영어학습/영자신문
CNN Student News, 2014/04/03
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2014. 4. 4. 08:04
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CNN Student News, 2014/04/03
Summary
- Earthquake in Chile
- Landslide in Washington D.C.
- Political donation
- High tuition of Ivy league
Useful Expression
- The two nations are located on what`s called "the Ring of Fire, a horseshoe shape line around the Pacific Ocean where there`s a lot of earthquake and volcanic activity.
- The problem with the Chilean sea floor and the Chilean earthquakes, is that they are pretty much shallow.
- Recovery officials are struggling to sort through a square mile of mud.
- Images don`t fully capture the devastation.
- Nearly two dozen people are still missing.(two dozen, 그냥 이렇게 쓰이는구나)
Vocabulary
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devastating[dévəstèitiŋ]
- 파괴적인, 충격적인, 괴멸적인
- catastrophic[kӕtəstrάfik|]
- 비참한, 비극적인, 대재해의
- subduct[səbdΛkt]
- …을 제거하다, …을 줄이다, 감하다
- thrustful[θrΛstful]
- 억지가 센, 공격적인, 적극적인
- shallow[ʃǽlou]
- 얕은, 천박한, 얄팍한, 피상적인, 깊이가 없는
- devastation[dèvəstéiʃən]
- 유린, 황폐, 약탈의 자국
- mutilate[mjúːtəlèit]
- 절단하다, 팔다리를 절단해서 손상시키다, 병신으로 만들다
- enormous[inɔ́ːrməs]
- 거대한, 막대한, 엄청난
- decontaminate[dìːkəntǽmənèit]
- 오염을 제거하다, …을 정화하다, 기밀 부분을 삭제하다
- prow[prau]
- 뱃머리, 이물, 용맹스러운
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