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1. The French government has rewarded hundreds of immigrant workers at the frontline in combating COVID-19 with citizenship.
프랑스 정부가 코로나19 대응 최전선에서 분투 중인 외국인 인력들을 대상으로 시민권 취득 기회를 넓히기로 했습니다.
2. The US Children’s show “Sesame Street” has unveiled its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children.
미국의 인기 프로그램 “새서미 스트리트”가 난민 어린이 교육을 위해
처음으로 로힝야족 인형을 선보였습니다.
3. The Korean movie "Parasite" was named one of CNN's cultural moments that defined 2020.
미국 CNN 방송이 한국 영화 '기생충'의 제92회 아카데미시상식 수상 장면을 '올해의 문화계 순간들' 중 하나로 꼽았습니다.
4. South Korean exports of instant noodles have surged more than 28 percent in the first 11 months of the year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
올해 11월까지 한국 라면 수출액이 작년 대비 28% 증가해 사상 최대치를 기록할 전망입니다.
5. A Secret Santa from Idaho gave a surprising gift to a hardworking 65-year-old grandmother and fast-food worker.
미국 아이다호주의 한 비밀 산타가 패스트푸드 가게에서 일하는 65세 할머니에게 깜짝 선물을 전달해 화제가 됐습니다.
▶Good to Hear News (1)
Hundreds of immigrants in France working on the coronavirus frontline have had their service to the country recognised with fast-track citizenship.
The French interior ministry has rewarded residents helping with efforts against Covid-19 by allowing them to apply for accelerated naturalisation.
Seventy-four people have already been granted a French citizenship and another 693 are in the final stages. They include healthcare professionals, cleaners and shop workers.
A successful applicant must have been resident for five years with a steady income and have demonstrated integration into French society.
But the government has said frontline workers must only have lived there for two years to be eligible for citizenship in recognition of their "great services rendered".
1) demonstrated integration: (프랑스 사회와) 통합을 입증하다, 보여주다
demonstrate: to show that something exists or is true
2) rendered: 제공했다 (이 기사에서는 provide와 유사하게 쓰임)
render: to provide or give something such as help or a service to people:
3)accelerated naturalisation: 신속한 귀화
naturalisation(귀화): the act of making someone a legal citizen of a country that they were not born in
▶Good to Hear News (2)
The US children's show Sesame Street has unveiled two new muppets to help deliver early years education to Rohingya children living in the world's largest refugee camp.
Noor and Aziz are six-year-old twins who will feature in a series of educational videos. Sesame Workshop described Noor as a passionate and curious girl who loves to make up funny new rules for games, while her brother is a storyteller whose creativity can, at times, distract him from his daily tasks.
Noor and Aziz, along with famous Sesame Street characters such as Elmo, will feature in a series of Rohingya-language videos that will cover subjects such as maths and science as well as issues around social and emotional wellbeing.
1) make up new rules~: 새로운 규칙들을 구성하다, 만들다
2) distract sb from sth: 집중이 안 되게 하다, (주의를) 딴 데로 돌리다
distract: something distracts you or your attention from something, it takes your attention away from it.
▶Good to Hear News (3)
2020 was an unusual year marked by an unprecedented global pandemic, despite all this, culture still managed to thrive in unexpected and innovative ways. The US media organization, CNN, defined some of the cultural moments that offered hope and distraction in an otherwise tough year.
Director Bong Joon-ho's widely-acclaimed Korean thriller movie, "Parasite," made history at the 92nd Academy Awards in February, becoming the first non-English language film to win best picture. Bong also picked up the award for best director, and made his gracious acceptance speech, "I will drink until next morning."
The wins were significant in an industry heavily criticized for its lack of recognition of non-white talent, as well as exclusionary casting choices.
1) thrive in : 번창하다
thrive: to grow, develop, and become successful
2) widely-acclaimed: 널리 인정받는
acclaimed: attracting public approval and praise:
▶Good to Hear News (4)
Overseas shipments of instant noodles, or "ramyeon" in Korean, came to US $549.72 million in the January-November period, up 28 percent from a year earlier, according to data from the Korea Customs Service and industry players.
The surge was ascribed to the global popularity of Korean-made instant noodles as an emergency food in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that forced people to stay home. Also responsible were strong overseas shipments of two different instant noodles that are the ingredients of Chapaguri, a signature noodle dish from the Oscar-winning film "Parasite".
