<목욜정모> May 24, 2007 Thursday meeting's Topic

[neojang]

#1. The country's Health and Welfare Minister has offered to resign stressing that he will return to the embattled Uri Party to resume political activities.

유시민 보건복지부 장관이 어제 장관직 사퇴를 선언하고 열린 우리당으로의 복귀 및 정치활동 재개를 향한 강한 의지를 드러냈습니다.

* stressing : 강조하면서 stress : -을 강조하다, -에 무게/중점 을 두다 to emphasize a fact, an idea,,

Q1) What do you think of Mr. Yoo as a politician?

#2. The domestic bourse rebounded, setting a new high yesterday despite China's moves to raise interest rates and tighten the screws on credit.

중국의 금리인상과 긴축정책 발표에도 불구하고 국내증시가 하루 만에 급반등해 또 다시 사상 최고치를 경신했습니다.

* bourse : 증권거래소, stock exchange (France)

* tighten the screws on credit. : 긴축정책을 펴다. control sth more strictly

tighten the screw on ~: 나사를 조이다 (turn the screw on~)

tighten credit : 금융(재정)을 긴축하다

If a government or organization tightens its grip on a group of people or an activity, or if its grip tightens, it begins to have more control over it.

Q2) Have you heard about BRICS or N11? Let’s talk about them.

#3. A Korean professor was elected as the head of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for a two-year tenure, committee officials said.

이양희 성균관대 아동학과 교수가 스위스 제네바에서 진행된 유엔 아동권리위원회 총회에서 임기 2년의 위원장으로 선출됐습니다.

* tenure : 재직기간 , term

the period of time when sb holds an important job - term of office, incumbency

Q3) Do you know who THE professor Lee?

#4. A Korean soldier has been found dead with a gunshot wound in Iraq.

이라크 아르빌에 파병중인 자이툰부대 장병이 부대 내에서 총상을 입고

숨진 채 발견됐습니다.

* gunshot wound: 총상 wound: 상처, 부상 injury cf: 자상 stab wounds

질식사 asphyxia(suffocation) 둔기에 의한 외상 blunt-force trauma

#5. The warning index for oil has gone up to the second stage of “alert”

in the wake of the sharp rise in international oil prices.

국제 유가가 사상 최고치에 바짝 다가서면서 정부의 석유 경보지수가 '주의'에서 '경계'로 한 단계 높아졌습니다.

index 지수, 색인, 목록, 지표,

“a system“(평균적인, 시스템의) that shows the level of price and wages, etc.

quotient 지수 (구체적인 숫자)

* in the wake of : -에 계속해서, -의 결과로서 following (wake : 자국, 흔적 )

If one thing follows in the wake of another, it happens

after the other thing is over, often as a result of it.

Q4) Can you feel that oil price is rising? From where?

Moore's new film generates buzz at Cannes

Michael Moore, who won the top prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for Fahrenheit 9/11, is causing a stir once again with his new documentary, Sicko. Investigations by the U.S. Treasury Department into a trip Moore took to Cuba have made headlines, further increasing publicity for the film. Sicko is focused on what Moore believes to be the failings of the U.S. health care system. It is not to follow in Fahrenheit 9/11's Palm d'Or- winning footsteps, however, as it is entered in the festival as a non-competitor.

Moore says he will wait for audience reactions to Sicko before deciding on his next project. He jokingly added that, "it's time for a romantic comedy

* buzz 소문, 떠들썩함, 화젯거리, (윙윙거리는 소리)

You can use buzz to refer to a word, idea, or activity

which has recently become extremely popular.

- the latest buzz phrase ..- the buzz topic.

* cause a stir 파문을 일으키다, 논란을 불러일으키다,

if an event causes a stir, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people. (commotion, a lot of noise..)

Q5) Let’s talk about movies, especially about Michael Moore or recent movies !!!

Alarming spike in personal bankruptcies

The recent high levels of consumer and corporate spending this year have been contrasted by the alarming number of personal bankruptcies. In the first quarter of 2007, bankruptcies filed by individuals reached 45,057, up from 17, 679 last year, reported the Supreme Court. Analysts attribute the surge primarily to more and more people applying to debt rescheduling programs run by the government and private financial agencies. Other factors involved are shortages of new jobs and stagnant incomes.

Despite these startling figures, private research institutes project increases in economic growth and domestic spending this year. Furthermore, the national index measuring consumer confidence surpassed the benchmark for the first time since April 2006.

* spike : 증가. 급상승, surge

* stagnant : 불경기의, 침체해있는, 부진한 유의어 : still, dead, inactive, dull.. <->flowing , active ..a stagnant economy 침체된 경제

stagnant water : 고인 물 (늪 을 상상하시면 될 거에요 swamp)

* project : 예측하다, 짐작하다 (두 번째 음절에 강세가 있습니다)

ex: project the rate of growth 유의어 : forecast, calculate. expect

Q6) How many credit cards do you have in your hand?

Q7) Do you prefer to pay in cash or plastic?

Link found between apples and asthma in pregnancy

A University of Aberdeen study on the eating habits of pregnant women has suggested an apple a day may keep asthma away. Children of mothers in the study who ate four or more apples a week were half as likely to develop asthma as children whose mothers ate one apple or less. The project polled 2000 pregnant women on their eating habits, and tracked the health of the children over the following five years. Apples are linked to better lung health in adults, possibly for their antioxidant properties

The researchers in the study acknowledge that the link may not be a direct relationship, and that other factors in women's lifestyles may have affected the outcome. They also say that the project's results show the importance of a balanced diet during pregnancy.

* asthma : 천식 a medical condition of the chest that makes breathing difficult

- asthmatic : 천식 환자

* (half/twice/three times) as likely : as likely :아마도, -할 가능성이 있는, 있음직한

half as likely = fifty percent of chance twice as likely = 2배로

Q8) What food do you like? Let’s talk about favorite fruit and restraints you would recommend?

[brian]

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나도 좌절,,, ㅠㅠ

[747기장]

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[바쿠스 최치원]

형 매번 수고에 감사드립니다. ㅎㅎㅎ

[Ally]

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