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Today's Headlines                  

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① North Korea says it has suspended disablement of its nuclear plants, in anger over Washington's failure to remove it from the U.S. list of terror sponsors. 

*disable: 무능화하다, 불능화하다

*in anger over(~에, ~ 때문에 화가 나서)

*list of terror sponsors(terrorism blacklist, 테러지원국 명단)

② The nation’s Buddhist community announced that it will hold a massive gathering today in Seoul City Hall Plaza, to protest against government officials' alleged religious bias. 

③ Under the second phase of the government's public sector reform plan, 29 state-run institutions conducting research and development will be consolidated into 13 entities.

④ Four people have been arrested in the US city of Denver on suspicion of plotting to assassinate U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama during his acceptance speech.

*on suspicion of(~의 혐의로, under a cloud of suspicion) 

*plotting to assassinate(암살을 음모, 음모하다)

*acceptance speech((후보 지명 따위의) 수락 연설)

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Today's News Articles                 

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Dokdo Ad Appears in Washington Post

Gracing the pages of the Washington Post’s Monday edition this week was a full-page advertisement proclaiming to its readers that the Dokdo Islets are in fact Korean Territory. The ad, placed by Korean publicist Seo Kyoung-duk, came about after an internet user saw one of his previous ads in the New York Times last month, and proceeded to launch a fundraising campaign. Before long it had attracted around 110,000 Internet users and generated 180 million won in donations. The Netizens were also able to put their own two cents in by voting on which of three sample ads would be used. The samples were generously provided by a PR company and the winner, titled “Stop Distorting History” won by a landslide with 58.6% of the vote. 

*Grace the pages: 

(grace: 동사-> 명예를 주다, 빛내다, 꾸미다)-> 출판물에 실리다, 광고되다, 간행되다 ? To make an appearance in a publication, appear in

*Come about: 

일어나다, 생기다(occur)- To take place; happen

/다른 뜻으로: 

- To turn around.

- Nautical; To change tack.〈해사〉 바람 불어오는 쪽으로 배를 돌리다(tack); (바람의 방향이) 바뀌다 

*Before long:

오래지[머지] 않아, 얼마 후, 이윽고, soon

!-> long before : 훨씬 이전에 

*Put two cents in: 

put in one's two cents(' worth) 혹은, add one's two cents worth 

한마디 하다; 자기 의견을 말하다? To contribute to a discussion or decision, to give your opinion in a conversation, (often when it is not wanted)

*Landslide: 

산사태, 사태-> 대승리, 압도적 승리/ landslide victory 압도적 승리- An overwhelming majority of votes for a political party or candidate.

Ships to Slow Down for Whales

A proposal unveiled Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) could end the dispute that has been raging between federal fisheries scientists and the Bush administration over possible speed limits for ships in areas inhabited by endangered whales. With a population of only about 300, the North Atlantic right whale is close to the brink of extinction. In 2006, the original plan called for a buffer zone of 30 nautical miles around several Eastern US ports in which ships would have to slow down to 10 nautical miles per hour. The new, scaled-back plan is for a 20-nautical-mile buffer zone to reduce the number of fatal collisions between ships and whales. 'We want the speed to be slow enough so that the whales have a chance to get out of the way, or the blow will be a glancing blow, and they will survive,' said NOAA Administrator Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr.

*Close to the brink:

brink-> (벼랑·물가의) 가장자리/ (파멸의) 위기, 중대한 국면 -> 논란의 여지가 있을 위태한 순간에 가깝다 - near a crucial or critical point, esp. of a situation or state beyond which success or catastrophe occurs: We were on the brink of war, on the edge

*Buffer zone: 

완충 지대; 비무장 중립 지대- A neutral area between hostile forces that serves to prevent conflict

*Scale-back:

to scale back: 줄이다, 혹은 중단하다 - reduce proportionately in size, cut back

eg) scale back his fighting capabilities/ scale back its nuclear activities

*Glancing blow 

(언급 따위가) 간접적인, 넌지시 빗대는/ 비스듬히, 살짝 빗겨나가는 타격-

strike sb a glancing blow 누구를 비스듬히 치다 -Oblique in direction; slanting or deflected: struck him a glancing blow.

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Today's Closing Tip               

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It sounds too good to be true.

-너무 좋아서 믿기지가 않아.