The first is generally used during a speech and other indirect communication while the second is used when talking directly to the person you’d like to thank.
THANKS TO:You say “thanks to” about someone you wish to thank.
Example: “Thanks to John for watching my cat while I was out of town."
THANKS FOR: You say “thanks for” when something makes you grateful.
Example: “Thanks for watching my cat, John, and thanks for buying all the cat food, Mary.”
Kim Sang-hee, 32, who commutes to and from work by subway in Seoul, does not sit during her rides these days even when there is an empty seat, because of fears of bedbugs that have been spreading nationwide recently. 최근 빈대 공포가 전국적으로 확산되자 서울에서 지하철로 출퇴근하는 김상희(32) 씨는 빈자리가 있어도 앉지 않는다.
She is particularly concerned as she takes Seoul subway Line No. 1 to go to her office near Jonggak Station, which is the oldest section of the Seoul subway system. 서울 지하철 노선 중 가장 오래된 1호선 종각역 근처에 사무실이 있어 김 씨는 특히 걱정이 크다.
"Trains on Line No. 1 are mostly old, and many of them have seats made of fabric that could become a good home for bedbugs," Kim said on Tuesday. "I am worried that I could be bitten by bedbugs before I know it." 화요일 김 씨는 "1호선 지하철은 대체로 오래되고 좌석 중 다수가 빈대가 번식하기 좋은 직물로 만들어졌다"며 "나도 모르는 새 빈대에 물릴까봐 걱정된다"고 덧붙였다.
Korea has recently seen a surge in bedbug sightings and damage nationwide since Keimyung University, located in Daegu, reported in September that some of its students were bitten by the parasitic insects in their dormitory. 지난 9월 대구 계명대학교 기숙사에서 학생 일부가 이 기생성 곤충에게 물렸다는 신고가 접수된 후 최근 전국 곳곳에서 빈대 목격과 피해가 속출하고 있다.
Other related cases have since been reported across the country, including the Seoul metropolitan area. There were media reports of bedbugs and larvae found under floor mats at a public sauna in Incheon in October. 다른 관련 사례는 서울을 포함한 전국 각지에서 보고되고 있다. 지난달에는 인천의 한 찜질방 매트 아래쪽에서 빈대 성충과 유충이 발견됐다는 언론 보도가 있었다.
In Seoul alone, nearly 20 reports of suspected bedbug sightings have been filed so far, raising concerns of a possible infestation in the densely populated capital of 9.4 million people. 지금까지 서울에서만 거의 20건의 빈대 의심 신고가 접수돼 약 940만명이 밀집된 수도에서 빈대 확산에 대한 우려를 증폭시키고 있다.
Comprehension. Write your answers in your notebook.
How does Kim Sang-hee commute to work?
Why doesn’t she sit?
What has Korea seen a surge in?
Where were bedbug larvae found?
What other insects or animals do you know that are also parasitic?
What insects or animals do you know that can be an infestation?
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is an 1820 short story by American author Washington Irving. Even though the story is 200 years old, Americans still enjoy telling this story, and there have been popular movies retelling it.
Not only is the story hilarious, but it teaches the concept of ambiguity. Irving leaves it up to the reader to decide what truly happened to Ichabod Crane. Just like a good ghost story, it's up to the hearer to decide what is true and what is not.
The protagonist of the story, Ichabod Crane, is a Yankee schoolteacher who lives in Sleepy Hollow, a Dutch enclave on the Hudson River. A suggestible man, Crane believes the ghost stories and tales of witchcraft he has heard and read. He is particularly impressed by the tale of a spectral headless horseman said to haunt the area. Crane is also a mercenary; he courts Katrina Van Tassel mostly because she is the daughter of a rich farmer and is expected to receive a large inheritance. Abraham Van Brunt (also called Brom Bones) is Crane’s jealous rival, a local favorite, and a rash horseman who often plays tricks on the schoolmaster. Late one night as Ichabod Crane rides home from a party at Katrina’s home, he is suddenly frightened by a ghostlike headless horseman. The ghost pursues him and hurls at him a round object that he takes to be a head but is later revealed to have been a pumpkin. The schoolmaster is never seen in Sleepy Hollow again.
el Día de Muertos se celebra el 1 y 2 de Noviembre
Adornamos las ofrendas con flores de Cempasúchil
solemos comprar calaveras de azúcar o de chocolate
en día de muertos la gente va a los cementerios
"no muere el que se va, muere el que se olvida"
While November 1 is usually reserved for remembering children and is sometimes called the Día de los Angelitos (Day of the Little Angels), November 2 is all about remembering adults who have died and is the official Día de los Muertos or the Día de los Difuntos.
