진행자: 윤민식, Kevin Lee Selzer
1. 폭우, 수도권을 강타하다
기사요약: 장마철이 본격적으로 다가옴에 따라 지난 5일, 폭우가 서울 및 중부지방을 덮쳤다. 이에 따라 침수, 교통 체증을 포함해 일부 지역에서는 주민들이 대피하는 사태가 벌어졌다.
Heavy monsoon rain pounds Seoul, Gyeonggi
[1] Heavy rainfall pounded Seoul and the central regions of the peninsula Tuesday, forcing some 200 people from their homes. The heavy downpour also caused floods, traffic jams and the collapse of some facilities.
* heavy rain: 폭우 (=downpour, rain cats and dogs: 비가 심하게 내리다 drizzle: 비가 약간 내리다)
* pound: 강타하다 (=batter)
* traffic jam: 교통체증
* central region: 중부 지역 (* capital region: 수도권)
[2] The Korea Meteorological Administration said 119 millimeters of rain poured down in Seoul as of 2:20 p.m. Tuesday. A heavy rain warning has been issued for Seoul and the central regions with the daily precipitation of the capital expected to be 180mm or more within 12 hours.
* Korea Meteorological Administration: 기상청 (meteorology: 기상학)
* pour down: 쏟아지다 ( drip: 졸졸 떨어지다)
* warning: 경보
* precipitation: 강수량
* expect: 기대하다, 예상하다 (=anticipate)
* ~or more: ~이상 (= as much as ~)
기사전문: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160705000806
2. NASA 탐사선, 목성 주변 궤도 진입
기사요약: 미항공우주국(NASA)의 무인 탐사선 주노가 목성궤도에 진입함으로서 20개월간이 탐사임무를 시작했다. 이로서 목성과 다른 행성들의 생성을 포함한 태양계에 대한 여러 새로운 사실들이 밝혀질지 여부가 주목된다.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter.
[1] NASA celebrated a key triumph on Tuesday as its $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Jupiter on a mission to probe the origin of the solar system.
* celebrate: 기념하다, 축하하다 (commemorate: 중요 인물/사건 등을 기념하다)
* slip into: 들어가다, ~에 빠져들다, (옷을) 재빨리 입다
* orbit: 궤도
* probe: 조사하다 (=explore: 탐험하다, investigate: 조사하다)
[2] NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California erupted in cheers as the solar observatory entered its aimed-for orbit around the biggest planet in our cosmic neighborhood at 11:53 p.m.
* erupt in cheers: 환호가 터져나오다 (erupt=explode: 폭발하다, 터지다)
* observatory: 관측소, 관측장비
* aimed-for: 목표로 했던
* cosmic: 별/우주와 관련된 (=astro)
[3] Juno’s arrival marks the start of a 20-month mission, during which scientists hope to find out more about how much water Jupiter holds and the makeup of its core in order to figure out how the gas giant -- and other planets including Earth -- formed billions of years ago.
* find out: 찾아내다, 알아내다 (=discover, figure out)
* makeup: 구성
* core: 핵
* in order to: ~하기 위해
기사전문: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160706000325
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