EBS Morning Special 6월 28일 수요일: The legal age to purchase tobacco and alcohol remains the same.

 
 

 
 
 

1. 무모한 문장

 

Legal age is not changed for buying alcohol and cigarettes.

The legal age to purchase tobacco and alcohol remains the same. 

술, 담배 구매 연령은 바뀌지 않는다.

 
 

 
 
 

2. Morning Headlines

1. The Korea Fair Trade Commission has fined ChampStudy 286 million won and issued a cease and desist order for launching misleading advertisements regarding its achievements.
공정거래위원회가 ‘해커스’ 브랜드를 운영하는 챔프스터디를 허위광고에 대한 표시·광고법 위반으로 과징금 2억 8천600만 원과 광고 중지 및 금지 시정명령을 부과했습니다.

[Expression]
▶cease and desist order : 중지·금지 시정명령
▶desist  [dɪˈzɪst; dɪˈsɪst] (… 을) 그만두다 
▶misleading advertisements : 허위 광고, 현혹시키는 광고

 
2. The Japanese government has passed a motion to revise an administrative order on trade adding Korea back to its whitelist of preferential trading partners after nearly four years.
일본 정부가 한국을 수출심사 우대국 목록인 화이트리스트에서 제외한 지 약 4년 만에, 화이트리스트에 완전히 복원하는 ‘수출무역관리령 일부를 개정하는 정령 안’을 통과시켰습니다.

[Expression]
▶pass a motion : 동의안(발의안)을 통과시키다.
  * 여기서는 ‘수출무역관리령 일부를 개정하는 정령 안’을 통과시키다.
▶whitelist of preferential trading partners : 수출심사 우대국 목록인 화이트리스트
▶preferential  [ˌprefəˈrenʃl]: 우선권[특혜]을 주는


3. A court in Serbia has release d three police officers from Kosovo who were detained near the disputed border between the former war adversaries, although a Serbian negotiator affirmed that the trio is still subject to additional legal proceedings.
세르비아 군에 의해 구금되었던 코소보 경찰관 세 명이 석방됐습니다. 이들은 분쟁 중인 국경 근처에서 체포돼 구금됐으며, 석방 후에도 추가적인 법적 절차가 남아 있다고 관계자는 전했습니다.

[Expression]
▶former war adversaries : 이전의 적대국
▶still subject to : 여전히 ~의 대상이다


4. Chinese officials have announced that the initial stage of the world's largest hybrid solar-hydro power plant has started commercial operation, generating electricity in the eastern Tibetan Plateau.
티베트고원에 지어진 세계 최대 규모의 태양광·수력 하이브리드 발전소가 전력 생산을 시작했다고 중국 관영 매체가 보도했습니다.

[Expression]
▶hybrid solar-hydro power plant : 태양광·수력 하이브리드 발전소
▶commercial operation : 상업적 운영

 
5. Data from a generative artificial intelligence model sharing platform, which was trained by extensively using photos of K-pop girl group members obtained through unauthorized means, has been leaked online, prompting respective agencies to contemplate the appropriate response.
K팝 걸그룹 멤버 사진을 광범위하게 도용해 학습시킨 AI모델 데이터가 온라인상에 유포됐습니다. 이에 소속사는 법적 대응을 검토하고 있습니다.

[Expression]
▶through unauthorized means : 허가받지 않은 수단으로, 불법적으로
▶contemplate the appropriate response : 법적 대응을 검토하다

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

3. New York Times

 

1. What an Election Surprise in Central America Means for Democracy
 
Warning signs of the teetering democracy in Central America’s most populous country flashed in the weeks leading up to Guatemala’s presidential election. But the vote Sunday delivered a seismic jolt: a candidate whose campaign centered on rooting out corruption won enough votes to force a runoff. Bernardo Arévalo, 64, a professorial lawmaker with degrees in philosophy and anthropology, won 12% of the vote, with 98% of votes counted in Sunday’s first round, the electoral authority said Monday. Sandra Torres, 67, a former first lady considered a standard-bearer for the conservative establishment, came in first with nearly 16%. A runoff will be Aug. 20.

[Expression]
▶the teetering democracy : 불안정한 민주주의
▶teeter [ˈtiːtə(r)] (넘어질 듯이) 불안정하게 서다 [움직이다]  
▶most populous country : 인구가 가장 많은 나라

▶a seismic jolt : 큰 충격, 엄청난 충격.
▶seismic [ˈsaɪzmɪk] 1 지진의, 지진에 의한 seismic waves, 2 (영향·규모가) 엄청난 
▶jolt [dʒoʊlt] 
1 갑자기 거칠게 [덜컥거리며] 움직이다 [움직이게 하다] (=jerk)
2 (특히 어떤 행동조치를 취하도록) 충격을 주다 [정신이 번쩍 들게 하다] 

▶root out : 뿌리 뽑다, 근절하다.  
▶a runoff : 결승전
▶with 98% of votes counted : 98% 개표가 완료된 상태에서
▶standard-bearer : (정치 단체의) 지도자


2. Putin Says Russia Is United Behind Him, After Quelling Rebellion
 
A visibly angry Vladimir Putin on Monday denounced as “blackmail” a weekend rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group even as he defended his response to the mutiny, saying that “the entire Russian society united” around his government. Speaking publicly for the first time in two days, Putin, in an address broadcast on Monday, refused to utter the name of the Wagner boss behind the insurrection, Yevgeny Prigozhin. But his contempt was clear for those who had seemed, briefly, to threaten civil war and upend Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. “They wanted Russians to fight each other,” said Putin, Russia’s president.

[Expression]
▶mercenary group : 용병 그룹
▶mutiny : 반란
▶Speaking publicly : 대중 앞에서 공개적으로 연설하는 것
▶in an address broadcast : 연설 방송에서
▶refused to utter the name : 그 이름을 언급하기를 거부했다.
   - utter : 발언하다, 언급하다.
▶insurrection [ˌɪnsəˈrekʃn] : 반란[내란] 사태 (=uprising, mutiny)


3. In Poorer Countries, Obesity Can Signal Financial Security
 
In the world’s wealthiest countries, the richer people are, the thinner they tend to be. But in Uganda, one of the poorest nations, excess fat is often a sign of wealth and can help get a bank loan, according to a forthcoming article in The American Economic Review. It’s not surprising that in places where food is scarce, obesity serves as a significant marker of wealth. But what the new study points out is that in poor countries, information is also scarce. And in those situations, loan officers use whatever bits of evidence they can find to help make critical economic decisions.
 
[Expression]
▶the richer people are, the thinner they tend to be : 부자일수록, 더 마른 경향이 있다.
    - the + 비교급~ , the +비교급, ~하면 할수록, 더 ~ 하다.
▶excess fat : 지방 과다 (=obesity)
▶scarce : 부족한, 결핍의
▶obesity : 비만
▶whatever bits of evidence : 어떤 증거라도