The Canterbury Tales is a story about storytelling. The work is a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The tales are written in Middle English and are a diverse group of stories that range from serious moral tales to more bawdy stories.
Reading level: Young adult, grade 10-12 English as a first language.
Language: Middle English, although there are modern translations with Chaucer's English next to modern translations.
The Tales are divided into 12 chapters with 31 pilgrims, telling 24 stories.
Chaucer's most common verse rhyme scheme in the Canterbury Tales, the rhyming couplet, would be described as "aa, bb, cc, dd" because it rarely repeats a rhyme due to the pressures on the poet to keep the narrative moving.
The Canterbury Tales is important for a number of reasons: It is widely considered to be the first major work of English literature. It's one of the first examples of the use of the vernacular in literature, as it was written in the language of the common people, rather than in Latin. It gives a critical picture of medieval English society and shows different classes of people.
Moral Tales: The Tales of the Prioress, Clerk, Monk, Man of Law, Second Nun, and Parson, and Chaucer's Tale of Melibee
Essential Questions:
How does physiognomy play a role in helping to create caricatures of the pilgrims?
How are the pilgrims still relevant to society today?
How are social classes distorted throughout The Tales?
How do cultural values influence the kinds of journeys people take?
The Prologue: Provides a general description of the characters on the journey.
Literary Devices used: simile and metaphors, irony, allusion, symbolism, imagery, satire,
Symbols: flowers (youth, fertility, sexual desire)
Themes: religion, class, deceit, the role of women in medieval society (wife of Bath's Tale)
The Wife of Bath's Tale: This is one of Chaucer's most developed characters.
The story explores the double standard applied to medieval society. What do women really want? sovereignty of course! Women desire power in marriage, and when she does have the power, both parties are happier. Using the Hag/Crone (wise woman) archetype the Hag gives the knight a choice.
The Wife of Bath represents feminism and the belief that women should be given power and control. She also represents the idea that women do not need to conform to the norms of the time and can enjoy their own sexuality. The Wife of Bath begins the Prologue to her tale by establishing herself as an authority on marriage, due to her extensive personal experience with the institution. Since her first marriage at the tender age of twelve, she has had five husbands.
One evening, out of frustration, the Wife tears three pages out of the book and punches Jankyn in the face. Jankyn repays her by striking her on the head, which is the reason, she explains in line 636, that she is now deaf in one ear.
Keep in mind there are two different kinds of Chinese writing systems- Traditional characters (Taiwan, HK, Macau) and Simplified (Mainland China, Malaysia, Singapore). However, if you travel to Japan or S. Korea, the old temples will have traditional characters. To decide which kind of Mandarin to learn read this article. Learners often use pinyin, which is the phonetic sound using the Latin alphabet.
Mandarin is a tonal language. You will have to learn the 5 tones when you are learning Mandarin. The tones are flat, rising, dip, falling, and neutral. They are represented in pinyin, resembling accent lines, but in fact they are showing the tones.
Question Word + will + subject + be + present participle...?
What will you be doing today at 6 pm?
Where will you be going on your road trip?
When will you be leaving?
Who will you be entertaining at your home tonight?
Why will they be working late tomorrow?
How will you be getting there?
We can also make questions using "What + noun" or "Which + noun".
What time will you be getting off work today?
What food will you be bringing to the picnic?
Which countries will she be visiting on her gap year?
Which jacket will you be wearing today?
Who + will be + present participle...? What + will be + present participle...? How many + noun + will be + present participle...?
Who will be coming?
What will be happening there tomorrow morning?
How many children will be coming?
English Conversation 1
A) Who will be joining us for this meeting? B) Besides us, I think Marta, Sasha, and Jan will be attending. A) So, what will we be discussing? B) We only need to discuss the new project. A) Okay, so we can probably finish in an hour. B) Maybe, but Jim usually talks a lot. So, it may take longer than that.
English Conversation 2
A) Do you want to play video games this weekend? B) I can't. I've got plans. A) What will you be doing? B) I'll be going on a hike with my sister. A) I didn't know you liked hiking. B) I don't, but I like my sister, so I'm going.
