Can democracy be snuffed out? You bet it can. Just look at what’s happening in Hong Kong. My last visit there was at the end of 2019, right before the pandemic, during what seems in retrospect to have been the final stand of the pro-democracy movement. In those days, pop-up demonstrations were a regular event, including clashes in the streets between masked activists and police officers. The Ho...

After a half century or so in politics, Joe Biden sure didn’t need to be reminded -- by a pollster, or a political science professor or a media pundit -- of the secret of winning elections. Because this is one secret that every politico knows. Namely: A politician will never be able to convince people that their perceived problems aren’t real -- or aren’t being fixed -- if voters are sure the pr...

The coronavirus is everywhere: in the air, on surfaces, in our respiratory tracts, and, over the past week, at the US Supreme Court. On Jan. 10, key elements of US President Joe Biden’s controversial “vaccine-or-test” mandate provisionally went into force, requiring that all workers at companies with more than 100 employees be vaccinated or tested regularly for COVID-19. With roughly 84 million A...

It is a wonderful phenomenon that more and more people around the world are developing a taste for kimchi. That pleasantly pungent, sour, spicy, and perfectly salty taste — with the crisp texture of cabbage — indicates that you have yourself some good kimchi. Koreans make their cabbage kimchi in different ways depending on the season and the purpose. Cabbage kimchi is perhaps the best known and ...

신년 결심에 관한 영어명언 정리하면서 정신관리를 해보자! 마음에 드는 문장 몇 문장은 소리내어 읽어으면서 암기해주시길 바란다. The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. 새해가 책의 한 장처럼 쓰여지기를 기다리면사 우리 앞에 서 있습니다. The beginning is the most important part of the work. 시작은 일의 가장 중요한 부분입니다. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. 자신있게 당신 꿈이 이끄는 방향을 향해 나아가십시오. The best way to predict the future is to create i...

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1) 단어 + 예문 10개 더 많은 토익빈출 단어 '해커스 토익 기출 보카'에서 확인 ▶ 2) 파트 5 3문제 1. The secretary makes a reservation at the Calico Hotel in Barcelona ------- the manager has to fly to Spain to attend an important conference. (A) whatever (B) whenever (C) wherever (D) however 해석 그 비서는 매니저가 중요한 회의 참석차 스페인으로 가야 할 때면 언제든 바르셀로나에 있는 Calico 호텔을 예약한다. 해설 -- 복합관계부사 채우기 문제 빈칸 뒤에 주어(the manager)와 동사(has to fly)를...

South Korean defense authorities suffered a serious loss of face at the beginning of the year when a young man crossed the high fences on the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone to escape to North Korea a little more than a year after he made a similar adventure in a reverse direction. The incident tarnished the finale of President Moon Jae-in’s five-year epic of inter-Korean reconciliation. The ...

Kelly Ernby was no doubt a good person, a friend to her friends, a companion to her husband, a crime-fighting prosecutor. She presumably had all the decent qualities we usually celebrate after a person dies, when we generally say only the kindest things we can think of. But she was also a vocal critic of vaccine mandates whose posts on social media risked lives, denied science and confused Ameri...

지난 주에 이어 우리 일상의 대화를 좀 더 세련되게 만들 수 있는 표현들을 보겠습니다. 저희 책 『나는 더 영어답게 말하고 싶다 일상회화 편 2』에서 뽑은 표현들입니다. 1 A: I learned how to bake cheesecake from scratch in just two days. B: You are very talented. Can you make one for me? A: 전혀 모르던 상태에서 2일만에 치즈케이크 굽는 법을 익혔어. B: 재능이 뛰어난 거네. 나도 좀 만들어 줄 수 있어? SITUATION 기반이 없는 상태에서 시작한다고 할 때 평범하게 He successfully built a new brand from the beginning. 영어답게 He succes...