Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts

Thursday, February 2, 2023

Coldest day of season grips nation올겨울 최강 한파, 전국 덮쳐

 KEY WORDS

■ dip 내려가다, 떨어지다
■ claim 주장하다
■ blustering 세차게 몰아치는
■ plunge 급락하다
■ frigid 몹시 추운
■ forecast 예측하다
■ far-reaching 지대한 영향을 가져올
■ shroud 뒤덮다, 가리다
■ issue 발표하다
■ abrupt 돌연한, 갑작스러운
■ blizzard 눈보라
■ strand 오도 가도 못 하게 하다, 발을 묶다

■ congestion 혼잡


Seoul's temperature dips below minus 17 degrees Celsius with a wind chill of minus 24 서울 최저기온 영하 17도, 체감온도 영하 24도로 떨어져


By Ko Dong-hwan

"It feels like we're in Siberia," numerous weather reports claimed Tuesday. This isn't a big exaggeration, as the blustering northwesterly winds from the brutally cold Russian territory hit the Korean Peninsula hard, plunging the entire country into frigid conditions.
화요일 일기 예보 다수는 "시베리아에 있는 것 같은 기분"이라고 보도했다. 혹독한 추위의 러시아 영토에서 불어온 매서운 북서풍이 한반도를 강타해 전국을 혹한으로 몰아넣었기에 이러한 보도는 과장이 아니다.


Tuesday marks the coldest day recorded in Korea so far this winter, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), the state weather agency.
국가 기관 기상청에 따르면 화요일은 올겨울 국내에서 가장 추운 날을 기록했다.


Northern areas of South Korea across Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces saw the mercury drop especially low. The mountainous northeastern border county of Cheorwon in Gangwon Province recorded minus 17.4 degrees Celsius but the wind chill factor made it feel like minus 25 degrees Celsius.
경기도와 강원도를 가로지르는 한국 북부 지역은 특히 급격한 기온 하락을 보였다. 강원 북동쪽 산간 지역 철원군은 영하 17.4도를 기록했지만 체감온도는 영하 25도를 기록했다.


Paju and Dongducheon in Gyeonggi Province reached minus 24 and minus 26 degrees Celsius, respectively, while in Seoul the wind chill factor was minus 24 degrees Celsius. Most regions within the provincial borders were forecast to see the lowest temperatures of the season so far throughout Tuesday.
경기 파주시와 동두천시는 각각 영하 24도와 영하 26도를 기록했고, 서울 체감온도는 영하 24도였다. 지방 경계 내 대부분 지역은 화요일 내내 올겨울 가장 낮은 기온을 보일 것으로 예상됐다.


The cold wave was so far-reaching that even Jeju Island, situated south of the peninsula and known for its relatively warm climate, dipped below minus 1 degrees Celsius with a wind chill factor of minus 10 degrees Celsius.
한반도 남쪽에 위치한 비교적 따뜻한 기후의 제주도 역시 체감온도가 영하 10도, 영하 1도 이하로 떨어질 정도로 한파의 영향은 광범위했다.


The cold shrouded the country rather suddenly, as temperatures mostly dropped by more than 10 degrees Celsius from the previous day. Cheorwon dropped by 16 degrees Celsius, Dongducheon by 14 degrees Celsius, Paju by 15 degrees Celsius and Seoul by 17 degrees Celsius. The abrupt change prompted the KMA to issue warnings throughout the nation. People in many regions also received blizzard alerts.
기온이 전날보다 대체로 10도 이상 떨어지면서 갑작스러운 추위가 전국을 뒤덮었다. 철원은 16도, 동두천은 14도, 파주는 15도, 서울은 17도 떨어졌다. 갑작스런 변화로 기상청은 전국에 경고를 발령했다. 많은 지역의 사람들도 눈보라 경보를 받았다.


The most dramatic weather conditions were on Jeju Island, where all flights and ships connecting to the country's mainland and neighboring countries had to be canceled for the day.
가장 극적인 기상 조건은 제주도에서 발생해 당일 내륙 지방과 주변국으로 연결되는 모든 항공편과 선박이 취소됐다.


The cancellations stranded outbound travelers hoping to leave the island on the last day of the country's Lunar New Year long weekend that ended the same day. The travel hotspot is always busy with tourists but especially booms during the nation's two main holiday periods ― Lunar New Year and Chuseok ― when a mass holiday migration around the country usually results in traffic jams and travel congestion.
운항 취소로 설 연휴 마지막날 제주를 떠날 예정이었던 귀경객들의 발이 묶였다. 인기 여행지는 항상 관광객들로 붐비지만 특히 설날과 추석이라는 양대 명절 기간에는 전국적으로 대규모 ‘휴가 이주'가 발생하여 교통 체증과 여행 혼잡이 심하다.