What will you be _______________? Where will you be _______________? When will you be _______________? Who will you be _______________? Who will be _______________? If you have time, what will you be _______________ this weekend? Why will he be _______________? How many _______________ will you be _______________? How many _______________ will be _______________?
■ school bullying 학교 폭력 ■ retain 보존하다 ■ mandatory 의무적인, 필수적인 ■ expert 전문가 ■ pass 의결하다, 통과시키다 ■ controversial 논란이 많은 ■ enforced 엄격한, 엄정한 ■ take A into account: A를 감안하다, 고려하다
■ rolling admission 수시 전형[모집]
Schools will retain records of violence for extended period after offenders graduate
학교 폭력 가해자들이 졸업한 후에도 학폭 기록 장기 보존
By Lee Hae-rin
Students with records of committing school bullying will face penalties in the university admissions process, while victims' consent will become mandatory in order to clear records of perpetrators' crimes, the government announced, Wednesday. 학교 폭력을 가한 전력이 있는 학생들은 대입 과정에서 불이익을 받게 되며, 가해자들의 학폭 기록을 삭제하려면 반드시 피해 학생의 동의를 받아야 한다고 정부가 수요일 발표했다.
Victims will also be better protected and receive more support when recovering with the help of school violence prevention and support centers, which will consist of school police officers, legal experts and psychological counselors. 또한 학교전담경찰관, 법률 전문가, 심리 상담가로 구성되는 학교 폭력 예방 및 지원 센터의 도움으로 피해 학생들은 회복을 위해 보다 나은 보호와 지원을 받게 된다.
The government held a meeting with the school violence prevention committee, which is presided over by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, Wednesday, and passed a set of comprehensive plans to tackle bullying. 정부는 수요일 한덕수 국무총리 주재로 학교폭력대책위원회를 열고 학교폭력 근절 종합대책을 의결했다.
The measures come as prosecutor-turned-lawyer Chung Sun-sin, who was named the new chief of the National Office of Investigation stepped down a day after his appointment on Feb. 24. Chung was attacked by controversial reports that stated that his son, currently attending Seoul National University, bullied his peers in high school in 2017. 이 대책은 지난 2월 24일 검사 출신의 정순신 변호사가 국가수사본부장에 임명됐다가 하루 만에 낙마한 파장에 따른 것이다. 정 변호사는 지난 2017년 현재 서울대에 재학 중인 아들이 고등학교 동창들을 괴롭혔다는 보도 논란으로 공격을 받았다.
The Netflix hit series "The Glory" also raised public consensus on enforced punishment of school violence perpetrators. 넷플릭스의 히트작 "더 글로리" 또한 학폭 가해자들에 대한 엄정 처벌을 두고 대중적 합의를 불러 일으켰다.
According to the new measures, schools will retain the records of school bullies for an extended period of four years after offenders graduate, allowing universities to take bullying records into account during the admissions process, starting next year. 이 같은 새로운 대책에 따르면 학교에서는 가해자들이 졸업한 후 4년 동안 학폭 기록을 보존하며 대학들은 내년부터 입학 과정에서 학폭 기록을 검토할 수 있도록 허용한다는 계획이다.
Since February, the education ministry has required all schools to retain bullying records for two years after perpetrators graduate in order to enhance safety in classrooms. In the past, the bullying records of students could be removed after graduation. 교육부는 2월부터 교실에서의 안전을 강화하기 위해 모든 학교에서 가해자들이 졸업한 후에도 2년 동안 학폭 조치 기록을 보존할 것을 의무화했다. 과거에는 학생들의 학폭 기록이 졸업 후 삭제될 수 있었다.
Previously, universities only took school bullying records into account for rolling admissions, which assess students based on records and grades. However, it's weighting on the test-based regular admission system was criticized for being insignificant. 앞서 대학들은 학교 성적, 그리고 성적에 근거하여 학생들을 평가하는 수시모집에서 학폭 기록만을 고려했었다. 하지만 수능 시험 기반의 정시제에 대한 비중은 미미하다는 비판을 받았다.
