신촌 쿠아에서 래팅할래? (영어회화/각종 모임 동호회)

리더 Alex 입니다. 추석 명절 잘 보내고 있나요.토요일 스터디 진행 합니다. 내일 만날게요. Small Talk   1.Where is your home town?  2.What do you usually do on 추석?  3.Do you help your mother or wife to make foods for 추석?      Topic1. Scientists make self-repairing clothes   Humans have learnt many things from nature. These things have helped us in our daily life. The latest thing is self-repairing clothing. Scientists have developed a special way for clothing to repair rips and tears by itself, without the need for sewing. It works with materials such as cotton, linen and wool. The scientists are from the Naval Research Office and Pennsylvania State University in the USA. Scientists Dr. Walter Dressick and Dr Melik Demirel looked at how squid can cling on to things so well. The research team found a protein in the rings of teeth that cover the suckers on a squid. The protein is similar to the one found in the silk that spiders use to make spider webs. It is very strong and elastic (stretchy). The new protein has been developed as part of a coating, which is put on clothes. When the coating is dipped in water, the area around the rip or tear joins together in less than a minute. This could help clothes last longer and save us money. It could also be useful for military and survival clothes. People like soldiers and mountaineers would be safer if they had clothes that repaired quickly and easily. Professor Demirel spoke about the invention. He said: "The coatings are thin, less than a micron, so they wouldn't be noticed in everyday wear." He added: "Even thin, they increase the overall strength of the material. For the first time, we are making self-healing textiles."    Questions               1.What's the most important thing we can learn from nature?   2.Would self-repairing clothes be useful for you?   3.What are you like at sewing?   4.What is your favorite material, and why?   5.Would you buy clothes that are self-repairing?   6.How long should clothes last for?   7.What's the oldest item of clothing you have?     Topic2. Study shows there are two divorce seasons     Couples might want to put a little extra effort into their marriage just before March and August every year. Sociologists have identified annual spikes in the number of divorces filed in these two months. Researchers from the University of Washington analysed data for divorces filed in the U.S. state of Washington between 2001 and 2015. There were almost 25,000 divorces filed in the state in 2014 alone. The scientists found that over the 14-year period of the study, divorce rates peaked in August, after the summer holidays, and in March, after the Christmas and New Year holidays. Some researchers said the divorces could be due to financial problems caused by the winter and summer holidays. Researcher Julie Brines suggested that the anti-climax felt after the build-up to holidays, and the holidays themselves, may leave couples feeling stressed and deflated. She said: "People tend to face the holidays with rising expectations, despite what disappointments they might have had in years past." She added: "[Holidays] represent periods in the year when there's the anticipation or the opportunity for a new beginning, a new start, something different, a transition into a new period of life. It's like an optimism cycle." Couples generally spend more time in closer proximity to each other during holidays, which may actually exacerbate tensions rather than rekindle romance.    Questions  1.Why do so many marriages end in divorce?   2.What do you think about what you read?   3.Should couples make an extra effort around divorce season?   4.Should engaged couples take a test to see if their marriage will last?   5.Who suffers the most from a divorce?   6.How can we prevent divorce?   7.What do you think of making divorce illegal?   8.What do you think of the idea that marriage is forever?