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Morning Special_(2019. Dec. 23. Mon. - 2019.12.28. Sat.)_REV.hwp
<< A Warm-up Session Notice for Englisholc Saturday Meeting >>
Hello ! Englisholic Saturday meeting members !
We are going to run a warm-up session for 30 min (6:30-7:00 pm) before the Englisholic sat. meeting.
We will study and analyze some good expressions and basic writing skills with small talk materials which means that we are going to dealing with Morning special materials briefly and if u want we can cover some other topics as well.
This session is not for having discussion but for practicing useful expressions and making our skills more delicate. So if you want to brush up your basic disciplines into more proficient level or if you want to improve your understanding on the topics, please join us for 30 min. Warm-up session 🙂.
Hope you are enjoying today's pre-meeting materials !
See you at the meeting 🙂
With love,
Scarlett
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Morning Special_(2019. Dec. 23. Mon. - 2019.12.28. Sat.)
■ Science & Tech, Weekly News Review
▶ Science &Tech
Scientists have pulled inspiration from insects in order to create a tiny, resilient robot referred to as 'DEAnsect', this bug-like robot is made of flexible soft materials, carries five times its weight and moves its artificial muscles 400 times a second.
The robot is designed with artificial muscles consisting of an elastomer membrane between two soft electrodes, which connect to each other when a voltage is added to the mix.
DEAnsect weighs less than a gram, but is strong enough to carry a payload five times its size. What makes this creation so unique is that it is able to withstand multiple hits from a fly swatter, being folded or squashed without being damaged, which would make it ideal for doing a range of tasks.
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*** 동사 + inspiration
derive, draw, find, gain, get, owe, take | give sb, provide (sb with) | look for, seek | be lacking in, lack, need
The movement draws much of its inspiration from the Greek philosophers.Many of us found inspiration in her teaching.Where did you get the inspiration for the book?Her latest book owes its inspiration to childhood memories.
He peered into his glass, as if seeking inspiration there.
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■ Touch! Global Headlines
HEADLINE 1 (2019. Dec. 27. Fri.)
Japan has decided to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the sea, an option seen by the government as the most adequate.
HEADLINE 3 (2019. Dec. 27. Fri.)
Brazil’s accelerating deforestation has prompted global firms to shake up supply chains in an effort to push back on land-clearing.
HEADLINE 4 (2019. Dec. 27. Fri.)
Japanese prime Minister Shinzo Abe has again requested financial institutions to raise wages.
HEADLINE 5 (2019. Dec. 27. Fri.)
A Korean man in his 20s struggling to make ends meet and residing in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has confessed to an armed robbery that took place on December 21.
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*** make ends meet
[Verb] (idiomatic) To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).
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HEADLINE 1 (2019. Dec. 26. Thu.)
A report has shown that Korea's capital is the largest among foreign capital that registered to invest in Vietnam this year.
HEADLINE 2 (2019. Dec. 26. Thu.)
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the US. and China will have a signing ceremony to ink the first phase of their trade deal.
HEADLINE 3 (2019. Dec. 26. Thu.)
The number of Korean tourists staying in Japan has decreased by 66.1% in October on year.
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HEADLINE 1 (2019. Dec. 24. Tue.)
Japan has proposed the gradual release or evaporation of radioactive water being stored at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
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HEADLINE 2 (2019. Dec. 24. Tue.)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has warned that European countries will feel the impact of a new migrant wave from Syria that Turkey alone cannot handle.
HEADLINE 4 (2019. Dec. 24. Tue.)
Despite a trade war with the U.S. and a slowing economy, overseas investors’ holdings of Chinese bonds and stocks have both grown rapidly as of late.
HEADLINE 5 (2019. Dec. 24. Tue.)
Former national security adviser John Bolton has said in an interview that the Trump administration would soon be forced to admit it had failed on its North Korea policy.
HEADLINE 1 (2019. Dec. 23. Mon.)
North Korea has expanded a factory linked to the production of long-range nuclear missiles, according to a new analysis of satellite images.
HEADLINE 2 (2019. Dec. 23. Mon.)
Indian authorities have stepped up phone and mobile internet shutdowns in efforts to thwart protests over a new citizenship law.
HEADLINE 4 (2019. Dec. 23. Mon.)
A Pakistani university lecturer has been sentenced to death for having insulted the prophet Muhammad and the Qur’an in 2013.
HEADLINE 5 (2019. Dec. 23. Mon.)
A former government minister in Thailand has reportedly tried to run away from a car accident he was involved in.
■ News Focus
▶ News Focus 2 (2019. Dec. 27. Fri.)
Seoul is pushing to establish a sprawling park in Yongsan as the United States has initiated the process to vacate the Yongsan Garrison, once home to the headquarters of the U.S. Forces Korea, as part of its military base relocation process.
