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The presidential office yesterday demanded a formal apology from Park Geun
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arguable 형) 논쟁의 여지가 있는 (= disputable)
argumentative 형) 논쟁하기 좋아하는
apprehensible 형) 이해할 수 있는 apprehensive 형) 염려하는, 우려하는
Tension is mounting at the National Assembly as the Grand National Party's mainstreamers loyal to President Lee Myung-bak are trying to reach a unified position on the proposal to scrap the original Sejong City project. Followers of former GNP Chairwoman Park Geun-hye have strongly criticized the revision while opposition parties submitted a bill that calls for parliamentary investigation into the government's move to revise the Sejong City plan. North Korea has reportedly attracted a massive foreign investment worth 10
=> 정치권의 세종시 공방이 가열되고 있는 가운데, 한나라당 친이계는 세종시 당론 변경 절차에 착수했고, 친박계는 이에 거세게 반발했습니다. 이런 가운데, 야당은 세종시 국정조사 요구서를 제출했습니다.
billion dollars through China's senior communist party official Wang Jiarui who
recently visited Pyongyang. The investment is expected to help coax North Korea
back to the six-party talks.
=> 북한이 왕자루이(王家瑞) 중국 공산당 대외연락부장의 방북을 통해 100억 달러 규모의 대형 외자유치를 성사한 것으로 알려졌습니다. 이는 향후 6자회담 재개에 큰 영향을 미칠 것으로 예상됩니다.
② Police have opened an investigation into the recent controversial naked
graduation ceremony held at a middle school in Ilsan, Goyang City. They have
secured victims' testimony that seniors forced them to strip. If this is confirmed
to be the case, the accused will be indicted.
=> 경찰은 얼마 전 일산의 한 중학교에서 벌어진 졸업식 '알몸 뒤풀이'에 참여한 학생들을 오늘부터 집중 조사할 예정입니다. 경찰은 피해학생들로부터 선배의 강압에 의해 알몸 뒤풀이가 이뤄졌다는 진술을 확보했으며 이것이 사실로 확인될 경우 폭행 혐의를 적용해 가해학생들을 형사 처벌할 계획입니다.
* secure: 확보하다
- to obtain or achieve sth, especially when this means using a lot of effort
* testimony: 증언, 고백
- a. A declaration by a witness under oath, as that given before a court or deliberative body.
- b. All such declarations, spoken or written, offered in a legal case or deliberative hearing.
* indict: [법] 기소[고발]하다 (for, on)
- to accuse of wrongdoing; charge
- to charge (a person) with crime, esp formally in writing; accuse
③ Korean speed skaters Lee Gang-seok (이강석) and Lee Gyu-hyuk (이규혁)
aim to bring home the country's first gold medal at the men's 500-meter event this
morning. Korea has won two silvers and one bronze in speed skating events so far
in the Winter Olympics.
=> 이강석 ·이규혁 선수가 오늘 오전 2010 밴쿠버 동계올림픽 스피드스케이팅 남자 500m에서 사상 첫 금메달 사냥에 나서게 됩니다. 한국 스피드 스케이팅은 지금까지 역대 동계올림픽에서 은메달 2개와 동메달 1개를 획득했습니다.
④ It is reported that the government has been working on launching security talks
involving Korea, China and Japan. Once established, the talks are expected to
boost military cooperation, such as joint maritime search and rescue efforts, and
also pave the way for joint military drills to build mutual trust.
=> 정부가 한·중·일 3국이 참여하는 '안보대화체' 신설을 추진 중인 것으로 밝혀졌습니다. 안보대화체가 가동되면 한·중·일 3국은 해상 수색 및 구조훈련을 넘어 실질적인 군사적 신뢰 구축을 도모할 수 있는 연합훈련 등을 실시할 수 있게 될 전망입니다.
* boost: (사기·기력 등을) 돋우다
- to raise or lift by pushing up from behind or below
- to stir up enthusiasm for; promote vigorously
- synonyms: encourage, promote, further, advance
* pave the way for: …의 길을 열다; …을 용이하게 하다, …에 이르다
- to make it possible or easier for someone or something to follow
* military drills: 군사훈련
- drill: [군사] 교련, 훈련
- training in marching and the use of weapons
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Today's News Articles
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1. Canada wins its first gold at home
Canadians breathed a collective sigh of relief on Sunday, as a local skier brought home the country's first-ever gold won on home soil. The city exploded in celebration as Alexandre Bilodeau won the gold with a stellar display on the moguls on Cypress Mountain. The unseasonably warm weather that has been such a concern for the organizers of this year's games brought out the crowds in the city's center. The Royal Canadian Mint had a pavilion where people could get a chance to hold the gold medal with their own hands, and thousands and thousands of people waited for up to four hours to do so. Winning a gold at home has been a very long time coming for Canada, with none won in Montreal in 1976 or in Calgary in 1988. And now with the first one out of the way, the country can concentrate on its ambitious goal for this year's games: coming out on top of the medal table.
