영어공부

1. Quote of the day Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. from Oscar Wilde 2. China's leaders seek to calm the protesters After years of living under covid lockdowns- or with the threat of them - many people in China have had enough. Over the weekend tens of thousands took to the streets in Beijing. Shanghai and elsewhere, in an unprecedented wave of protests expressing anger with the gov..

1. Quote of the day Love is a great beautifier. from Louisa May Alcotte 2. Why the world faces more water stress On Thuesday the World Meteorological Organisation publishes, for the first time, an evaluation of global water resources. The findings will be bleak. At COP27, held in Egypt earlier this month, governments noted the "critical" need for "protecting, conserving and restoring water syste..

1. At least 153 people died in a crush during Halloween celebrations in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, including 22 foreigners. Another 82 were injured and the city has reportedly received thousands of missing-persion reports. The president, Yoon Suk-yeol, declared a period of national mourning and promised an official investigation into the tragedy, which took place in the Itaewon district,..

1. Germany's economy unexpectedly grew by 0.3% in the third quarter of the year, as high energy prices and rising interest rates dampened growth across Europe. France and Spain slowed to 0.2% growth in the same period. Earlier America's economy expanded by 2.6% in the third quarter, its strongest annualised growth rate since last year, largely due to a drop in imports and surge in exports. 독일 경제..

South Korea’s military high command said that it fired warning shots at a civilian vessel from North Korea that had crossed the countries’ maritime border. North Korea told a different story, decrying South Korea’s claims as a “pretext” for sending two of its own vessels across the frontier. It fired ten rounds of artillery into the sea as a “warning”. 대한민국 국방부는 해상경계를 가로지른 북한 일반 선박에 경고 총격을 명령하였다..

직장에서 영어를 쓰게 되는 일이 발생했다. 잊어가던 영어의 씨앗을 다시 살려야했다. 일상생활에 쓰던 캐주얼한 영어보다는 정제되어있는 문장과 단어를 접할 수 있는 자료가 필요했다. 한참을 자료를 찾다가 너무 무겁지 않고 가볍게 읽을 수 있고, 오디오 자료까지 있는 자료를 찾았다! The Economist 잡지에서 제공하는 espresso 에스프레소 단어말 그대로 economist 잡지를 축약해서 데일리하게 몇 가지 뉴스를 짧게 제공해준다 뉴스라서 일단 단어가 어렵긴하지만 본문 자체가 짧고 한 뉴스 구성이 긴 문장 4-5개 밖에 안된다 오디오까지 제공하기때문에 팟캐스트로 들으면서 공부할 수 있다 한 달 구독료를 내야하는데 약 1.2만원 정도 한다. 위클리로 받는 더 이코노미스트보다 저렴하고 데일리 뉴스를 제..