| | | |  | Police are concerned at the growing number of accidents on our roads each year.
경찰 당국은 매년 도로에서의 사고 횟수가 증가하는 것에 대해 근심하고 있습니다. | | |     | | | | | | | | | | | | | 말이 가진 힘 | | 상냥한 말은
앞길의 장애물을 없애줄 수도 있다.
기쁨에 찬 말은
새날을 밝혀줄 수도 있다.
적시에 하는 말은
스트레스를 줄여줄 수도 있다.
사랑의 말은
병을 낫게 하고 축복을 줄 수도 있다. | | | | | | | |  |
[강사 : Kristine]
- London Trinity College TESOL
- TOEIC Speaking & Writing 만점 강사
- 한국 외국어 평가원 공식 PELT 추천 강사
빼도 박도 못하다 in a bind
A : 이 집은 짓다 말았나 보네요. 무슨 사정이 있나 보죠?
This house looks half-finished. What's the story, anyway?
B : 건물을 올리다가 주인이 부도 나는 바람에 그만 빼도 박도
못하게 됐다나 봐요.
Well, apparently the owner got in a bind because he went
bankrupt halfway through the project and couldn't finish it.
| | | | | | | | | | | | 절은 언제 하나요? |   |  | 하지만 좀 까다로운 인사법이네요.
However, it is an elaborate way of greeting someone. | | | | 늘 이렇게 하는 건 아니죠?
People don't bow this way all the time, right? | | |  | 네, 그렇게 하긴 어렵죠.
Right, that would be difficult. | | | | 오랜만에 찾아뵙고 정식으로 인사드리거나 추석이나 설 같은 명절 때 해요.
| | | | | | | | |  | |    | Today's job market is extremely tough for young, inexperienced people fresh out of college. ① ______ _____ __ _______ _____________ _____ amidst the poor national economy, many job applicants ② ____ __________ ____ any advice, help and advantage they can get. However, recruiting experts say that while it may be ③ _________ ___ let mom and dad step in to _____ ____ ____, doing so could _____ ____ potential employers.
Named "helicopter parents" for their hovering skills, many Korean parents ④ _____ ____ __________ _______ _____ they ought to travel the job searching path with their children in order to help out. Experts assure job candidates and their parents that parental interference is not only completely inappropriate; it can also make applicants look lazy and incapable.
Many parents are worried about the futures of their children during the poor economy. However, some parents want to help out their children so desperately that they have been calling job recruiters, filling out and submitting application forms for their kids. Some parents even go as far as to negotiating or re-bargaining their child's salary once they are offered a position. These parents may feel that they are looking out for their child's best interests, but in truth they ⑤ ____ ________ ______ _______ ________ in the eyes of the employers.
"From application procedure to the salary negotiation, "helicopter parents" want to know anything and everything," said Ki Eun-joo, a headhunter in Seoul. "Some insist that they come and meet me in person."
According to a recent survey of more than 500 job seekers, 38 percent of unemployed people in their 20's have asked for their parent's help in navigating through the job market. In fact 14 percent say they even have their parents fill out their application forms for them.
"Some things are just not acceptable," said Moon Ji-young from the online recruiting service "Career." "And having mommy and daddy write the job application and bringing them to interviews isn't going to impress anyone - especially the employer." | | | | | | | | | | | '현대 인류의 기원은 아프리카' - 가설 뒷받침 유전자 발견 |   | | | | | | | | 경기선행지수(CLI)는 6개월 내에 경제가 좋아질지 또는 나빠질지 여부를 가늠하는 것이다. | | |  | | | | | | | | |
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