If the 11-month performance is any guide, overseas shipments of ramyeon are widely expected to hit a new record high and well exceed the $600 million mark, industry watchers said.
1) ascribed to: (한국산 즉석 라면의 전 세계적인 인기)의 덕으로 돌리다, ~덕분이다
ascribe: something is caused by something else:
2) in the wake of : (코로나 바이러스 유행의) 결과로서
(유의어. as a result of, in the aftermath of, ...)
▶Good to Hear News (5)
As Diana Boldman, a hardworking 65-year-old grandmother from Idaho, finished her shift at McDonald's. Nate Eaton, news manager for the East Idaho News, came to her.
For the past six years, Eaton has been the sole representative of a local Secret Santa who gives gifts to deserving members of the community.
Diana was stunned when she learned Eaton came to present her with a new 2019 Hyundai Tucson as a gift from the Secret Santa. She and her husband had been driving in a dilapidated car with more than 240,000 miles on it.
Though the couple has some guesses about the local Secret Santa, they know nothing for sure. The Secret Santa isn't looking for fame or glory, said Eaton. "He just wants to bless people’s lives.”
1) was stunned : 큰 감동을 받다
stun: to shock someone so much that the person does not know how to react
2) dilapidated car: 낡아빠진 자동차, 다 쓰러져 가는 자동차
dilapidated(낡아빠진): old and in poor condition
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오늘의 주제: Make it 2021 Resolutions
오늘의 책:
BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY BY HELEN FIELDING(브리짓 존스의 일기)
with PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN(오만과 편견)
▶BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY Underlined (1)
The rich, divorced-by-cruel-wife Mark - quite tall - was standing with his back to the room, scrutinizing the contents of the Alconburys’ bookshelves: mainly leather-bound series of books about the Third Reich, which Geoffrey sends off for from Reader’s Digest. It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be called Mr Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty at a party. It’s like being called Heathcliff and insisting on spending the entire evening in the garden, shouting ‘Cathy’ and banging your head against a tree.
‘Mark!’ said Una, as if she was one of Santa Claus’s fairies. ‘I’ve got someone nice for you to meet.’
He turned round, revealing that what had seemed from the back like a harmless navy sweater was actually a V-neck diamond-pattern in shades of yellow and blue - as favored by the more elderly of the nation’s sports reporters. As my friend Tom often remarks, it’s amazing how much time and money can be saved in the world of dating by close attention to detail. A white sock here, a pair of red braces there, a grey slip-on shoe, a swastika, are as often as not all one needs to tell you there’s no point writing down phone numbers and forking out for expensive lunches because it’s never going to be a runner.
▶BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY Underlined (2)
9st (excellent), alcohol units 0, cigarettes 29 (v.v. bad, esp. in 2 hours), calories 3879 (repulsive), negative thoughts 942 (approx. based on av. per minute), minutes spent counting negative thoughts 127 (approx.)
6 p.m. Completely exhausted by entire day of date-preparation. Being a woman is worse than being a farmer - there is so much harvesting and crop spraying to be done: legs to be waxed, underarms shaved, eyebrows plucked, feet pumiced, skin exfoliated and moisturized, spots cleansed, roots dyed, eyelashes tinted, nails filed, cellulite massaged, stomach muscles exercised. The whole performance is so highly tuned you only need to neglect it for a few days for the whole thing to go to seed. Sometimes I wonder what I would be like if left to revert to nature - with a full beard and handlebar moustache on each shin, Dennis Healey eyebrows, face a graveyard of dead skin cells, spots erupting, long curly fingernails like Struwelpeter, blind as bat and stupid runt of species as no contact lenses, flabby body flobbering around. Ugh, ugh. Is it any wonder girls have no confidence?
▶PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Underlined (3)
After a silence of several minutes, he came towards her in an agitated manner, and thus began:
“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
Elizabeth’s astonishment was beyond expression. She stared, coloured, doubted, and was silent. This he considered sufficient encouragement; and the avowal of all that he felt, and had long felt for her, immediately followed. He spoke well; but there were feelings besides those of the heart to be detailed; and he was not more eloquent on the subject of tenderness than of pride. His sense of her inferiority—of its being a degradation—of the family obstacles which had always opposed to inclination, were dwelt on with a warmth which seemed due to the consequence he was wounding, but was very unlikely to recommend his suit.
In spite of her deeply-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man’s affection, and though her intentions did not vary for an instant, she was at first sorry for the pain he was to receive; till, roused to resentment by his subsequent language, she lost all compassion in anger.