[Daily English] 2024-01-02

허허... 무려 해가 바뀌었다.

 

Daily English지만, 절대 daily가 아닌...ㅋㅋㅋ daily가 되도록 더 노력하자.

 

오늘의 기사: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240102000582

Opposition leader stabbed in Busan

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단어 정리

assailant: 공격자

- The assailant was detained by police at the scene and later arrested.

 

conscious: 의식이 있는

- Lee sustained a cut 1 centimeter wide and was conscious when the paramedics arrived at the scene, emergency authorities said, adding that his injuries were not thought to be life threatening.

 

paramedic: 구급대원

 

jugular vein: 경동맥

- Lee sustained an injury to his jugular vein, which put him at risk of additional bleeding and possible hemorrhage, according to the Democratic Party of Korea.

 

hemorrhage: 출혈

 

condone: 묵인하다.

- President Yoon Suk Yeol expressed deep concern on the matter saying that “such acts of violence should not be condoned in our society.

 

dire: 대단히 심각한

- “It’s an act of terror against our leader Lee Jae-myung and a dire threat against democracy,”

 

diplomat: 외교관

 

extremist: 극단주의자

- In 2015, the then-US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, was slashed in the face with a razor by a 55-year-old political extremist named Kim Ki-jong during a function in Seoul.