7월 11일 (토) 'Paralysed' woman gets up, runs from police

English Textbooks Have Errors English textbooks authorized by the government contain a large number of errors, despite a growing boom in learning the language in South Korea. Lee Ju-ho of the opposition Grand National Party has released a report on five high school English textbooks showing 30 errors. ``The textbooks contained grammatical errors, wrong vocabulary, improper punctuation marks. Some illustrations also had wrong explanations,’’ Lee said. For example, a textbook published by one of the nation’s largest textbook companies, had a sentence: ``The boy, whom was thought to be absent-minded, really had a very active mind.’’ The relative pronoun ``whom’’ wrong and should be changed into ``who.’’ Another textbook carried a sentence: ``Emoticons is a new word made up of two other words, emotions and icons.’’ The plural subject should be changed into ``Emoticon’’ to correlate to the singular verb. The report also said some sentences even in a textbook publication guide by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development contain wrong expression‎!s and spelling mistakes. A sentence in the guide said: ``I’d glad to meet you, Mr. Kim.’’ The sentence should be corrected to ``I’m glad to meet you, Mr. Kim.’’ ``The contents of high school English textbooks for first graders were developed in 2002, but the errors and mistakes have not been corrected although they have been republished every year since then,’’ Lee said. English teachers agree that the authorities and textbook publishing companies need to pay more attention to errors and proofreading. ``Once textbooks are made, the authorities and companies do not care about them anymore. We need measures to correct the problems after publication,’’ said a member of the Korean English Teachers Group, who identified himself as Hong. But he said many such errors are mistakes made in the course of printing rather than by the authors. He said the errors were not that critical but problems resulted from the curriculum. ``The authorities changed the previous style of English education, which focused on grammar, to one emphasizing communication. Thus, people did not take grammatical errors seriously in the new textbooks developed in 2002,’’ Hong said. He said the changes have made the aim of the curriculum ambiguous, so it neither concentrates on grammar nor on listening and speaking. Lee proposed the nation adopt various learning materials besides textbooks, such as videos with English subtitles. 1. Have you ever seen some errors in English textbooks? 2. What were the benefits studying English in the high/middle school's English class? 2. What did you think was the problem in your high/middle school's English class? 3. Do you think English teachers are fully qualified? why or why not? 4. How did you study with English textbook? and How did your teacher have you studied? 5. Did you try something else to improve or caught up english besides studying with textbook? 'Paralysed' woman gets up, runs from police A wheelchair-bound Los Angeles woman, who has repeatedly filed lawsuits over access for the disabled, got up and ran after police arrested her for fraud, authorities say. Laura Lee Medley, 35, had sued in at least four California cities over injuries she claimed she sustained while trying to navigate her wheelchair before she was suspected of fraud. Medley, who claimed to be paralysed from a drink driving accident, was tracked to Las Vegas where police there took her into custody and then, when she complained of medical issues, to a local hospital, Long Beach prosecutor Belinda Mayes said. "She gets to the hospital and while she's waiting for an examination, she gets up from the chair and runs," Mayes said. "Somebody remarked, 'That's where the great miracle occurred."' Medley sprinted through the hospital corridors but was quickly apprehended by police and booked pending extradition to San Bernardino, southern California, where she is facing charges of filing false documents, attempted grand theft and insurance fraud. Medley has sued the cities of Long Beach and South Pasadena and counties of San Bernardino and Riverside over various injuries she claimed she sustained in her wheelchair. She was also being sought on arrest warrants by the states of Oregon and Washington, Mayes said. 1. Have you ever pretended illness? When? 2. Have you ever lied confronting police man? 3. Have you ever bribed the police? How much was the bribe? 4. Do you think wheel chair persons are being treated well in Korea? How about other countries?