What is Japan up to?일본의 의도<11월16일자 사설>Japan’s ruling party is reportedly planning to reexamine the history of Imperial Japan from the Sino-Japanese War in the late 19th century to World War II. Japanese media reports that the Liberal Democratic Party plans to set up this month a history review panel to mark the 60th anniversary of the party’s founding. 일본 여당이 19세기 후반 청일전쟁부터 2차 세계대전까지 제국주의 일본의 역사를 검증할 계획인 것으로 알려졌다. 일본 언론은 자민당이 창당 60주년을 맞아 이달 역사검증 위원회를 설치할 계획이라고 보도했다. We suspect that the move is r

Golf ball ballyhooDear Annie: I can’t believe your response to the letter from “Between a Golf Ball and a Hard Place,” saying that golf balls shouldn’t be cleaned in the kitchen sink. We routinely wash fruits and vegetables in the kitchen sink, and they have dirt and chemicals on them. Fighting over which sink to wash them in is like fighting over which way to hang the toilet paper. Get over it! -- EMT Dear EMT: We were surprised at the volume of mail this letter elicited. A lot of golfers must

Workplace bullying gets smarter, cruelerIt wasn’t too hard for Yoon Eun-ji -- not her real name -- to find out that her senior colleague had been bullied by one of the executives of her company earlier this year. It wasn’t difficult because the board member made it very clear that she was not happy with her pregnant colleague.“The executive humiliated her in front of everyone,” said the 29-year-old, who works for a local conglomerate. “She yelled at the pregnant woman. One of the things the exec

Safety abroad해외에서의 안전<11월11일자 사설>The growing tide of violent crimes against Koreans in the Philippines has prompted the Korean authorities to increase support for the Philippine police. 필리핀에서 한국인 대상 강력범죄가 급증하자 한국 당국이 필리핀 경찰에 대한 지원을 강화하고 있다. Kang Sin-myeong， commissioner general of the Korean National Police Agency， said that the KNPA was looking for ways to help the Philippine police investigate crimes involving Korean nationals in the Philippines. Attesting to the gravity of the situation， Kang

Gifting dilemmaDear Annie: Please help us with an upcoming dilemma. Our son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren all live in another state. We spend Christmas with them every other year. In October, our daughter-in-law told our son she was leaving him, but would wait until after Christmas to tell the children so as not to upset them during the holidays. She has decided that she would rather run around with her single girlfriends from work, but right now, she still remains in the home they own. She

Former teacher dedicates 30 years to charity workAs volunteers of all ages, occupations and causes lined up wearing Korean Red Cross uniforms and chef hats at the headquarters in Jongno, central Seoul, one instructor taught them the steps of splitting the dough to make cream cakes.Hours later, sponge cakes and sweet bread came out from the oven. Looking at their warm, puffy creations, the cooks beamed as they imagined them being doled out to those in need, a daily routine for the volunteer worke

[예제 232] ① Before developing invention designs, inventors likely first identify the intended function of the invention. When the inventor then generates initial invention designs, he often constrains the form of the invention through implicit analogies to components of nature or existing products whose function matches or approximates that of the intended invention. ② For example, early airplane inventors frequently imitated the form of animals capable of flight, modeling their flying craft afte

Badmouthing hubbyDear Annie: I am in a painful position with my mother-in-law. I was pretty sure my husband was talking poorly about me to her, so I asked him whether he had badmouthed me to his mother. He totally denied it, saying, “Absolutely not!” Well, she was visiting recently, and I walked into the room and overheard them both talking negatively about me. I innocently asked what they were discussing and my husband lied outright, saying they were discussing a purchase. My mother-in-law look

Korea’s first-ever multicultural libraryOn the second floor of an old building in Dongdaemun-gu, eastern Seoul, children sit scattered around the floor of a small library, reading. Behind them are walls of bookshelves filled with colorful books. In the next room, others play board games, while in the third room a small group of children intently watch volunteer teachers instructing them how to make creative objects out of large board papers using scissors and glue.“I come here every day after sc

Repeated follies어리석음의 되풀이<11월06일자 사설>As the South Korean leader， President Park Geun-hye faces some perennial， but tough foreign policy challenges， just as her predecessors did. There is the constant troublemaker North Korea， and she has to deal with Japan， which often turns out to be a close neighbor only in terms of geographical distance. The growing rivalry between the U.S. and China is posing new， but no less serious challenges. 한국 정상으로서 박근혜 대통령은 선대 대통령들처럼 계속되지만 힘겨운 몇 가지 외교 과제에 봉착했다. 끊임없는 말썽

[Part 3] The modern library revolution현대 도서관 혁명ExplanationIn a separate room, bookshelves host other genres, such as books about other religions such as Islam or Baha’i and even a rare book on The Beatles.*host 전시하다 *euch as books about other religions such as Islam or Baha’i 이슬람 또는 바하이와 같은 다른 종교서적even a rare book on the Beatles 비틀즈에 관한 희귀한 책 조차도“We do not reject books about other religions. We believe they are worthy of our respect,” she said.*be worthy of our respect 우리들의 존경을 받을 만하다The library

다음 문장을 영작해 보세요.26. 나는 새벽 늦게까지 축구를 보느라 잠을 못 자서, 오늘 아침 매우 피곤했다.Answer) I was very tired this morning because I stayed up until late at night watching a soccer game.27. 나는 강남까지 버스를 타고 오는 도중에 교통사고가 나서 직장에 늦게 도착했다.Answer) I was late for work because I was involved in an accident while riding a bus to Gangnam.28. 만약 오늘 비가 내리지 않는다면, 나는 산으로 놀러 갈 것이다.Answer) If it does not rain today, I will go to the mountains for a trip.29. 독서를 하는 것도 즐겁지만, 직접 소설을 쓰는 것이 더 즐겁다.Answer) Reading is fun, but writing a novel

NEAT 2nd Level ― Short Essay WritingThe following chart shows the advantages and disadvantages of teenagers driving cars. After choosing a side, write an introduction and come up with a third reason. Then, write about all three reasons and make a conclusion. (80 ― 120 words)Advantages - save time for parents- prepare for future- _________________________ Disadvantages- dangerous- cost money to buy a car- _______________________________While some people think teenagers are too young to drive cars

A saliva test for teen boys with mild symptoms of depression might help identify those who will develop major depression later in life. British researchers measured levels of the so-called “stress hormone” cortisol in teenage boys’ saliva, and found that ones with high levels coupled with mild depression symptoms were up to *14 times more likely to suffer clinical depression later in life than those with low or normal cortisol levels.경미한 우울증 증상을 지닌 10대 소년들의 타액 실험이, 성년 이후 심각한 우울증의 발병 여부를 밝히는데 큰 도