Wednesday, 10th October

[Grace]

1.Former President Kim Dae-jung praised the achievements of the inter-Korean summit, particularly the agreement to establish a special economic and peace zone in the West Sea.
김대중 전 대통령은 노무현 대통령과의 회동에서 이번 남북정상회담에 대해 기대이상의 성과를 거뒀고, 특히 서해 평화 협력지대 합의에 대해 긍적적인 평가를 내렸습니다.

2. Nano-technologists Albert Fert of France and Peter Gruenberg of Germany won the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics for pioneering work that led to the miniaturized hard disk.
2007 노벨 물리학상은 `거대자기저항`을 발견한 프랑스의 알베르 페르와 독일의 페테르 그륀베르크가 공동 수상했습니다.

3.Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces that Britain will cut its forces in Iraq by half in the spring after having gone into Iraq shoulder-to-shoulder with American soldiers.
Gordon Brown 영국 총리는 내년 봄까지 이라크 남부 주둔 영국군 병력을 2500명으로 감축할 것이라고 밝혔습니다.

* cut ...by half(~을 절반으로 줄이다/ cut expenses by half:경비를 반으로 삭감)
* shoulder-to-shoulder(어깨를 나란히 하여/ 서로 협력하여) 

4.The International Monetary Fund forecasts that China's surging economy will grow by 10 percent in 2008, becoming a global economic locomotive.
국제통화기금 IMF는 중국이 올해 처음으로 미국을 제치고 세계 경제 성장에 가장 큰 기여를 할 것이라고 예상했습니다.

*global economic locomotive(세계 경제 성장의 원동력)-locomotive는 원래 기관차란 뜻

5.According to the Bank of Korea, inbound international tourists spent more money on tourism-related activities this year than in 2006 as more foreigners are visiting Korea.
우리나라를 찾는 외국인 관광객이 증가하면서 일반여행 수입액이 지난해 같은 기간에 비해 4.7% 늘어났다고 한국은행은 전했습니다.

*inbound international tourists(입국{방한}하는 외국 관광객들)

Nobel Medicine Prize Awarded for Stem Cell Research

"The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine goes to Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells." Capecchi and Smithies studied the process by which natural selection increases genetic variation in a population by exchange of DNA sequences. Working together, they set out to prove that this homologous recombination could be used to specifically modify genes in mammalian cells. The two began working with Dr. Martin Evans who provided the cellular vehicle that Capecchi and Smithies needed by showing that mouse embryonic stem cells would pass on introduced genetic modifications.

(title of award) goes to (someone): 상 발표할 때; “~가...상을 수상했다”
eg>Cannes top prize goes to Korean film actress, Jeon DoYeon/or 'the winner is ...'
*set out: 착수[시작]하다(in, with); to give the details of or explain something

1. To begin an earnest attempt; undertake eg>set out to find a job
2. To lay out systematically or graphically:
3. To display for exhibition or sale/ 전시[배열, 진열]하다; 장식하다.
4. To plant/〔나무 따위〕를 심다.
5. To start a journey/ 출발하다[set out for]

*(cellular) vehicle: (세포의) 매개물, 매개체: A medium through which something is transmitted, expressed, or accomplished /vehicle usually means-A device or structure for transporting persons or things수송[운반] 수단, 차.

*pass on: ~을 (~에게) 전하다, ~에게 주다, 양도하다[to](=advance, move on, progress, go on, string along, string, transfer, inherit)
-move or come along give to or transfer possession of
-propagate; transmit from one generation to the next)

Latin American Nations pay tribute to Che Guevara

40 years after his execution, the memory of revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara was honoured on the anniversary of his death. In Cuba, Fidel Castro paid homage to Che by having his brother, Raul Castro read out a message to a crowd of 10,000 people in Santa Clara. Similar commemorations took place in Bolivia where Che traveled to lead an uprising, but was tracked down and executed by soldiers in 1967. Che is still revered in many parts of South America where he inspired guerrilla movements throughout the 1970s and 80s. The iconic image of Guevara is one of the most famous and reproduced pictures in photography.

*pay homage to: …에게 경의를 표하다(show respect/ admiration)
Pay-devote, give Homage-respectful deference/ court/ deference/ respect (a courteous expression‎ (by word or deed) of esteem or regard)

*lead an uprising: 반란, 모반을 일으키다, 이끌다
uprising-organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another(= insurrection, revolt, rising, rebellion) /conflict, struggle, battle; open clash between two opposing groups/insurgence, insurgency; organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
/mutiny; open rebellion against constituted authority)

*guerrilla movements: 게릴라 활동
guerrilla warfare [Span.,=little war]: fighting by groups of irregular troops (guerrillas) within areas occupied by the enemy.

*iconic image: (체게바라의) 우상의 이미지
iconic - relating to or having the characteristics on an icon