EBS Morning Special 5월 31일 수요일: The little mermaid

 

# 영화 인어공주 포스터

 

 

1. 무모한 문장

Dolphins are used being around people.

돌고래가 사람손을 탄 듯합니다.

 

 
 
 

2. Morning Headlines

1. Borrowers will be able to switch to other lenders that offer more preferable interest rates through an online platform that launches today, without having to physically visit commercial banks or other financial firms.
오늘부터 은행 등 금융회사 영업점을 직접 방문하지 않고도 스마트폰 앱을 이용해 기존에 받은 신용대출을 더 유리한 조건으로 갈아탈 수 있게 됐습니다.

[Expression]
▶switch to other lenders : 다른 대출로 갈아타다
▶preferable interest rates : 더 유리한 이율


2. Korea’s youth population, or those aged 9-to-24, accounts for just 15 percent of the total population today, compared to 37 percent four decades ago, due to the country’s declining birthrate and is expected to shrink further to 10 percent in the next 40 years.
40년 전 전체 인구의 37%를 차지했던 9세에서 24세 사이의 우리나라 청소년 인구가 올해 15%로 줄었으며, 40년 후에는 저출산으로 10% 대로 감소할 것으로 예측됐습니다.

[Expression]
▶accounts for : (부분·비율을) 차지하다
▶expected to shrink further : 더 감소할 것으로 예측되다


3. US President Joe Biden said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a call on Monday repeated Ankara's desire to buy F-16 fighter jets from the United States, while Biden told him Washington wanted Ankara to drop its objection to Sweden's joining NATO.
조 바이든 미국 대통령과 재선에 성공한 타이이프 에르도안 튀르키예 대통령의 전화 통화에서, 튀르키예가 F-16 전투기 구매 의사를 재차 밝히자, 이에 바이든 대통령은 스웨덴의 나토 가입 반대를 철회할 것을 요청했습니다.

[Expression]
▶desire to buy : 구매 의사
▶drop its objection : 반대를 철회하다


4. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, defying international pressure, including from the United States which said it was “deeply troubled”.
요웨리 무세베니 우간다 대통령이 미국을 포함한 국제사회의 우려와 비난에도 불구하고 성소수자 처벌 강화법에 서명했습니다.

[Expression]
▶some of the harshest ~ in the world : 세계에서 가장 가혹한 ~ 중
▶defying international pressure : 국제적 압력을 무시하며 (거스르며)
▶defy [dɪˈfaɪ]
1 (권위·법률·규칙 등에) 반항[저항/거역]하다
I wouldn’t have dared to defy my teachers. 나라면 선생님들에게 감히 반항하지 못했을 것이다.
2 믿기, 설명하기, 묘사하기 등이 (거의) 불가능하다
a political move that defies explanation 설명이 불가능한 정치적 움직임
3 (기이할 정도로 잘) 견뎌 내다
The baby boy defied all the odds and survived. 그 남자 아기는 (살 수 없으리라는) 모든 예상을 깨고 살아남았다.



5. Disney's live-action take on "The Little Mermaid” has made a splash at the global box office, but media outlets say it bears noting there was something fishy going on in overseas markets with so-called review-bombing.
디즈니의 실사 영화 ‘인어공주’가 전 세계에서 큰 인기를 끌고 있지만, 해외 시장에서 수상쩍은 ‘별점 테러’에 시달리고 있다고 외신이 전했습니다.

[Expression]
▶make a splash at the box office : 흥행 돌풍을 일으키다
▶it bears noting (that) : it is worth noting (that), ~ 을 주목할 만하다

 
 
 
 

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3. New York Times

 

1. China Announces Plan to Land Astronauts on Moon by 2030
 

China plans to complete a mission to land a person on the moon by 2030, a government official announced Monday, in the highest-level confirmation of China’s ambitions for a crewed lunar landing. Chinese scientists have previously nodded at a 2030 goal in a less formal capacity. The announcement came at a news conference to mark the Tuesday liftoff of three new astronauts to China’s new space station, which was completed late last year. A manned lunar landing could mark a significant achievement for China in its burgeoning competition with the United States in space. NASA has also announced a plan to put people on the moon again, with a target of 2025.

[Expression]
▶a crewed lunar landing : 유인 달 착륙
▶nod at ~: ~ 향해 끄덕이다 (“인정하다, 확인하다, 동의하다, 확정하다” 등을 내포하고 있음)
- cf. nod off : 깜빡 졸다.
▶burgeon [ˈbɜːrdʒən] : (산업, 능력, 욕구 등)급성장하다, 급증하다, 번성하다 


2. Spanish Prime Minister Calls Snap Election for July
 
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said Monday that he would dissolve parliament and called a snap election for July after his liberal party suffered bruising defeats in elections over the weekend. The announcement brings to an end the country’s first coalition government since the return of democracy in the 1970s. Conservatives found fertile ground for attacks in Sánchez’s dependence on his coalition’s separatists and far-left forces. Not only did the conservative Popular Party crush Sanchez’s Socialist Workers’ Party, the far-right Vox party also performed well. Sánchez’s decision to move up the national elections was an effort to stanch the political bleeding as his government hemorrhages popularity.
 

[Expression]
▶dissolve parliament : 의회를 해산하다.
   - cf. convene (a) parliament: 의회를 소집하다.
▶a snap election : 조기 총선
    - snap : adj. 성급한, 불시의
▶bruising defeats : 압도적인 패배.
▶far-left forces : 극좌 세력
- far-right : 극우
▶stanch the political bleeding : 정치적 출혈을 막다.
- stanch: (출혈을) 멈추게 하다, 지혈시키다, 억제하다


3. Kenya Announces It Will Sign New Trade Deal With Russia
 
Kenya’s government said Monday it would sign a trade agreement to spur business cooperation with Russia, an announcement that came as Moscow sought to deepen its influence in Africa to counter the West’s efforts to isolate it over the war in Ukraine. The Kenyan presidency made the announcement following a meeting between President William Ruto and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who was visiting the capital, Nairobi. Ruto’s office said in a statement that trade between the two countries was “still low despite the huge potential” and that the pact would give businesses “the necessary impetus.” There was no timeline for when the agreement will be signed.
 

[Expression]
▶spur business cooperation : 비즈니스 협력에 박차를 가하다.
▶to counter : ~에 대응하다, 반박하다.
 - cf. n. 계산대, 판매대
▶pact : 협정, 조약
▶impetus [ˈɪmpɪtəs]
1 (일의 추진에 필요한) 자극(제)[추동력] (=stimulus) 
2 (물체의) 추동력[추진력]