[EBS 모닝 스페셜] 1부 코로나19에 남미 사회불안 커져

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본문 내용은 홈페이지에서 가져온 것이구요, 이 포스팅에는 Longman Dictionary 영영사전과 번역기의 도움을 받아 공부한 것을 정리해 보았습니다.

 

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Morning Special (2020. May. 27. Wed.)

 

 

PART 1 (1부) >>

 

▶Touch! Global Headlines

 

HEADLINE 1

With COVID-19 cases and deaths rapidly increasing in South America, concerns are rising over the impact the coronavirus will have on the region’s social infrastructure.

 

남미에서 COVID-19 환자가 급증하고 사망자가 급증하면서 코로나바이러스가 이 지역의 사회 인프라에 미칠 영향에 대한 우려가 높아지고 있다.

 

infrastructure - he basic systems and structures that a country or organization needs in order to work properly, for example roads, railways, banks etc 

ex) Some countries lack a suitable economic infrastructure. 

ex) a $65 billion investment package in education, health care and infrastructure

 

 

HEADLINE 2  

Australia has refuted remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Washington will “simply disconnect” ties if Victoria's participation in China's Belt and Road Initiative project negatively affected the U.S.

 

호주는 빅토리아의 중국 일대일로 사업 참여가 미국에 부정적 영향을 미칠 경우 미국이 "단순히 단절을 하겠다"는 마이크 폼페이오 미 국무장관의 발언을 반박했다.

 

refute - to say that a statement is wrong or unfair SYN deny

refute an allegation/a suggestion etc 

ex) She refuted any allegations of malpractice.

 

secretary -  (also Secretary of State) the head of an important department in the British government

ex) the Foreign Secretary

 

tie - a strong relationship between people, groups, or countries

close/strong ties 

ex) the importance of strong family ties

tie between/with 

ex) close ties between the two countries

economic/diplomatic/personal etc ties 

ex) Japan’s strong economic ties with Taiwan

the ties of marriage/friendship/love etc

 

Initiative - an important new plan or process to achieve a particular aim or to solve a particular problem 

ex) a government initiative to help exporters 

ex) an education initiative

initiative for

ex) a new initiative for peace in the Middle East

 

 

HEADLINE 3  

Cyprus has announced it will deport 17 migrants who are being held on suspicion of having links to extremist groups or involved in acts of terror.

 

키프로스는 극단주의 단체와 연계되거나 테러 행위에 연루된 혐의로 억류 중인 17명의 이주자들을 추방할 것이라고 발표했다.

 

deport - to make someone leave a country and return to the country they came from, especially because they do not have a legal right to stay → export

deport somebody from/to something 

ex) He was deported from Ecuador when his visa expired.

 

suspicion -  a feeling you have that someone is probably guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest 

ex) I can’t say for definite who did it, but I certainly have my suspicions. 

ex) Police suspicions were confirmed when the stolen property was found in his flat. 

ex) I wondered how I could leave early without arousing anyone’s suspicions.

on suspicion of (doing) something

ex) She was arrested on suspicion of murder.

under suspicion 

ex) He felt he was still under suspicion. 

ex) Mitchell later came under suspicion of assaulting two young girls.

above/beyond suspicion

ex) She felt that she ought to be above suspicion (=so honest that no one could think that she had done anything wrong).

 

extremist - someone who has extreme political opinions and aims, and who is willing to do unusual or illegal things in order to achieve them 

ex) The bomb was planted by right-wing extremists.

 

 

HEADLINE 4

Four people have died after a Russian military helicopter crash-landed on an airfield.

 

러시아 군용 헬리콥터가 비행장에 추락한 후 4명이 사망했다.

 

airfield - a place where planes can fly from, especially one used by military planes

 

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▶News Focus 1

 

“Arrogant and offensive. Can you imagine having to work with these truth twisters?,” read a tweet from the @UKCivilService Twitter account, which has just over 250,000 followers.

The tweet—which quickly went viral—was posted shortly after the end of a briefing by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who backed his chief advisor Dominic Cummings for having good “instincts” in breaking both lockdown and quarantine measures.

At the press conference, Johnson had dismissed criticism of Cummings’ decision to drive to his parents’ estate after his wife became ill, saying Cummings had been trying to keep his family safe.

 

"아로간트와 공격. 이런 진실성 트위터를 가지고 일해야 한다는 것을 상상할 수 있는가?" 25만 명이 조금 넘는 팔로워가 있는 @UKCIvilService 트위터 계정의 트윗을 읽었다.

순식간에 입소문이 난 이 트윗은 보리스 존슨 총리의 브리핑이 끝난 직후에 게시되었는데, 그는 그의 수석 고문인 도미닉 커밍스가 폐쇄 조치와 검역 조치를 모두 어기는 데 좋은 "약식"을 가지고 있다고 지지했다.

존슨은 기자회견에서 커밍스가 가족의 안전을 위해 노력했다며 아내가 병이 난 후 커밍스의 부모 소유지로 운전하기로 한 것에 대한 비난을 일축했다.