The government approved a plan to include additional lots covering some 600,000 square meters in developing the Yongsan national park during its first meeting of a state-civilian panel on the project.
The move will expand the size of the park to 3.03 million square meters ― a little smaller than New York's Central Park ― from the originally proposed size of 2.43 million square meters.
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*** sprawling
동사 If you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land.
-expand
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▶ News Focus 1 (2019. Dec. 26. Thu.)
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a summit, their first formal talks in 15 months, on the sidelines of the South Korea-China-Japan trilateral summit in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu.
During their talks, President Moon Jae-in called for a swift rollback of the Japanese government’s export controls to their levels before July 1,
In his response, Abe proposed “resolving the matter through dialogue between export authorities.” While the two leaders continued to show different stances on the matter of survivors of forced labor mobilization, they agreed in principle on “dialogue-based resolution.”
Japanese media outlets emphasized the resumption of dialogue, while acknowledging that the outstanding issues have to be addressed.
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*** rollback
명사 mainly AM
A rollback is a reduction in price or some other change that makes something like it was before.
EX) Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy
*** resume
동사 FORMAL If you resume an activity or if it resumes, it begins again.
-proposed
-outstanding
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▶ News Focus 2 (2019. Dec. 26. Thu.)
The Indian Government has announced plans for a census to be held next year despite weeks of protests over a citizenship law that critics say is anti-Muslim.
The protests began over a new law allowing Hindus, Christians and other religious minorities living in India illegally to become citizens if they could show they were persecuted because of their religion in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It does not apply to Muslims.
Some protesters say the law is discriminatory against Muslims, while others fear it will lead to an influx of migrants.
-persecuted
-influx
▶ Christmas Focus 1 (2019. Dec. 25. Wed.)
"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber.
It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011.
The song was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a village in the Austrian Empire on the Salzach river in present-day Austria. A young priest, Father Joseph Mohr, had come to Oberndorf the year before. He had written the lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" in 1816 in the hometown of his father in the Salzburg Lungau region, where Joseph had worked as a co-adjutor.
The song has been recorded by many singers across many music genres. The version sung by Bing Crosby in 1935 is the fourth best-selling single of all-time.
-present-day
▶ News Focus 1 (2019. Dec. 24. Tue.)
U.S. President Donald Trump has, with the signing of the 2020 National Defence Authorisation Act, celebrated the launch of Space Force, the United States' first new military service in more than 70 years. While Space Force is not designed or intended to put combat troops in space, it is the first new military service since the Air Force was spun off from the Army in 1947.
When he publicly directed the Pentagon in June 2018 to begin working toward a Space Force, Mr Trump spoke of the military space mission as part of a broader vision of achieving American dominance in space.
-intended to
-spun off
▶ News Focus 2 (2019. Dec. 24. Tue.)
Those who smoke or vape in Malaysian eateries will be fined RM250, or roughly 70,000 Korean won from next year.
The smoking ban at all food establishments, including those outdoors, took effect in January this year.
The sum will be reduced to RM150, or 42,000 Korean won if the offender settles the fine in less than a month, according to Malaysia’s deputy health minister. However, if perpetrators are stubborn and do not pay up, a fine of up to RM10,000, or 2.8 million Korean won can be imposed.
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*** settles the fine
get(esp. BrE), receive | pay | give (sb)(esp. BrE), impose, levy | be liable for, be liable to, face, risk | be punishable by, carry, lead to | increase
I got a fine for parking illegally.
Heavy fines were levied on offenders.
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▶ News Focus 3 (2019. Dec. 24. Tue.)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stood up for his son on accusations of corruption and attacked the Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors leading an investigation of Senator Flavio Bolsonaro’s alleged money laundering and misuse of public funds.
The probe threatens one of the core premises of Bolsonaro’s campaign last year: that he alone could clean up Brazil’s sordid political corruption.
Flavio Bolsonaro says he is innocent of the charges, calling the probe a form of political vengeance from bad actors who want to take down his father’s presidency.
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*** stand up for
[Verb] (transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).
-core
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▶ News Focus 2 (2019. Dec. 23. Mon.)
The Philippines’ government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) agreed to recommend a nationwide ceasefire starting on Monday after President Rodrigo Duterte recently hinted on the possible resumption of peace talks.
The truce could lead to a “positive environment” for the possible resumption of peace talks between the government and the communist party next year.
A joint statement said, “The ceasefires are intended to generate a positive environment conducive to the holding of informal talks preparatory to the formal meeting to resume the peace negotiations”.
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*** truce / 명사 A truce is an agreement between two people or groups of people to stop fighting or quarrelling for a short time.
*** conducive to / ~에 도움이 되는
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Article source : https://home.ebs.co.kr/morning/board/6/502387/view/10010645275?hmpMnuId=101
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