CNN Student News, 2014/04/03

CNN Student News, 2014/04/03

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Summary

• Earthquake in Chile
• Landslide in Washington D.C.
• Political donation
• High tuition of Ivy league

Useful Expression

• The two nations are located on what`s called "the Ring of Fire, a horseshoe shape line around the Pacific Ocean where there`s a lot of earthquake and volcanic activity.
  
• The problem with the Chilean sea floor and the Chilean earthquakes, is that they are pretty much shallow.
• Recovery officials are struggling to sort through a square mile of mud.
  
•  Images don`t fully capture the devastation.
• Nearly two dozen people are still missing.(two dozen, 그냥 이렇게 쓰이는구나)
  

Vocabulary

devastating[dévəstèitiŋ]

• 파괴적인, 충격적인, 괴멸적인 

catastrophic[kӕtəstrάfik｜]

• 비참한, 비극적인, 대재해의

subduct[səbdΛkt]

• …을 제거하다, …을 줄이다, 감하다 

thrustful[θrΛstful]

• 억지가 센, 공격적인, 적극적인 

shallow[ʃǽlou]

• 얕은, 천박한, 얄팍한, 피상적인, 깊이가 없는 

devastation[dèvəstéiʃən]

• 유린, 황폐, 약탈의 자국 

mutilate[mjúːtəlèit]

• 절단하다, 팔다리를 절단해서 손상시키다, 병신으로 만들다 

enormous[inɔ́ːrməs]

• 거대한, 막대한, 엄청난 

decontaminate[dìːkəntǽmənèit]

• 오염을 제거하다, …을 정화하다, 기밀 부분을 삭제하다 

prow[prau]

• 뱃머리, 이물, 용맹스러운