[21. Dec. 2019] Pre-meeting for Sat. meeting topics

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What Happened In The World, In The Spotlight 

▶Science & Tech (2019. Dec. 21. Sat.)

A team from the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences created a catalyst that harnesses light energy, such as sunlight, to break down chemical bonds in plastics within days.
This is the first reported process that can completely break down a non-biodegradable plastic such as polyethylene using visible light and a catalyst that does not contain heavy metals, said Assistant Professor Soo Han Sen from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
This photochemical reaction is more environmentally friendly than most recycling methods, which involve heating, generating greenhouse gases as a by-product.

*** harness

[VERB] If you harness something such as an emotion or natural source of energy, you bring it under your control and use it.

*** Photochemistry

Photochemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of light. Generally, this term is used to describe a chemical reaction caused by absorption of ultraviolet (wavelength from 100 to 400 nm), visible light (400–750 nm) or infrared radiation (750–2500 nm).[1]

▶Touch! Global Headlines & News focus

HEADLINE 1 (2019. Dec. 19. Thu.)

Australia has experienced its hottest weather with the average temperature across the country soaring to 40.9 degrees Celsius.

HEADLINE 5 (2019. Dec. 18. Wed.)

U.S. streaming service Hulu has announced it is making a documentary of environmental activist Greta Thunberg.

HEADLINE 4 (2019. Dec. 16. Mon.) 

From next year Swiss federal employees will be obliged to take the train instead of airplanes for journeys shorter than six hours.

HEADLINE 1 (2019. Dec. 18. Wed.)

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly seeking to add a new clause to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill to rule out any extension of brexit beyond the end of next year.

*** rule out :  (가능하거나 적절하지 않다고) ~을 배제하다 유의어 exclude
Police have not ruled out the possibility that the man was murdered.
경찰은 그 남자가 살해되었을 가능성을 배제하지 않고 있다.

HEADLINE 3 (2019. Dec. 18. Wed.)

The U.S. Congress has agreed on a federal spending bill that will allow government employees to take paternity leaves and raise the age limit to buy tobacco products to 21, among other legislations.

*** Paternity 

[NOUN] Paternity is the state or fact of being the father of a particular child.

ex) He was tricked into marriage by a false accusation of paternity. 

a paternity leave / 남편의 육아 휴가
establish paternity / 부권을 확립하다.
acknowledge (one’s) paternity / 부권을 인정하다.

*** Maternity  

 [ADJ] Maternity is used to describe things relating to the help and medical care given to a woman when she is pregnant and when she gives birth.
Your job will be kept open for your return after maternity leave
a maternity unit / 산부인과
maternity clothes  / 임부복
wear a maternity belt  / 복대를 착용하다
a maternity dress[wear]  / 임부복

HEADLINE 3 (2019. Dec. 16. Mon.) 

The death toll from the eruption of New Zealand's White Island volcano has increased to 16.

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▶News Focus 1 (2019. Dec. 16. Mon.)

Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine’s person of the year for 2019 and is the youngest person to have ever received the accolade. Thunberg, 16, was lauded by Time for starting an environmental campaign in August 2018 camping out in front of the Swedish parliament to demand action. The activist addressed the latest round of UN climate talks in Madrid bluntly criticizing world leaders for using PR to make it appear they are achieving bold climate targets. Other nominees for person of the year included Donald Trump and the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress.

-camping out

*** Camp out
to sleep outside, usually in a tent; to sleep on the floor somewhere for a short time
If there is nowhere to stay, we'll have to camp out.

-bluntly 

*** Bluntly [ADV]
'I don't believe you!' Jeanne said bluntly

▶News Focus 3 (2019. Dec. 16. Mon.)

A 3D printed community is sprouting up in Mexico, part of a project working to end global homelessness. New Story, which builds shelter for families in need, says that after 18 months of planning, two homes have been completed. The nonprofit has plans to build 50 500-square-foot 3D homes in Tabasco, Mexico, which is located in a seismic zone and prone to flooding. The 3D printed homes have two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen and bath. Each of the two homes that have been built took 24 hours to print.
-sprouting up
-prone to 

▶News Focus 2 (2019. Dec. 18. Wed.)

Mariah Carey's holiday juggernaut "All I Want for Christmas Is You" just this week topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in the song's 25-year history.
The newfound chart dominance of "All I Want for Christmas" — it climbed as high as No. 3 last holiday season — can be chalked up to any number of factors, including nostalgia, the ever-growing influence of streaming services and the fact that "All I Want for Christmas" has aged remarkably well.
Now, at least for this particular week in December 2019, Carey's classic doesn't just represent the last word in holiday songs; it's the last word in songs, period.
-chalked up to
-aged remarkably well

▶News Focus 1 (2019. Dec. 19. Thu.)

France was hit with a wave of power cuts as thousands of workers rallied against the government's plan to raise the retirement age to 64.
Union activists sabotaged electricity to nearly 100,000 homes or offices in Bordeaux and Lyon, while staff at the Eiffel Tower walked off the job.
Police in Paris barricaded the presidential Elysee Palace, bracing for violence by yellow vest activists or other radical demonstrators, but despite 13 days of crippling train and subway strikes, French president Emmanuel Macron and his government have refused to give in to the worker's demands.
-sabotaged
-bracing for 

▶News Focus 2 (2019. Dec. 19. Thu.)

A 5-year-old student at an elementary school in Vista, California, collected enough money to pay off the negative lunch balances of 123 students at her school.
Katelynn decided to set up a stand on December 8, spending her Sunday selling hot cocoa, cider, and cookies. Katelynn and her mom donated the $80 collected.
The young student’s next goal is to raise enough money to pay off not only all the negative lunch balances at her school, but the "thousands of negative accounts" at schools in the Vista Unified School District.
-pay off
-spending 

▶News Focus 1 (2019. Dec. 17. Tue.)

As Britain’s vote launches the country’s exit from the European Union into a new and difficult phase, the bloc is cementing a top goal: Halting more EU defections.
The bruising 3½-year Brexit process has been so negatively viewed by European voters that even EU-skeptic parties on the Continent have mostly dropped talk of leaving the bloc or the euro, including Frexit and Italexit.
That could change if the UK secures a trade deal with the EU that gives it greater national sovereignty without hurting its economy and Brexit comes to be seen as a success for Britain. But the likelihood is that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new government will confront painful trade-offs after its EU membership ends on Jan. 31.
-skeptic
-trade-offs

Article source : https://home.ebs.co.kr/morning/board/6/502387/list?c.page=1&hmpMnuId=101&pstId=10010641889&

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