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* make no concessions 조금도 양보하지 않다
= you do not agree to let them do or have something, especially in order to end an argument or conflict
** concession stand 구내 매점
* eradicate 뿌리째 뽑다, 박멸하다, 근절하다. = completely eliminate sth, get rid of sth
* partial Cabinet reshuffle 부분 개각
* reshuffle the cabinet portfolios 개각하다 (장관급을 교체하다)
* working-level official 실무자
#1. President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il agreed to hold the second-ever inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang from Aug. 28-30.
노무현 대통령과 김정일 국방위원장이 오는 28일부터 30일까지 평양에서 제 2차 남북정상회담을 개최하기로 합의했습니다.
* hold the second-ever inter-Korean summit 2차 남북정상회담을 열다
#2. The agenda of the second inter-Korean summit will likely include the denuclearization of the North, the establishment of a peace regime on the peninsula, and cross-border economic cooperation.
북핵문제와 한반도 평화체제 문제, 그리고 남북 관계 발전 방안 등이 이번 남북정상회담의 기본 의제가 될 것으로 보입니다.
* agenda 협의 사항, 의제
= the political issues which are important at a particular time / a list of the items that have to be discussed at a meeting
* peace regime 평화체제
** regime 제도, 체제, 통치 방식(기간).. = a government or system of running a country
#3. Religious leaders and peace activists from around the world issued the statement yesterday calling on the Taliban to immediately free 21 Korean hostages in Afghanistan.
세계 종교계 지도자들과 평화 운동가들은 어제 성명서를 내고 탈레반은 아프가니스탄 한국인 피랍자들을 즉각 석방하라고 촉구했습니다.
* issue the statement 성명서를 발표하다
= If you issue a statement or a warning, you make it known formally or publicly
eg) issue you a speeding ticket 과속 딱지를 끊다 issue a visa 비자를 받다
#4. Korea Federation of Banks has tightened the requirement for foreign nationals to open a new account from this month to curb financial phone fraud.
전국은행연합회는 외국인에 의한 전화 금융사기 피해를 줄이기 위해 외국인의 국내 은행 계좌 개설요건을 강화하고, 이번 달부터 시행하기로 했다고 밝혔습니다.
* tightened the requirement 요건을 강화하다
** tighten 죄다, 엄하게 하다, 강화하다
= If someone in authority tightens a rule, a policy, or a system, they make it stricter or more efficient / it begins to have more control over it
** requirement 요구, 필요, 요건, 필요 조건
= a quality or qualification that you must have in order to be allowed to do something or to be suitable for something
* curb 억제하다, 꾸짖다, 재갈을 물리다.. = you control it and keep it within limits
* fraud 사기, 기만, 부정 수단
= the crime of gaining money or financial benefits by a trick or by lying
Q1) Have you experienced like this fraud on the phone? or tell us the story about the people around you.
#5. The downpour dropped a total of more than 200 mm of rainfall damaging southern parts of the country, yesterday.
200mm가 넘게 쏟아진 폭우로 어제 남부지방에서는 비 피해가 잇따랐습니다.
* downpour 억수같은 비, 호우 = a sudden and unexpected heavy fall of rain
(= torrential rain, raining cats and dogs)
Q2) What did you do last weekend and weekdays?
Vote for the New Face of Korea‘s New Bills
Excitement over the Bank of Korea‘s plans to issue \50,000 and \100,000 bills has only gotten stronger. The public will now have a say on who will grace Korea’s newest banknotes. The BOK compiled a list of 10 historical figures that the general public can vote on. Votes will be accepted via the BOK‘s homepage through Tuesday, August 21st. A final decision is expected to be made by October. The 10 historical figures include Kim Koo, Kim Jeong-hui, Jang Yeong-sil, and 2 women Yu Gwan-sun, an independence fighter during Japanese colonial rule and Shin Saimdang, an artist and mother of the Confucian scholar Yulgok. The new bills are expected to be in circulation in the first half of 2009.
