<목욜정모> October 18, 2007 Thursday meeting's Topic

[neojang]

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Today's Headline News
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*overture(제의, 제안)
*self-ruled(self-governed: 자치령)
psychological warfare: 심리전, 신경전
*a breakthrough in goods concessions: 상품양허안의 돌파구, 타개책

1. Former Vice President Al Gore, who devoted himself to his passion as an environmental crusader, was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize which Democrats claim is a political rebuke for the Bush administration.
-앨 고어 전 미국 부통령의 노벨 평화상 수상은 부시 대통령의 실패 사례를 극명하게 드러낸 것이라고
미국 언론들은 일제히 보도 했습니다.

*environmental crusader: 환경 운동가(crusader: 십자군 전사)
*a political rebuke: 정치적 비난, 힐책

Q1) What do you know about Al Gore?
Q2) Do you know anybody who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize?

2. Swimming sensation Park, Tae-hwan has set the domestic record in the men's 100-meter freestyle at the 88th National Sports Competition and has been named Korea's Athlete of the Year.
-박태환 선수가 자유형 100m에서 마의 50초벽을 깨고 한국 신기록을 세우며 대한민국 체육상 수상자로 선정됐습니다.

Q3) Do you swim or can you swim? /backstroke, freestyle, butterfly stroke/
Q4) How often do you swim? and where?

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Today's Articles
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"Italian Government to Offer Incentives so Young Adults Leave Parents' Homes"

Eight out of ten Italians under age 30 still live at home, and the average age for moving out is 36. Italian men are the bulk of those who stay with their parents, at around 67 percent. Women tend to get married and then move away from home. The reluctance of young men to leave their parents' home is a matter that has raised the concern of the government, prompting it to act. Italy's Finance Minister recently said that when young people stay with their parents, they do not get married or become independent. Experts have said the trend is costing Italy in growth and innovation. Minister Padoa-Schioppa announced that part of a $2 billion Euro allotment in the government's 2008 budget would be used to help young Italians who move out. Under-30s with low salaries will be offered tax relief. In addition, the government will pay 19 percent of the cost of rental housing for university students living far from home.

Q5) Do you live with your parents or alone?
Q6) What are or were the problems you face or faced when becomming independent from your parents?

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SiMonday's Back to the Future: Food Culture
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-Food culture/ Origin, History of certain food
-Discuss a variety of food culture/ history information include the influence of specific foods on the region's life, regional food ways, food economics, ethnic cuisine,
-the role of a specific food in its historical context as an important dietary factor

[Fondue]

Fondue has become a way for the modern fast food diner to sit back relax and enjoy hot fresh food at a leisurely pace. Traditional fondue is made with a mixture of cheese and wine, melted in a communal pot. French gastronome Brillat-Savarin mentioned fondue in his 19th century writings, but fondue really hit its heyday in 1956, when chef Konrad Egli of New York's Chalet Swiss Restaurant introduced a fondue method of cooking meat cubes in hot oil. Chocolate fondue followed in 1964.

During the frigid Swiss winters snow covered mountain valleys isolated villages and towns. Consequently fresh food became scarce. Towns people had to rely upon locally made foods. These were produced by area cheese makers in the summer months. During winter months these cheeses became dryer and more unpalatable. Out of necessity came a wonderful dish, the fondue. It's named derived from the French word fondue - meaning to melt or to ‘blend’. This was exactly what the stale cheese needed to make it more digestible.

Although communal eating from one pot implied a shortage of cooking equipment and utensils among the poorer peasants, it was also symbolic of community dining. Each person kept their corner of the pot showing consideration and kinship- a Swiss custom still respected to this day.

Today's fondue traditions include such delicacies as tenderloin of beef, boneless skinless breast of chicken, shrimp, scallops, and even salmon. Entree Fondues like beef fondue were started in the middle ages in France, where area wine makers would send their grape pickers out of the vineyards for long hours at a time. Because food would go bad during the long day, instead they would set up pots in strategic areas of the vineyard and cook their meals as it became convenient during the day, ensuring a traditionally leisurely lunch that could be enjoyed hot and fresh.

[Croissant]

The origin of the croissant is one of the great food legends of all time. The great French food reference Larousse Gastronomique offers this explanation regarding the origin of the croissant:
Many people have heard that the croissant was created either Vienna in 1683 or Budapest in 1686, Hungary by a courageous and watchful baker, at a time when the city was being attacked by the Turks.Working late one night, he heard faint underground rumbling noises and alerted the city's military leaders. Turks were trying to get into the city and to reach the centre of the town, they dug underground passages. The tunnel was destroyed and the baker was a hero, but a humble hero — all he wanted in reward was the sole right to bake a special pastry commemorating the fight.
The city were granted the privilege of making a special pastry which had to take the form of a crescent in memory of the emblem on the Ottoman flag.(the shape represents the Islamic crescent as found on the Ottoman flag)
The word “croissant" was first used in a dictionary in 1863 where it is defined as 'a little crescent-shaped bread or cake'. The first croissant recipe was published in 1891, but it wasn't the same kind of croissant we are familiar with today. The first recipe that would produce what we consider to be a croissant wasn't published until 1905, in France- and its development into a national symbol of France, is a 20th-century history. While some claim that it was invented in France to celebrate the defeat of a Muslim invasion at the decisive Battle of Tours by the Franks in 732, it is more likely that it, like the bagel, was invented in 1683 to celebrate the victory of Jan III Sobieski and his Polish army over the Turkish forces in the Battle of Vienna.
Other theories include tales linking croissants with the kifli and the siege of Buda in 1686, and those detailing Marie Antoinette's hankering after a Viennese specialty.

Q7) Have you tried fondue or croissant? when and where?
Q8) Do you have any cuzine that you recommand as your special experience in your life?

[바쿠스 최치원]

cuzine 이 머죠? 여튼 모임에서 뵈요...

[neojang]

This is nowhere near the taste of real French cuisine. : 이것은 진짜 프랑스 요리 맛과는 거리가 멀다(sorry for misspelling)