At the upcoming G-7 summit in Cornwall, the major economies’ leaders have a critical opportunity to agree on a plan that not only drives a strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic for their own countries, but also speeds the transition to a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient global economy. A key lesson that I trust G-7 governments have learned from COVID-19 is how exposed and vulnerable every country is to global threats, including infectious diseases, climate change and biodive

Experts say that the coronavirus pandemic has devastated humankind to a level no one had imagined. However, as there is a saying that “every cloud has a silver lining,” we can still learn the lesson that crisis can lead to opportunity. I am so glad to share that my school took this difficult time as an opportunity for the school to grow in a very special way. That’s because my school community was open to changes and approached all the hurdles with an optimistic attitude. Th

Chile recently hosted, between May 31 and June 6, two major summits related to clean energy and innovation: Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM 12) and Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI-6). In doing so, it became the first country in South America to host and lead both meetings, which brought together the 23 major economies of the world, including South Korea, to discuss the acceleration of the global energy transformation. With high-level guests, such as the US Special Presidential Climate Envoy J

    1) 단어+예문 10개 더 많은 토익빈출 단어 '해커스 토익 기출 보카'에서 확인 ▶ 2) 파트 5 3문제 1. Lincoln Manufacturing has plans ------- its high-power electric tools to customers in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. (A) markets (B) marketing (C) marketed (D) to market   해석  Lincoln Manufacturing사는 자사의 고성능 전기 기구를 중동 및 동남아시아의 고객들에게 판매할 계획이 있다.   해설 -- to 부정사 채우기 문제 빈칸 앞의 명사 plan(plans)은 to 부정사를 취하는 명사이므로 (D) to market이 정답이다.   어휘  high-power 고성능의, 강력한    electric 전기의 &

Artists are no strangers to poverty. Great artists died in dire situations –- and despair about their own art. Vincent Van Gogh famously sold a single painting during his entire career. He died penniless and destitute, saying, “The sadness will last forever.” When Paul Gauguin died alone in poverty, he had no idea of the impact that his work would have on the art world. I couldn’t but recall these stories of poignant irony on my recent visit to the Park Soo Keun Museum

진행자: 김혜연, Naomi Garyan 1. Will Constitution be revised to allow young president? 요약: 대통령 선거 출마연령(피선거권) 하향 조정을 위한 개헌 요구의 목소리가 나오고 있다.   [1] Politicians from ruling and opposition parties raise voices to change age limit for presidential candidates. Discussions on abolishing the age limit for presidential candidates are gaining traction in the wake of the sensation caused by 36-year-old Lee Jun-seok in the main opposition People Power Party’s leadership race.   *abolish: (법률&mid

  지난번에 이어 시사적인 내용을 말할 때 도움이 될, 좀 더 영어다운 표현들을 보겠습니다. 저희 책 『나는 더 영어답게 말하고 싶다 시사이슈 편』에서 뽑은 표현들입니다.   <경제> A: Now that the shipbuilding industry is stagnating, our economy hasn’t been doing so well. B: We need to find a new growth engine to get it up and running again. A: 조선 산업이 정체를 보이고 있어서 우리 경제 상황이 안 좋은 것 같아. B: 경제가 다시 살아나서 잘 돌아갈 수 있게 새로운 성장엔진을 찾아야 해. SITUATION 성장 동력을 말할 때 평범하게 We need to find a new opportunity for the economy. 영어답게 We need to find a new growth engin

Catching up with a friend over Zoom, I wondered recently what might have happened if China had come clean about the presence and origins of COVID-19 before it spread beyond Wuhan. But, my friend asked, wouldn’t the United States have done the same and tried to hide it too? No, I replied. Even if our government had tried, it would have come to light. That’s the beauty of an open society and a free press. Imagine if COVID-19 had first emerged in a country with a free press. Governmen

Korean President Moon Jae-in did make some strong commitments at the P4G Summit, repeating the country’s Net Zero 2050 pledge, an end to financing coal projects internationally, and a significant increase in the green share of Korea’s Official Development Assistance. At the summit, President Moon did not yet commit to a stronger Nationally Determined Contributions’ target for 2030, but he promised it will be announced before COP26 in November. The Global Green Growth Institut

Late last month, the American actor John Cena issued a groveling public apology after having referred to Taiwan as a “country” in an interview to promote his latest film. Though he was using the term to refer to a linguistic media market with a discrete distribution channel, not to the status of the island of Taiwan in international law, the Chinese government would make no allowance for such distinctions. What are we to make of this episode? Clearly, globalization has gone terribl