EBS Power English and Council Lecture 20090709

I don't mean to intrude, but would you mind keeping your voices down ?

Peter was always intruding in other people's personal lives.


How far away do you live ?

I'm impressed him.

There's bicycle path near my house.

Isn't traffic dangerous so ?

She  asks him some questions about his job.

There's a lot of variety.

3 months or more than

This means that I get to work before in the morning but I get off at 3.



What's aspect of the job do you like the most ?

I love the fact that I'm constantly learning about new things.

Sure you don't want  ( 이런 걸 원하는 건 아니죠 )

That could be more benefit.

After weighing the options     /    A little more persuasive

It's always nice when that happens

most importantly

be persistent  ( 끈기를 가져라 )


Also really think hard about why you want to become a teacher.



Have you read the latest on what's going on in Myanmar.

The regime accused her of violating her house arrest ( 가택연금 )

When she offered temporary shelter to an American who snuck into her bungalow.

to become WHOM we want to.


Foreigners are not allowed overnight stays in local households without government permissioni.

That's bordering on insanity   미친 소리 같은데요

Suu Kyi herself has been under house arrest for 13 of the past 19 years.

I read that she couldn't even attend her husband's funeral.



Sounds fishy to me.  뭔가 수상한 느낌이 드네요.

What are her supporters saying?

instrumental :  being important in making something happen

He played an instrumental role in her husbands campaign.



[ revere ]
You might not know him but he is revered as a national nero in his country.

People of Burma have suffered years of oppression.

[ subversion ]
  :  secret activites that are intended to damage or destroy the power or influence of a government or established system.

=>  He was jailed for ten years on subversion charges


They're saying that the whole thing is a ruse to keep her confined even longer.

There's going to be general elections that the junta has scheduled for next year.

They most likey want her confined beyond that time.

What will happen to her if she is convicted ?

She'll be sentenced to three to five years in prison.

He's still revered in the country.

She is an international symbol of peaceful resistance in the face of oppressioin in the late 1980's.

Well, let's hope that things improve in Burma.

What is your manager saying ?


House arrest

: to be kept as a prisoner by a government, staying inside your house rather than in a prison.



I'm going to lie down.

Literal  or Non-literal