* have a(one's) say 발언권이 있다
= have a right to give an opinion or have the right to express an opinion
** 뉴스 사이트에 "Have Your Say"라고 있으면, "발언대" 같은 거라고 생각하시면 됩니다. :)
* circulation 유통, 발행 부수, 통화
- publishing number distributed of publication / finance use as money, valid use as currency
** be in circulation 유포되고 있다, 유통되고 있다 <-> out of circulation
Q3) Do you think we need 50,000-won or 100,000-won banknotes? why or why not?
Q4) Who do you think should be appeared in those new banknotes? and why?
Plastic Surgery Helping Tourism
Coined as “healthcare tourism,” more people in Europe are spending their vacation going abroad for private cosmetic treatment. Dentists in eastern Europe started the trend by attracting British patients but now plastic surgeons are following suit. Cost is the major factor. Debi Robinson from the UK had loose skin removed from her belly and arms in Budapest, Hungary. Her total cost, including accommodations and a roundtrip ticket from Britain, was less than a third of what she would have paid at home. The affordable prices abroad only look to propel the trend.
* coin 주조하다, (신어 등을) 만들어내다
= If you coin a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say(or use) it.
** a coined word 신조어 coined phrases 유행어
* following suit 답습하다, 전례에 따르다, 덩달아 하다
= If people follow suit, they do the same thing that someone else previously has done
Q5) Have you got any stories of heathcare tour among your friends?
Russian-Georgian tensions escalate with missile strike
A village near the Georgian capital Tbilisi has reportedly been attacked by Russian fighter jets. Georgia’s interior minister said that two attack aircraft entered Georgian airspace from Russia and fired at least one air-to-surface missile at the village of Tsitelubani. He said that the village had no political or military importance, although he believed a nearby radar installation was the target. The attack left a five-meter deep crater in a corn and potato field, but failed to explode. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili called the attack “an unprovoked act of aggression," while Moscow promptly denied any involvement.
Relations between the two nations were strained when the westernizing President Saakashvili rose to power in 2003, determined to break Russia’s grip on Georgia. Tensions have escalated since last year when Georgia expelled four Russian officers for alleged spying.
* unprovoked 정당한 이유가 없는, 까닭 없는, 자극(도발)되지 않는
= Not provoked or prompted, occurring without any motivation or cause(or reason)
<-> provoke 불러 일으키다, 야기하다, 유발하다..
* break a grip (on) 지배력, 통제력을 끊다(깨다)
= break a firm, strong control(hold) on sth
<-> have(get) a grip(hold) on sth 잘 파악하다, 장악하다..
** grip 잡음, 쥠, 지배력 통제력..
= Someone's grip on something is the power and control they have over it.
eg) Get a grip / Don't get carried away / Take a chill pill 진정해, 정신차려
"Pants" judge may lose job along with credibility
Roy Pearson, the D.C. judge who sued a drycleaner for $54 million over a missing pair of pants, is facing being fired over the lawsuit. A five-person panel has expressed concerns about reappointing Pearson for another ten-year term, citing concerns that the lawsuit has discredited his position. In examining the judge’s track record in and out of the courtroom, the panel has reviewed a number of other incidents in which Pearson’s actions were unusual. In the infamous "pants" lawsuit, Pearson broke down twice while recalling the day he found out that he would not see his pants again. He also declared in his opening remarks for the case that it showed the worst example of fraud in "recorded history."
Pearson will have fifteen days to request an appearance before the panel. He could go down in history as the first administrative law judge to be fired by the panel.
* credibility 믿을 수 있음, 진실성, 신용 = people believe in them and trust them
* break down 실패하다, 무너지다, 주저앉다
= he lose control of himself and start crying
eg) emotional breakdown 감정적으로 무너지다(주저앉다)
a nervous breakdown 긴장해서 무너지다(주저앉다)
negotiation breakdown 결렬되다
* go down in history as ~로 역사에 남다
= always be remembered, be recorded in a particular way