The gruesome scenes left behind after Russia’s withdrawal from Bucha, where Ukraine accuses Russian troops of torturing and slaughtering civilians, have intensified pressure on the West to provide more offensive weapons to Ukraine and for Europe to ban Russian energy imports. But beyond the legitimate question of Europe’s willingness to pay such a high price on Ukraine’s behalf lies the stark reality that sanctions are hardly a silver bullet. Calls for sanctions began well bef

After two years of human devastation, the world is learning to live with COVID-19 while trying to balance the protection of public health and livelihoods. For countries in Asia and the Pacific, this is challenging not only because national coffers are heavily strained by record public spending to mitigate pandemic suffering, but also due to deeper structural economic issues. COVID-19 has exposed a pandemic of inequality in a region which has the world’s most dynamic economies, but also

2) 파트 5 3문제 1. Management ------- employees from reproducing classified documents or posting sensitive information about the company on Web sites. (A) imposes (B) prohibits (C) derives (D) exempts   해석 -- 경영진은 직원들이 기밀문서를 복제하거나 웹사이트에 회사에 대한 민감한 정보를 게시하는 것을 금지한다. 해설 -- 동사 어휘 문제 ‘경영진은 기밀문서의 복제를 금지한다’라는 문맥이 되어야 하므로 빈칸 뒤의 from과 함께 쓰여 ‘A가 B 하는 것을 금지하다’라는 뜻의 표현 prohibit A from B를 완성하는 (B) prohibits가 정답이다. 참고로 (A)의 impose는 ‘(의무·벌 등을) 지우다, 강요하다’, (C)의 deriv

When President Kim Dae-jung was in office, he was asked if he had heard a joke about Bill and Hillary Clinton: At a gas station, Hillary recognizes a high school boyfriend and later, Bill smugly says, “See, if you’d married him, you’d be working at a gas station.” Hillary replies, “If I’d married him, he’d be president.” Hearing the joke, President Kim laughed heartily. He apparently understood it was related to his wife, Lee Hee-ho, whom he cher

In the first half of the 20th century, Germany was aggressive, expansionist and dangerous. Its legacy includes millions of needless war deaths and the unspeakable crimes of the Nazi regime. After 1945, however, the country changed. Chastened, defeated and shamed, Germany demilitarized at the insistence of the victorious Allies and soon adopted a constitution banning “wars of aggression.” Germans, to their credit, looked in the mirror, wrestled with their dark history and rejected vi

Rep. Park Jin, the foreign minister nominee, is a seasoned politician who began his career in the diplomatic corps. Park has been instrumental in laying the foundations for President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s foreign affairs and security policies since the presidential transition team took shape. Park headed Yoon’s delegation to the US, and laid the groundwork for building cooperation with Seoul’s incoming administration and Washington. 　 During his trip to the US, Park met w

지난 회에 이어, 특히 프레젠테이션 자료를 만들 때 도움이 될 비즈니스 표현들을 소개합니다. ‘비즈니스 영어’라는 게 따로 떨어져 존재하는 것은 아닙니다만, 일상 회화에서 흔히 볼 수 없는 표현들을 활용하는 것도 사실입니다. 저희 책 『나는 더 영어답게 말하고 싶다 비즈니스 편』에서 뽑은 표현들입니다.   <주력사업> 1 A: As one of the fastest growing Internet companies, we should start making cellphones. B: We shouldn’t overextend ourselves. We need to concentrate on our core business and expand accordingly. A: 가장 빠르게 성장하고 있는 인터넷 기업으로서 우리는 휴대전화 생산을 시작해야 합니다. B: 사업을 너무 확장해서는 안 돼. 핵심 사업에 집중하고

진행자: 김혜연, Kevin Selzer 1. Presidential office highlights respect for Buddhism 기사요약: 산행 중 절터 초석에 앉은 문재인 대통령의 논란에, 대통령의 불교 존중 강조한 청와대 [1] Cheong Wa Dae on Thursday released a photo of President Moon Jae-in putting his palms together and bowing in front of a Buddha statue located behind the presidential office, after the Buddhist community criticized the president and first lady for sitting on cornerstones of the presumed site of the temple Beopheungsa, during a hike Tuesday. The hike was organi

On April 3, Hungary’s anti-liberal, ultranationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, won a fourth term. While the West remains fixated on the war next door in Ukraine, the threat of Hungary’s continued march away from liberal democracy is coming from inside the Western house. Orban remains popular at home, but his election was not exactly free and fair. In classic authoritarian fashion, Orban has used his years in power and control over levers of the state to stack the cards dramatic

We’re in Mexicantown, a neighborhood in the 27th-largest city in the USA. We’ve just had a bite to eat at Los Galanes, the restaurant we chose over Xochimilco, which is nearby. Now our car is heading south, on this fine February day, so we can drive over the bridge and across the border. Uh-oh -- we’re in a helluva traffic jam. Lots of huge trucks. Tiny cars trapped in between. No one is moving. Across the bridge, we can see the country we’re trying to drive to. Just can

  Pick up의 기본적인 의미와 상대를 유혹하는 작업성 멘트!(pick-up line) 정리  pick up은 뜻이 많다! ‘물건을 줍다’나 ‘사람을 차에 태우다’도 pick up이지만, increase(늘리다, 증가하다)의 의미가 있다. (ex) The truck picked up speed slowly.. (그 트럭은 천천히 속도를 내기 시작했다) 또 다른 의미는 improve(개선하다)의 의미도 있다. (ex) When business picks up he'll probably offer permanent jobs to the most valued employees.(사업이 나아지면 그는 가장 소중한 직원들에게 영구직을 줄 것이다) 그러나 상대를 유혹하는 작업성 멘트를 Pick Up Lines라고 한다. 전에 한번 다룬 바 있지만 2022년 새롭게 재미있는 것들로 정리해 본다. Pick Up Lines(느끼한