예섬

[Title]Lee blasts N.K. for ‘provocation’

           Blast = criticize 혹평하다, 맹비난하다

           Provocation : 도발, 자극

[Update Date]2010.05.21

[Body]

President Lee Myung-bak (on Friday) / urged a “stern and systematic” response / toward North Korea / for a clear military provocation / against the South. //

           Urge : 강력히 권고하다/촉구하다

                     Ex> The situation is dangerous and the UN is urging caution.

           Stern : 엄격한

 

“(The provocation act) also violates the U.N. Charter, (the Armistice Agreement and the South-North Basic Agreement,)” / the president said / during a meeting of the National Security Council,/ according to the presidential office of Cheoung Wa Dae.//

           Charter : (조직의 원칙, 목적 등을 명시한)헌장, 선언문

                     Ex> the United Nations Charter : 국제 연합 헌장

           Armistice[ɑ:rmɪstɪs] : 휴전(협정)

                     Ex> Make an armistice : 휴전하다

           Council[kaʊnsl] : 협의회

           Presidential office : 대통령 집무실

[제목]For youth, no shame in going solo

           youth [ju:θ]: 젊은이

                     Ex> youth unemployment: 청년 실업

 

[게시일]2010.05.07

 

[본문]

Despite the pouring rain ( , The 1^st Penguin, a café located in Anam-dong / near Korea University, ) / is packed with customers / on a Tuesday afternoon.//

           packed [pӕkt]: (특히 사람들이)꽉 들어찬

                     Ex> The restaurant was packed.

 

Most of them ( , who appear to be college students, ) / are sitting alone.// In addition to the word “Achievement” ( painted in big black letters and underlined twice in bold red, ) / print-outs and memos of wise sayings and columns / are posted / all over the walls / on every side.//

           print-out: (컴퓨터) 인쇄물

           memo: 메모

                     Ex> Just write her a memo and let her know.

           wise saying: 명언, 명담(사리에 꼭 맞게 뜻이 깊고 멋있는 말)

           column [|kɑ:ləm] : (신문, 잡지의) 정기 기고란(칼럼)

                     Ex> I always read her column in the local paper.

 

[출처] http://www.koreaherald.com

[기사 제목]Military searches for Cheonan evidence

-      Search for : 찾아보다

*  Police searched for clues in the area.

 

[기사 게시일]10.04.26

 

[기사 작성자]Song Sang-ho

 

[기사 본문]

The military is striving to secure critical evidence / to substantiate its tentative conclusion / ( that a “non-contact underwater blast” ripped apart and sank the Navy corvette Cheonan ) / in the West Sea / on March 26. //

-      Strive : 노력하다

*  We have to strive to achieve that.

-      Secure : 확보하다, (힘들게) 얻어내다

*  She secured 2000 votes.

-      Substantiate : 입증하다

*  The results of the tests substantiated his claims.

-      Tentative : (처리, 합의 등의) 잠정적인

*  We made a tentative arrangement to meet on Friday.

u  Make an arrangement of : ~을 결정하다, ~의 결말을 짓다

l  Let’s make an arrangement of our destination.

*  Tentative conclusion : 잠정적인 결론

-      Blast : 폭발

*  A bomb blast : 폭탄 폭발

-      Rip … apart : ~을 부서뜨리다, 산산조각을 내다

*  Her fall ripped the wooden char apart.

-      Navy : 해군

*  The British and German navies

-      Corvette : 소형호위함

[제목]Torpedo might have sunk ship: investigators
    - Torpedo : 어뢰
    - sunk : sink의 과거/과거분사
        = sink
            1. 자동사:(액체나 부드러운 물질 아래로)가라앉다. 빠지다
                The ship sank to the botoom of the sea
            2. 타동사:침몰시키다.
                a battleship sunk by a torpedo
    - investigator : 수사관, 조사관

[게시일]10.04.25

[작성자]Kim So-hyun

[본문]
The external explosion (that ripped the Cheonan in half) / appears to have taken place close to the ship / instead of directly hitting it/, investigators said yesterday/, a day after the bow was pulled out of the water.//
    - explosion : 폭발
    - rip : (갑자기/거칠게)찢다[찢어지다]
    - in half : 반으로, 이등분으로
    - appear to : ~인 것 같다
    - take place : (싸움, 소동 등이) 벌어지다 = happen, arrise
    - close : (다른 무엇과 또는 양적으로) 비슷한[가까운] = similar
    - bow : 뱃머리 = head of the boat
    - pull somebody/something out (of something) : ~을 (~에서) 떼어내다

“The shape of the fracture lines and conditions of the interior and exterior of the hull / indicate an underwater explosion,”// Yoon Deok-yong, (co-chief of the joint investigation team), said yesterday.//
    - fracture : 균열, 갈라진
    - interior : 내부 <-> exterior
    - hall : (배의) 선체
    - underwater : 수중의, 물속의
    - chief : (단체의)최고위원장
    * co-chief of the joint investigation team : 민간합동 공동조사단장

“We believe / it was a close-range explosion / rather than a direct hit / (as the interior and exterior of the hull / had no traces of burns or melting / due to heat or a puncture.")
    - trace : 자취, 흔적
    - burn : (불이) 타오르다
    - melt : (열 때문에 액체가 되도록) 녹다, 녹이다.
    - puncture : (뾰적한 것에 찔려서 생긴) 구멍

[제목]Google shifts its China search engine to Hong Kong

[게시일]2010.03.23

[본문]
Google Inc., the operator of the world's largest search engine, has withdrawn its China-based operations and has begun redirecting visitors to Hong Kong, according to the search engine's Web site early Tuesday.

[제목]STX Offshore wins $260 mln in orders

[제목]Cambodians banned from marrying Koreans

[제목]
Financial watchdog to penalize KEB over foreign operations

In January, KEB's two Japanese branches in Osaka and Tokyo received a three-month ban on deposits, lending and remittance operations by the local regulator Financial Service Agency, which concluded the Korean units issued bank balance statements in violation of rules governing illegal money laundering in 2007.

ban on : ~에 대한 금지(법, 명령)

deposit : (은행) 예금

remittance : 송금

regulator : 단속기관

financial service : 금융정보서비스기관

Korean units : 한국군

issue : 발표하다

statement : 진술, 서술

violation : 위반

money laundering : 돈 세탁

"Having received the heavy penalty, the Korea Exchange Bank will face disadvantages when setting up new foreign branches," one official said.

heavy penalty : 중징계

face disadvantages : 불이익을 당하다

An institutional warning limits KEB's entry or investment into other financial sectors. The FSS decision needs final approval to take effect.

[제목]
Kim Choong-soo named new head of BOK

Kim will replace Lee Seong-tae, whose four-year term ends March 31.

Kim has "a broad range of expertise and experience on the Korean economy, as he worked in both academic circles and the government, and also has international experience and insight as the ambassador to the OECD," presidential office spokesman Park Sun-kyoo said in the announcement.

[제목]Spread of H1N1 virus slowing in recent weeks