* on home soil : 자국에서
- at home(own country's territory)
* a stellar display : 눈부신 활약
- stellar : 화려한, 일류의, 우수한; excellent; outstanding
- display : an act of performing a skill or of showing sth
* be a very long time coming : 오랫동안 학수고대한 일이 이루어지다
- a very long wait
2. Study finds it's the little things that count in relationships
It turns out that all those grand gestures you planned for Valentines Day over the weekend may have been in vain, according to an American study. Terri Orbuch of the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research has found that it's the little things that count when it comes to making a relationship last. Orbuch said small expressions of love such as making coffee or filling up the gas tank for a partner are the ones that really mean something in the long run. Words also make a difference, as long as they're words of encouragement. Orbuch said she was surprised to find that men need more positive reinforcement than women. Her study is the longest ever on married couples, and began in 1986. Since the beginning of her research, 46 percent of the 373 couples in the study have gone their separate ways. Her book on her work is called "5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great."
* grand gestures : 근사한(거창한) 이벤트
- grand : impressive and large or important
/needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed but intended to achieve
impressive results
* to be in vain : 수포[허사]로 돌아가다
- If you do sth in vain, you do not succeed in achieving what you intend.
* in the long run : 장기적으로/ 결국엔
- over or after a long period of time; in the end
* to go your separate ways : (관계를 끝내고) 각자 제 갈 길을 가다
- (of two or more people) stop seeing each other
- to end a relationship with sb
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② The Gambian government has expelled the representative of the United Nations
Children's Fund to the Gambia, Kang Min-Whee without explanation. Gambia is a
west African country regularly criticised for human rights violations. The UNICEF
envoy is the second UN official to be deported from the country in the past three
years.
=> 유엔아동기금, 유니세프의 감비아 사무소 대표인 한국인 강민휘 씨가 뚜렷한 이유 없이 감비아 정부로부터 추방명령을 받고 출국했다고 유니세프가 밝혔습니다. 인권침해 문제로 국제사회의 비판을 자주 받아온 서부 아프리카 국가인 감비아가 현지 유엔 관리를 추방한 것은 지난 3년 새 이번이 두 번째입니다.
* expel(=deport): 추방하다, 쫓아내다
- If someone is expelled from a school or organization, they are officially told to leave (mostly because they have behaved badly)
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
Oscar Wilde
“저는 단순한 행복을 좋아합니다. 복잡한 것을 내려놓을 수 있는 마지막 피난처이기 때문이지요
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence be expected.
Steve Jobs
People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.
Anne Tyler
“다른 사람들보다 더 현명하게 행동한 것을 가지고 사람들은 운이라고 말해요
“품질의 척도가 되세요. 어떤 사람들은 우수함이 기대되는 환경에 익숙하지 않습니다
Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.
Hyman Rickover
“좋은 아이디어라고 자동으로 받아 드려지지 않습니다. 용기있는 인내심으로 실천되어야만 합니다
artistic 형) 예술적인 artificial 형) 인공적인, 인위적인
attracting 형) 남의 주의를 끄는 attractive 형) 매력적인
beneficent 형)선행을 하는
benevolent 형)자비심이 많은
beneficial 형)유익한, 유리한
collected 형) 모은, 모인 collective 형)집합적, 집단적 대학등록금 5년간 사립대 165만원, 국공립대 129만원↑
지난 5년 간 전국의 사립대와 국공립대의 평균 등록금이 각각 165만원과 129만원 오른 것으로 나타났습니다. 교육과학기술부의 통계자료에 따르면 작년 사립대의 연간 평균 등록금은 742만원으로 5년 전보다 28.6% 올랐고, 국공립대는 419만원으로 같은 기간 44.5% 올랐습니다.
Average tuition fees for nationwide private and public universities have risen by 1.65 million won and 1.29 million won, respectively, in the last five years. According to the Education Ministry, annual tuition costs of private universities averaged 7.42 million won last year, up 28.6 percent from five years ago. State and public universities raised their tuitions by 44.5 percent to 4.19 million won during the same period.
2. 중앙대 수도권에 제3캠퍼스 건립 추진
중앙대가 서울캠퍼스와 안성캠퍼스에 이어 수도권에 제3 캠퍼스 건립을 추진 중인 것으로 확인됐습니다. 박범훈 중앙대 총장은 오는 24일 교수회의를 거쳐 서울 인근에 새 캠퍼스를 건립한다는 내용을 발표할 계획인 것으로 알려졌습니다. 이 대학 관계자는 서울캠퍼스가 지나치게 좁다는 판단에 따라 새 캠퍼스 건립을 추진하게 됐다고 설명했습니다.
Chung-Ang University is seeking measures to establish a third campus in the metropolitan area. Park Bum-hoon, president of the university, is planning to make an announcement on the 24th about creating a new campus near Seoul after a meeting of professors. A university official said the university came up with the new campus plan as it considers its Seoul Campus to be too small.
3. 올림픽- 이상화, 여자 빙속 첫 금메달
스케이팅 사상 첫 금메달을 획득했습니다. 이상화는 오늘 오전에 열린 스피드 스케이팅 여자 500m에서 1,2차 시기 합계 76초 09로 1위를 차지했습니다. 이로써 우리나라는 금메달 수가 늘어나면서 종합 2위로 올라섰습니다.
Sprinter Lee Sang-hwa claimed gold at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, becoming the first Korean female skater to win a speed skating event at the Olympics. In the women's 500m speed skating event this morning, Lee topped the list with 76.09 seconds in total. Her victory raised Korea's overall ranking in the games to number two.
4. 오늘 밤부터 눈
Expect the day to get cloudier until snow falls at night. A heavy snowfall warning is expected to be issued for Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and western parts of Gangwon Province. Daytime highs will be slightly higher than yesterday ranging between 1 and 8 degrees with Seoul reaching 1 degree.