 

arrogant - behaving in an unpleasant or rude way because you think you are more important than other people

ex) He was unbearably arrogant.

ex) an arrogant attitude

 

offensive - very rude or insulting and likely to upset people OPP inoffensive

ex) I found her remarks deeply offensive.

offensive to 

ex) crude jokes that are offensive to women 

ex) offensive behaviour

 

go viral - if a picture, video, joke etc goes viral, it spreads widely, especially on the Internet or mobile phones

 

back - to support an idea by providing facts, proof etc

ex) His claims are not backed by any scientific evidence.

 

instinct - a natural tendency to behave in a particular way or a natural ability to know something, which is not learned → intuition

instinct for 

ex) Animals have a natural instinct for survival.

instinct to do something 

ex) the human instinct to form relationships

by instinct

ex) Birds build nests by instinct.

sexual/maternal/survival instinct 

ex) Her instinct told her that something was wrong.

somebody’s first instinct (=what someone feels like doing first when something happens) 

ex) His first instinct was to rush back to Isobel.

 

dismiss - to refuse to consider someone’s idea, opinion etc, because you think it is not serious, true, or important 

ex) The government has dismissed criticisms that the country’s health policy is a mess.

dismiss something as something 

ex) He just laughed and dismissed my proposal as unrealistic. 

ex) It’s an idea that shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand (=dismissed immediately and completely).

 

criticism - remarks that say what you think is bad about someone or something OPP praise

criticism of 

ex) My main criticism of the scheme is that it does nothing to help families on low incomes.

ex) Despite strong criticism, the new system is still in place. 

ex) There has been widespread criticism of the decision. 

ex) We try to give students constructive criticism. 

ex) Another criticism levelled at him was that his teaching methods were old-fashioned.

ex) The government’s economic strategy has attracted a lot of criticism.

ex) You must learn to accept criticism. 

ex) Many employees find it hard to take even mild criticism. 

ex) His actions provoked severe criticism from civil rights groups. 

ex) the storm of criticism that followed his announcement

 

estate - all of someone’s property and money, especially everything that is left after they die

somebody’s estate 

ex) The property is part of the deceased’s estate.

 

-Can you imagine

-dismissed 

 

 

▶News Focus 2

 

Hungary plans to erect a monument in memory of 25 Koreans killed in a deadly boat sinking in Budapest last year. 

The memorial stone will be set up near the accident site in the Danube River, where the Korean tourists aboard a sightseeing boat went missing after the vessel collided with a bigger cruise line on May 29. 

Bodies of 24 people have been retrieved, but one person still remains unaccounted for.

 

헝가리는 지난해 부다페스트에서 발생한 치명적인 보트 침몰 사고로 숨진 한국인 25명을 추모하는 기념비를 세울 계획이다. 

위령비는 지난달 29일 유람선이 더 큰 크루즈선과 충돌해 관광보트를 타고 있던 한국인 관광객이 실종된 다뉴브강 사고지점 인근에 설치된다. 

24명의 시신이 수습됐지만 한 명은 여전히 행방이 묘연하다.

 

-collided 

-unaccounted for

 

erect - to build something such as a building or wall 

ex) an imposing town hall, erected in 1892 

ex) Police have erected barriers across the main roads into the town.

 

vessel -  a ship or large boat 

ex) a fishing vessel

 

collide - to hit something or someone that is moving in a different direction from you → collision

ex) A car and a van collided on the motorway.

collide with

ex) I ran around the corner, and almost collided with Mrs Laurence. 

ex) Two trains collided head-on (=when they were moving directly towards each other).

 

retrieve - to find something and bring it back → recover 

ex) She bent down to retrieve her earring.

retrieve something from something

ex) It took four days to retrieve all the bodies from the crash.

 

unaccounted for - something or someone that is unaccounted for cannot be found or their absence cannot be explained 

ex) Two people are still unaccounted for after the floods.

 

 

▶News Focus 3

 

The coronavirus pandemic will cause the U.S. to lose more than $4.5 billion from foreign college students, according to a survey conducted in April.

“With travel restrictions, visa delays, and economic instability worldwide, COVID-19 has been incredibly harmful to the field of international education," said Esther Brimmer, the executive director and CEO of the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers. "We need Congress to support legislation to ensure U.S. students remain globally competitive at a time where we cannot afford to lose our competitive edge," said Brimmer.

 

코로나바이러스 대유행으로 인해 미국은 외국인 대학생들로부터 45억 달러 이상의 손실을 보게 될 것이라는 조사 결과가 4월에 나왔다.

에스더 브림머 전미외국인고문협회 전무 겸 CEO는 "전 세계적으로 여행 제한과 비자 지연, 경제 불안 등으로 COVID-19는 국제교육 분야에 엄청나게 해로웠다"고 말했다. 브림머 교수는 "경쟁력을 잃을 수 없는 상황에서 미국 학생들이 글로벌 경쟁력을 유지할 수 있도록 의회가 법률을 뒷받침할 필요가 있다"고 말했다.

 

instability - when a situation is not certain because there is the possibility of sudden change OPP stability 

ex) the instability of the market 

ex) political instability in the region

 

ensure - o make certain that something will happen properly SYN make sure

ex) facilities to ensure the safety of cyclists

ensure (that) 

ex) The hospital tries to ensure that people are seen quickly.

 

-cannot afford 

-competitive edge