이번 회에는 저희 책 Advanced Vocab에서 소개한 중상급 영단어들을 알려드립니다. 단어의 우리말 뜻을 기억하는 데에 그치지 않고, 난이도 있는 단어를 실제로 활용하는 단계까지 나아가 보기 바랍니다. 〈비슷함, 다름〉 1. affinity [əfínəti] 친밀감, 유사성 af(to)+finity(finish와 같은 어원으로 ‘끝’, ‘경계’, ‘지역’을 의미함)로 구성된 단어다. ‘같은 지역에 인접하고 있다’는 뜻에서 유래하여, 비슷한 사물이나 사람에 대해 느끼는 친밀감이나 유사성을 설명한다. Although Donna certainly liked dogs, her real affinity was for cats. 다나가 개를 좋아하는 것은 분명했지만, 진짜 친밀하게 느끼는 것은 고양이였다. ● 역사적으로 한국은 중국과 문화적 친밀감을 느껴 왔다. Hist

In 2021, malaria caused 619,000 deaths, 77 percent of which were children under 5, and 96 percent of them in Africa. But now, after decades of research – and several false dawns – a malaria vaccine known as R21/Matrix-M (henceforth just R21) has been shown to be effective in 70-78 percent of cases. Although three doses are required before that level of protection is reached, and a booster is needed one year later, the vaccine, developed at the University of Oxford and the Serum Insti

A nation that few Americans could find on a map, the oil-rich South American country of Guyana, is in trouble. It has a large and aggressive neighbor, Venezuela, run by an authoritarian leader who maintains close relationships with Russia, Iran, Cuba and other authoritarian states. In a move reminiscent of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the dictator of Venezuela -- Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver and acolyte of leftist strongman Hugo Chavez -- sponsored a referendum in his natio

Hanwha Ocean said Tuesday that it has handed out neck warmers and earmuffs to some 3,000 foreign employees working at its Geoje shipyard in South Gyeongsang Province. The South Korean shipbuilder has come up with various support measures for its foreign workers, including offering daily guidance books in seven languages and hiring global coordinators to help shipyard workers with everyday communication and safety training. (Hanwha Ocean)

2) 해커스 텝스 문법 Part Ⅰ Choose the best answer for the blank. 1. A: Are you sure _____________? B: I don’t know. Let’s open it and see what’s inside. (a) the one is box (b) box is that one (c) that box is the one (d) that the one is box 해석 A: 저 상자가 그거 맞아? B: 나도 몰라. 열어서 안에 뭐가 있는지 보자. 해설 ‘한정사+명사’ 채우기 문제 보기에 주어진 명사 box는 단수 가산명사이므로 관사 또는 한정사와 함께 쓰여야 한다. 따라서 명사를 한정하는 지시형용사(that)와 함께 쓰인 (c) that box is the one이 정답이다. 어휘 inside 안에 2. A: I was so lucky a lifeg

Using specific dates to define entire eras is often a gimmick, a way of compressing wild and unwieldy life into a neatly artificial package. But some days, or years, just massively overproduce, leaving behind a nation, or world, transformed. As a quote typically attributed to Vladimir Lenin has it, “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” For the reactionaries who drive Republican politics today, one year looms like Godzilla over a darkenin

A year ago, OpenAI released ChatGPT -- a free generative artificial intelligence chatbot that creates text in response to user prompts. With its launch, millions of people started using ChatGPT for tasks such as writing school essays, drafting emails and personal greetings, and retrieving information. Increasingly, more people and public offices are using ChatGPT to improve productivity and efficiency, conducting sophisticated tasks instantaneously that are typically beyond human abilities. Pub

Proposed bill: Special Act on the Change of Jurisdiction of Gyeonggi Province and Seoul Metropolitan City Proposed by Rep. Cho Kyoung-tae (People Power Party) ● Due to its geographical location, Gimpo citizens interact more with Seoul than other parts of Gyeonggi Province, with a high percentage of its population commuting from Gimpo to Seoul. Therefore, this bill aims to resolve the disparity between the administrative district and the actual activity space of Gimpo citizens by excluding Gimpo

Human resources are crucial for sustaining a business, yet occasionally, intense pressure arises to restructure the workforce due to management challenges or economic fluctuations. Law firm Law-Win outlines essential, general and broad knowledge about the termination of employment relationships that you need to know. Q: How is a termination of employment conducted in Korea? According to the Labor Standards Act in Korea, there is a general/typical dismissal (hereinafter “dismissal”)

The approval of Casgevy, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Crispr Therapeutics Inc.’s gene therapy for sickle cell disease, is a transformative moment in medicine. Not only is it the first Crispr-based drug to reach the market -- it’s a potentially life-altering advance for a patient population that has been for too long ignored and underserved by the medical establishment. Lyfgenia, a second gene therapy from Bluebird Bio that uses different technology, was also given the Food and Dru

지난 11월26일 토익에 ‘during the submission window’라는 어구가 나와 window의 의미가 무엇인지를 묻는 문제가 출제되었다. 창문의 의미는 당연히 아니다. 여기서 window = period이다. 영영사전에서 이 의미를 어떻게 설명하고 있는지 살펴보자. window =time period[기간, 시간대]: "window" can refer to a specific period or interval of time for a particular activity or opportunity, like a "window of opportunity." "period"는 "window of opportunity"에서처럼 특정 활동이나 기회를 위한 특정 기간 또는 간격을 나타낼 수 있다. 다음의 풍부한 예문으로 window =time Period[기간, 시간대]인 것을 확실히 기억하자! (ex) "During the submission wind

Conventional wisdom suggests Americans know little about foreign policy and care about it even less. Opinion polls regularly show that international issues take a back seat to topics more prosaic (economics, education) or provocative (culture wars, gun control). Next year’s presidential election, however, might be a bit different. Continued international crises could focus attention on the benefits and burdens of American global leadership, and our polarized politics may turn on battles an