번역 안성진 sjahn@koreatimes.co.kr
4월 13일자 National면 기사
Post-Reading Questions:
1. Is school bullying common 흔한 in Korea?
2. Have you ever seen bullying or been involved in bullying?
3. Why do people bully?
4. Do you think school bullying is a problem in the US?
5. Do you think Korean Universities not accepting students who were bullies in the past, is fair 공정한or unfair? Why?
■ bloom 꽃을 피우다, 꽃이 피다 ■ scramble 재빨리 움직이다 ■ meteorological 기상의 ■ kick off (토론·회의·행사 등을) 시작하다 ■ springtime picnicker 상춘객 ■ take place 개최되다 ■ duration 지속 기간
■ abnormal 비정상적인
The unexpectedly early bloomingof spring flowers in Korea this year has left local governmentsscramblingto host their flower festivals earlier than usual to prevent the long-awaited mask-free spring events from ending up flower-free.
올해 봄꽃이 예상보다 빠르게 피면서 오랫동안 기다려 온 마스크 없는 축제가 꽃 없이 끝나는 것을 막기 위해 자치구들은 예년보다 일찍 축제를 개최하기 위해 서두르고 있다.
According to the Korea Metrological Administration (KMA), cherry blossoms in Seoul started blooming on March 25 this year, which is 14 days earlier than average, coming around April 8. It is also the second-earliest blooming date recorded since the KMA started making meteorological observations in 1922. 기상청에 따르면 올해 서울의 벚꽃 개화는 3월 25일에 시작돼 4월 8일경인 예년보다 14일 빨랐다. 1922년 첫 기상 관측을 시작한 이래 두 번째로 빠른 개화일이기도 하다.
Flowers in the southeastern regions of Daegu and North and South Gyeongsang provinces also bloomed about eight days earlier than usual. In the southeastern port city of Pohang, cherry blossoms bloomed on March 16, while Daegu and Andong bloomed on March 21 and 23, respectively. 대구 동남부와 경상남도에서도 예년보다 8일 가량 일찍 꽃이 피었다. 벚꽃은 남동 항구도시 포항에서는 3월 16일에, 대구와 안동에서는 각각 3월 21일과 23일에 만개했다.
Due to the unexpected early blooming of cherry blossoms, regional spring flower festivals in North Gyeongsang Province's Uiseong and Andong, and Gangwon Province's Namdaecheon kicked off last week, which is around a week ahead of their usual annual schedules. 예고 없이 벚꽃이 이른 시기에 피면서 경북 의성 안동과 강원 남대천 지역의 봄꽃 축제가 예년보다 일주일 앞당겨져 지난주 시작됐다.
In Seoul and around the capital area, several flower-viewing venues with cherry blossom trees were already crowded with springtime picnickers before the festivals kicked off over the weekend. 주말에 축제가 시작되기 전부터 서울과 수도권 곳곳에는 벚나무가 있는 봄꽃 명소들이 봄철 나들이객으로 붐볐다.
Over 1.1 million people visited Yeouido's cherry blossom road, Yoonjung-ro, last weekend, according to Seoul's Yeongdeungpo District Office. In response, the district office moved up the traffic control originally planned for the Yeouido Cherry Blossom Festival, set to take place between April 4 and 9. 서울 영등포구청에 따르면 지난 주말 여의도 윤중로 벚꽃길에는 110만명이 넘는 인파가 몰렸다. 이에 구청은 당초 4월 4~9일 여의도 벚꽃축제로 예정됐던 교통통제를 앞당겨 시행했다.
In the city's northeastern Seongdong District, around 220,000 people visited Seoul Forest. In response, Seongdong District rescheduled the region's two cherry blossom festivals ― held in Songjeong village and Geumho Mountain ― to April 1, a little over a week earlier than the original date of April 9. 서울시 동북부 성동구에서는 약 22만명이 서울숲을 찾았다. 이에 성동구는 송정마을과 금호산에서 열리는 벚꽃축제 일정을 당초 일정인 4월 9일보다 일주일 당겨 4월 1일로 조정했다.
The blooming time for flowering trees depends on temperature and duration of sunlight. The average temperature in Seoul during March was 3.9 degrees Celsius higher than last March and the duration of sunlight was 20.5 hours more. 꽃이 피는 나무의 개화 시기는 온도와 일조 시간에 따라 다르다. 3월 서울 평균기온은 지난해 3월보다 3.9도 높았고 일조시간은 20.5시간 늘어났다.
The KMA estimates that the country's spring flower blooming time could be moved forward a further week in advance if greenhouse gas emissions are not cut and abnormally high temperatures continue. 기상청은 온실가스 배출을 줄이지 않고 이상고온이 지속된다면 봄꽃 개화 시기가 일주일 더 앞당겨질 수도 있을 것으로 내다봤다.
