Corporal Punishment: To Ban or Not?Video footage has been posted on the Internet showing a first-grade teacher at an elementary school in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province slapping a young schoolchild on the cheek and throwing books at him. This caused a stir and the teacher was dismissed.? According to a survey of about 8,100 students at 272 nationwide primary and secondary schools, conducted by th..
FROM SIMPSON LACHEY TO SIMPSON... Jessica Simpson Lachey has officially become just Jessica Simpson again after Nick Lachey and herself filed their divorce papers on June 30. The couple has a lot of property and assets listed in their names and sorting that out could be a long process . It's hard to believe that these two have split up after their relationship was so well documented on MTV's "Ne..
☞ Have you decided where and what time? A: Remember, we're meeting for drinks later. B: I know, but have you decided where and what time? A: Oh, it slipped my mind. Let's meet outside after work and go together. B: Sounds good. Then I'll meet you at 6:00 outside. ☞ 장소와 시간을 정했니? A: 기억하고 있어, 우리 있다가 술 한잔하기로 한 거. B: 알아, 그런데 어디서 몇 시에 볼 건지 정했어? A: 이런, 그걸 잊고 있었네. 퇴근 후에 밖에서 만나서 같이 가자. B: 좋아. 그러면 6시에 밖에서..
A Book-Scanning Robot And finally tonight, a look at one surprising new way robots are changing our world. Robots already build cars and computers, explore space, even help doctors in the operating room. Well, now they're headed to the library and they're taking speed-reading to a whole new level. head : ~로 향하다 ex. He headed for the bus stop. * be headed for~ : ~으로 향하다 ex. He is headed for the h..
must 설명 (틀림없이) '...일 것이다', '...임에 틀림없다'라는 의미로 '당연한 추정'을 표현할 때 사용합니다. 부정문은 cannot (...일 리가 없다)를 사용합니다. 예문 You must be joking. (농담이겠지) = You cannot be serious. (진담일 리가 없어) He must be busy, otherwise he would have come. Judging from what he said in his letter, he must have known it all along. (그의 편지로 미루어보건데 그는 그 사실을 쭉 알고 있었음에 틀림없다) He must have drunk a lot. He couldn't even remember his phone numbe..
A: Honey, ease off on that leadfoot of yours. B: I can't, if I don't speed, we won't be there on timeA: 여보, 너무 빨리 달리지 말아요. B: 어쩔 수 없어. 속도를 안 내면 제 시간에 갈 수 없거든. ease off : 늦추다, 완화하다, 누그러뜨리다 leadfoot : (습관적으로) 운전을 빨리 하는 사람 speed : 속도를 내다, 질주하다 on time : 시간에 맞게, 정각에 lead foot 을 함께 보실까요? 말 그대로 lead(납) + foot(발)입니다. 즉 '무거운 발'이 되는 거죠. 그러니 그 무거운 발로 액셀러레이터를 밟고있으니 속도가 빨라지겠죠? 그래서 그 lead foot 을 'ease off' 하..