EBS Morning Special 6월 7일 수요일: Nearly 90 Afghan Schoolgirls Were Poisoned, Officials Suspect.

 

출처: nytimes.com ; Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press

 

여성이 공부를 하면 안 된다고 호흡기 독극물에 감염되게 하다니...

세상에나. 아직도 이런 나라가 있다니...

마음이 아픕니다.

 

1. 무모한 문장

Nature needs to be proteted.

May we be able to enjoy nature's beauty for years to come.

멋진 경관을 오랫동안 감상하게 해 주세요.

 

 

 

2. Morning Headlines

 

1. South Korea has won its bid for a nonpermanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, marking the country's third time serving as one of the 10 nonpermanent UNSC members.
오늘 새벽, 우리나라가 2024~2025년 임기의 유엔 안전보장이사회 비상임이사국으로 선출됐습니다. 이로써, 10개의 비상임이사국 중 하나로 이번이 세 번째 임기가 됩니다.

[Expression]
▶win its bid : (입후보 한 선거에) 당선되다 (경매에 입찰해 낙찰됐을 때 이렇게 표현하기도 함) 
▶serve as : ~로서의 임무를 맡다 / 활동하다


2. Kakaotalk has announced that its “leave chatroom silently” feature, released for beta testing last month, has been activated by approximately 2 million users as of May 31, showing a strong response. 
카카오톡의 ‘단체 채팅방 조용히 나가기’ 기능이 뜨거운 반응을 얻고 있습니다. 지난달 이 기능이 베타 테스트로 출시된 이후 5월 31일 기준, 약 200만 명의 이용자가 사용한 것으로 나타났습니다.

[Expression]
▶beta testing : 하드웨어나 소프트웨어를 공식적으로 발표하기 전에 오류가 있는지를 발견하기 위해 미리 정해진 사용자 계층들이 써 보도록 하는 테스트를 말함
▶showing a strong response : 강력한 [뜨거운] 반응을 보이는


3. Ukrainian forces have punched through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine in what may herald the start of a long-anticipated counteroffensive after 15 months of war.
우크라이나가 지난 15개월 동안 기다리며 예고해 온 대반격의 시작을 알리며, 러시아가 장악한 우크라이나 남동부 지역에서 격전을 벌이고 있다고 외신이 전했습니다.

[Expression]
▶defensive lines : 수비 라인
▶long-anticipated counteroffensive : 오랫동안 고대 해 온 반격


4. Japan has taken another step forward in preparing to release contaminated water, or "treated water" as the Japanese government calls it, from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, pumping seawater into an undersea tunnel, according to local news outlets.
후쿠시마 제1 원전 오염수의 방류 준비 다음 단계로 육지와 바다 양쪽에서 해저터널 안으로 해수를 넣는 작업이 시작됐다고 현지 언론이 전했습니다.

[Expression]
▶take another step forward in : 한 걸음 더 나아가다
▶local news outlets : 현지 언론 매체


5. Researchers have uncovered evidence that members of a mysterious archaic human species, known as Homo naledi, buried their dead and carved symbols on cave walls long before the earliest evidence of burials by modern humans.
인류의 초기 종인 ‘호모 날레디’가 시신을 땅에 묻고, 벽에 상징을 새겨 무덤 위치를 표시하기까지 했을 가능성이 있다는 연구 결과가 나왔습니다.

[Expression]
▶archaic human species : 인류의 초기 종인
▶evidence of burials : 매장의 증거

 

 

 

 

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3. New York Times

 

1. At Least 42 Are Dead and Thousands Are Displaced After Flooding in Haiti

 

At least 42 people were dead and thousands were displaced after a weekend of heavy rainfall and widespread flooding in Haiti, the country’s disaster response agency said Monday. The heavy rain, which fell mostly Saturday and Sunday, flooded more than 13,000 homes, displacing people across Haiti, according to the agency. It also said that 85 people were injured and 11 were missing. Emergency workers rushed to provide food, drinking water and shelter for those who were affected. Western portions of the Caribbean nation appeared to have suffered the brunt: More than 5,000 homes had been affected by rain and flooding, leaving more than 2,500 people displaced, the agency said.

 

[Expression]

▶be displaced : 이재민이 되다.

▶widespread flooding : 전역에 걸친 홍수 ( cf. localized flooding)

▶rush : 서두르다, 빠르게 움직이다. 

▶for those who were affected : 피해를 입은 사람들을 위해

▶brunt : 타격, 날카로운 공격

 

 

2. Nearly 90 Afghan Schoolgirls Were Poisoned, Officials Suspect

 

Eighty-nine schoolgirls and their teachers in northern Afghanistan were hospitalized with respiratory and neurological symptoms over the weekend in what officials believe were deliberate poisonings at two girls’ schools, officials said. On Saturday, 63 students and staff members at Kabod Aab School — an elementary school for girls in the northern Sar-i-Pul province — became sick shortly after arriving in their classrooms that morning, officials and parents said. The following day, 26 more students along with staff members at the nearby Faiz Abad Girls’ School became ill. Restrictions on education have become a flashpoint since the Taliban seized power in 2021.

 

[Expression]

▶be hospitalized with : ~으로 입원하다.
▶respiratory [ˈrespərətɔːri] : 호흡의, 호흡 기관의

▶deliberate(=intentional, planned) poisonings : 고의적 독극물 공격

▶shortly after : 직후에

▶at the nearby : 가까운 곳에.

▶become a flashpoint : 일촉즉발의 위기가 되다, 발화점이 되다. 

 

 

3. New Zealand’s Ex-Leader Is Now Dame Jacinda Ardern

 

Jacinda Ardern was awarded the title of dame Monday for service to New Zealand, barely four months after ending her term as prime minister, during which she became the global face of a compassionate brand of liberal politics. The accolade — Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit — is the country’s second highest and was granted as part of an annual tradition of awarding honors for the King’s Birthday holiday. The honorees are usually chosen by the prime minister and approved by the British monarch, who is New Zealand’s head of state. Ardern said she was “humbled” by the award and had initially considered declining it.

 

[Expression]

▶the title of dame : ‘데임’ 작위 ( Dame Jacinda로 불릴 수 있게 됨)

▶barely four months after : 불과 4개월 만에

▶become the global face : 세계적인 유명인사가 되다.

▶annual tradition : 매년 있는 전통(식)

▶honoree : 수상자, 여기서는 작위를 받는 대상

▶head of state : 국가 원수, 국가수반