Sunday, November 27, 2022

Winter 겨울 for Korean Speakers


 Winter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT5hWAjg40s&pp=ugMICgJrbxABGAE%3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aER54k_jj6Y

READINGS:

Coldest day of season grips nation올겨울 최강 한파, 전국 덮쳐

Animal Farm, Chapter 7
Winter vocabulary: 

bitter 격렬한, sleet 진눈깨비, snow 눈, frost 서리, snowdrift 눈 더미, frosty 싸늘한



Christmas Vocabulary Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r33MVi39A2g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAwcxuwozXI&pp=ugMICgJrbxABGAE%3D

Christmas Music


Conversation Questions Christmas
  1. Did it snow last year at Christmas?
  2. Did you believe in Santa Claus when you were a child?
  3. Did you enjoy last Christmas?
  4. Do people behave 행동하다 differently during Christmas? ...
  5. Do you attend any special religious ceremonies 종교 의식 during the Christmas season?
  6. Do you celebrate Christmas in your country?
  7. What will you be doing this Christmas/New Year's?


Resources:
Winter Vacation (Simple Past Tense)

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Classic Rock Winter Songs and the Grinch


How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a poem by Dr. Seuss, about a character who hates  Christmas, so he decides to steal it. Read these extracts from the poem...

I. Vocabulary (Set 1)
1. reason 原因;理由                         
2. sour      不友好的          
3. frown 皺眉                   
4. hated 憎恨,憎惡,厭惡
5. whole全部的;整個的;整體的
6. head screwed on頭腦清醒,明智
7. cave洞穴;山洞;地洞
8. -ville = suffix (後綴,詞尾) for place, town (城鎮,市鎮)


Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot... But the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, Did NOT!  The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.

It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right. It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all, May have been that his heart was two sizes too small. Whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes, He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos, Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown, At the warm lighted windows below in their town.


...the Grinch comes up with an idea to steal Christmas, and takes all the presents and decorations from the houses...

1. quarter past兩點/三點/四點等過十五分鐘
2. ribbon帶子,絲帶,緞帶
3. wrappings (禮品)包裝紙
4. tags標籤,標牌
5. snooze 打盹,小睡
6. puzzling令人迷惑的,令人不解的
7. sore痛的,疼痛的
8. carve把(熟肉)切成小片
9. roast烘;烤;焙
10. beast動物;野獸


It was quarter past dawn... All the Whos, still a-bed, All the Whos, still a-snooze when he packed up his sled, Packed it up with their presents! The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings! Three thousand feet up! Up the side of Mt. Crumpit, He rode with his load to the tiptop to dump it! "Pooh-pooh to the Whos!" he was grinchishly humming. "They're finding out now that no Christmas is coming!" "They're just waking up! I know just what they'll do!" "Their mouths will hang open a minute or two, Then the Whos down in Whoville will all cry Boo Hoo!" "That's a noise," grinned the Grinch, "That I simply MUST hear!" So he paused. And the Grinch put his hand to his ear. And he did hear a sound rising over the snow.

It started in low. Then it started to grow. But the sound wasn't sad! Why, this sound sounded merry! It couldn't be so! But it WAS merry! VERY! He stared down at Whoville! The Grinch popped his eyes! Then he shook! What he saw was a shocking surprise! Every Who down in Whoville, the tall and the small, Was singing! Without any presents at all! He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming! IT CAME! Somehow or other, it came just the same! And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?" "It came without ribbons! It came without tags!" "It came without packages, boxes or bags!" And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.

Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store." "Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!" And what happened then? Well...in Whoville they say, That the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day! And the minute his heart didn't feel quite so tight, He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light, And he brought back the toys! And the food for the feast! And he, HE HIMSELF! The Grinch carved the roast beast!
                                                                            THE END

II. Vocabulary: Fill in the blank with the correct new word.

1. Our muscles were __________ after PE class.
2. I woke up at a_________ six today.
3.  He forgot to cut off the ______ of his new baseball cap.
4. My brother ________ to eat mushrooms, he thinks they’re disgusting.
5. My father’s face had a big ________ when he saw my poor grades.
6. The meaning of the movie _________ the audience.
7.  Alice had blue ___________ in her hair.
8. My family likes to  ________ in  on the weekends.
9. There are many bats in this __________.
10. I have been in a _______ mood the ________ week because of the grey skies.


III. Comprehension.

1. What kind of person was the Grinch in the beginning?

2. Who is the audience for the poem? Is it for children, or adults, or both? Why?

3. Is there a moral or message to this poem?

4. Do you think the poem is funny? Why/ why not?

5. Can you think of the reason why the Grinch hates Christmas?

6. Do you think the people of Who-ville were able to forgive the Grinch for stealing their Christmas? Why/ why not?


III. Christmas Objects: What were the 17 objects the Grinch stole from the townspeople?
1.                                      2.                             17.
3.                                     4.
5.                                     6.
7.                                     8.
9.                                     10.
11.                                    12.
13.                                   14.
15.                                   16.


