instability, revolt, uprising - Soaring food prices led to massive upheavals among consumers. - There was an upheaval in the stock market yesterday.
* stability - 안정성 Firmness, endurance, durability, strength - People prefer to bank at institutions with stability and history. - I don’t care about having fun anymore. I just want stability in my life.
* bail out - 긴급 구제금융/급전을 지원하다 rescue - If you keep bailing out your brother whenever he gets into trouble, he will never learn his lesson. - We can’t keep relying on the government to bail out every large company that fails.
* loan guarantee - 지급보증 Securing a debt, collateral - I offered up my house as a loan guarantee. - The bank wanted a loan guarantee before letting me borrow the money.
* sum - 금액, 총액 total - She spent a large sum at the clothing store. - I paid a huge sum for this refrigerator.
기사4> 1/4 1:50P.M.(2)
When 28-year-old Ankit Gupta reserved an apartment in a housing complex under construction in Gurgaon,
close to New Delhi, last year, he was concerned the project might be delayed.
Property prices had plummeted, and many cash-strapped developers had put building projects on
hold as the global financial crisis slowed down India's booming economy.
But Gupta says his worries are over.
"Things have changed for good now. I just visited the site like two weeks back,
and they have started the construction, its going on full-fledged. And even the market has recovered. So even if I could try selling my property,
I am getting good return."
* reserve - 마련하다, 준비하다 Save in advance, hold in advance - I reserved a table for us at the restaurant. - Please reserve some seats for us at the theater.
* complex - 건물의 단지 Group of buildings - We took a tour of the new housing complex. - I couldn’t find the office complex on the map.
* plummet - 곤두박질치다 Drop suddenly - My heart plummeted when I heard the bad news. - Our investments plummeted during the financial crisis.
* cash-strapped - 현찰이 부족한 Have little cash, poor - Even though her family was cash-strapped, her parents always paid for her education. - The cash-strapped company had to lay off some of its workers.
* put A on hold - A를 중단시키다 Delay A - The management company put her album on hold until they could find new investors. - South Korea put the talks on hold until the North agreed to new nuclear inspections.
* full-fledged - 완전히 성장을 한, 다 갖춘 Complete - She made a full-fledged recovery after suffering from pneumonia. - Is this really your full-fledged effort to excel at school?
* good return - 투자에 대한 괜찮은 수익 Good profits from an investment - I asked my financial advisor which investments would bring good returns. - He promised that this property would offer a good return.
기사5> 1/5 5:50P.M.(1)
Another actor in the Broadway show,
"Spiderman", was badly injured.
It is raising questions about entertainment and risk.
And here's John Berman.
What does 65 million dollars buy you? Stunning twists.
Jaw-dropping turns.
Luring tunes from Bono and the Edge.
But also, trouble. Big trouble.
The latest calamity to hit "Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark" - a harrowing fall.
You see actor Christopher Tierney at the end of a bridge.
Something happens to the cable holding him.
He plummets into the pit below. A fall estimated at 30 feet. "You could hear the screaming. I mean, the whole theater could hear it."
* Stunning 굉장히 아름다운[멋진] amazing - She has a stunning smile. - She wore a stunning dress to the awards show.
* Jaw-dropping 입이 쩍 벌어지는 extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking, amazing, wonderful - These are jaw-dropping sales figures. - She committed a jaw-dropping betrayal against her friend.
* lure 유혹하다 Entire, allure - I lured him into my trap. - The smell of coffee lured me into the café.
* calamity 재앙 Disaster, misfortune - Whatever I do ends up in a calamity. - I am skilled at avoiding calamity because I can spot the warning signs.
* harrowing 형용사 끔찍한, 참혹한 scary - She told us the harrowing details of her experience of getting trapped in the snow. - Being alone in the forest would be the most harrowing experience.
기사6> 1/6 5:50P.M.(1)
Americans throw away 57 billion dollars worth of coupons every year.
Now, for some thrifty shoppers, coupons can mean saving and spending
thousands of dollars in a single trip to the grocery store. But the question becomes,
"Can shopping with coupons turn from a money-saving strategy into an unhealthy obsession?" Let's take a look.
For Amanda Ostrowsky, clipping coupons isn't just a hobby. It's a way of life.
"Just going out and saving that kind of money - it's like climbing the top of a mountain and screaming, 'I love shopping. I love couponing.'"
Her massive stockpile makes her feel secure. "I take great pride in my stockpile. So the bigger it is, the better I feel."
* thrifty 형용사 (호감) 절약[검약]하는 frugal, cheap, penny-pinching - I am a thrifty shopper. - Because I am trying to be more thrifty, I make coffee at home instead of buying lattes.
* turn (from) A into B A를 (에서) B가 되게 하다[로 바꿔 놓다] Change A into B - Nuts can turn from a health food into a diet disaster if you eat too many. - This party turned from a peaceful gathering among friends into a huge fight about the past.
* obsession 집착 Fixation - She had an obsession with Shinee. - She reads beauty blogs everyday because she has a makeup obsession.
* massive 엄청나게 큰[심각한] large, huge - There is a massive chunk of snow in the street. - He cooked a massive dinner for all of her relatives.
* secure 안심하는 Safe - I feel more secure if I check that the alarm is turned on before I go to bed. - Do you feel secure in your neighborhood?
* take[have] (a) pride in …을 자랑하다 to be proud of - I have pride in the advice that I give to my friends. - I take pride in how I present myself to my clients. |