 Sia's Cover (2015)

IV. Winter Songs: Listen and fill in the lyrics. Sing!


California Dreaming加州夢想
Winter Time
All the ______ are brown and the sky is ________.
I've been for a _______ on a winter's day.

I'd be safe and warm if I was in _____.
California dreamin' on such a winter's day.

Stopped into a _________ I passed along the way.
Well I got down on my _____ and I pretend to pray.
You know the preacher liked the _________.
He knows I'm gonna __________.
California dreamin' on such a winter's day.

All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray.
I've been for a walk on a winter's day.
If I didn't ______ her I could leave today;
California dreamin' on such a winter's day. (x3)
In the winter time when all the leaves are ________
And the wind blows so ___________
And the birds have all flown for the_________
I'm callin', hear me callin', hear me callin'

(x2)


Sunday, December 27, 2015

Winter: The Nutcracker


I. ROOT 詞根 “GRAPH” – write
1. graph圖,圖表,圖解
2. choreography編舞藝術;舞蹈設計
3. calligraphy書法;書法藝術
4. autograph書法;書法藝術

Resources:

II. IDIOM 成語:
1. “What’s the damage?” 花了多少錢?

2. “The damage is done” 為時已晚,覆水難收


III. Reading- The Nutcracker



A. Vocabulary (Self Review and Test)
1. godfather教父, 頭號人物,首領
2. soldier士兵,軍人,戰士
3. nutcracker堅果鉗
4. damaged受損的,受害的;遭破壞的
5. injured受傷的
6. midnight子夜,午夜
7. battle戰鬥,戰役,戰爭
8. defeat擊敗,打敗,戰勝, 使失敗,使落空
9. pine forest松林



The night before Christmas at the large house of a German couple and their two children, Clara and Fritz, this family is throwing a Christmas party. They have invited a lot of guests.

The godfather of Clara and Fritz arrives and gives them wonderful gifts. Clara receives a nutcracker, shaped like a toy soldier, but her brother breaks the nutcracker while playing with it. Clara is very sad that her lovely new toy has been damaged.

Later on in the evening, the guests leave and everyone goes to bed. Clara wakes in the middle of the night to check on her injured nutcracker soldier. The clock strikes midnight. Suddenly the room fills with giant mice. The Christmas tree begins to grow and grow. Clara's nutcracker also increases in size, until it is as big as a real soldier.

Clara's nutcracker soldier springs to life, and fights a battle with the mice. The toys in the room also come alive, and fight as soldiers alongside the nutcracker. With Clara's help, the Nutcracker defeats the mouse army and kills the Mouse King.

The Nutcracker then turns into a prince. The Nutcracker Prince leads Clara through a pine forest where beautiful snowflakes swirl and dance around them. After this, they travel to the Land of Sweets, ruled by the Sugar Plum Fairy. The Sugar Plum Fairy also dances. At the end of the dance, Clara awakens from her dream. She is lying under the Christmas tree and next to her is her beloved Nutcracker.
THE END

Questions

1. What is the name of the little girl?

2. What Christmas present does her uncle give her?

3. Why do you think the Nutcracker came to life?

4. If he stays "alive," how do you think he'll live in Clara's house--as a brother, a prince, a dad?


5. What do you think about the ending? Was it real or just a dream?


Resources:
Synopsis of Ballet
Intermediate Reading
Advanced Reading (Story Nory with audio)
http://www.ipballet.org/pdf/NutcrackerStudyGuide.pdf


Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Winter Science and Light



This week in Salamander class I have 2 classes of them on Friday and 2 more on Saturday, so I definitely am going to have to do some fun experiments.

On Friday, I will review the Final Exam they took a few days ago, then we will make Magical Crystal Snowflakes, using some Borax.


On Saturday, our crystal snowflakes will be finished growing and ready to take home. In this weekend class(making up for an extra day off in February) I will introduce Chapter 12, Lesson 3 on "Light" and then do a fun activity using Nativity characters and shadow puppets. We will have a Christmas shadow puppet theater that is science, Christmas and fun.

Goal of the class:
  • I can identify what light is made of.
  • I can identify the properties of light.
Vocabulary: (Quiz yourself here.) Watch a Bill Nye Video  or play a Sid the Science Kid game.
  • light 光線
  • reflect 反射
  • shadow 陰影
  • to block 堵住
  • to pass through 通過
  • to separate 分(散)
  • filter 濾光鏡
  • to let through 使通過




Comprehension Check:


 1.    Did you know that _____ energy helps you see things?
2.   Some lights comes from ____ and flashlights.
3.   Most light on Earth comes from the _____.
4.   Light _____ off of objects and goes into our eyes to help us see.
5.   The dark area made when something is blocking light is called a ______.
6. Some _____ objects can block light and make shadows.

Nativity shadow puppets, a lesson in Light

Post Class:

The Blue crystals formed better than the green ones. I think having a lighter colored pipe cleaner would look better. Her are some photos of the kids with their crystal snowflakes: