Headline: The school teaching North Korean refugees how to live in the South
Leads: Pak Sool marched down a flight of stairs, descending into Seoul’s metro for
the first time at the age of 19, only to stare at the spaghetti-bowl map of the transit
system and then – feeling nervous and embarrassed – simply give up.
the first time at the age of 19, only to stare at the spaghetti-bowl map of the transit
system and then – feeling nervous and embarrassed – simply give up.
Vocabulary
- canteen :a small cafeteria or snack bar / 구내식당(군대용어)
- quirk : odd habit, peculiarity, eccentricity, small difficulty / 기벽, 이상한 버릇
- march down : 의식적으로 걸어가다
- confounded : confused; puzzled, befuddled, bewildered, perplexed / 당황하다
- monumental : massive, very great, very important / 엄청나게 큰, 기념비적인
- overwhelming : something so awesome it overpowers your thoughts or feelings /
압도적인 - smuggle to : illegally bring things into a country / 밀입국하다, 밀수하다
- handler : someone who manage, control, or operate / 담당자, 취급자
- trafficking : the activity of buying and selling goods or people illegally / 밀거래, 밀매
- abducted : kidnapped / 납치된
- hook : a thing designed to catch people's attention / 관심을 끄는 것, 중독되는 것
(hooked 중독되다) - assimilate : to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar /
(지식, 정보) 완전히 이해하다, 흡수하다; 동화되다 - euphoria : sense of great happiness or well-being, optimism / 행복감, 희열
- lull : a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished / 일시적 잠잠함, 소강상태; 달래다, 어르다, 재우다
- chasm : a big gap, deep, gaping hole; a gorge / 깊게 갈라진 틈, 간격, 차이
- unsentimental not emotional; unaffected by emotional matters / 감정적이지 않은
- counterpart : a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another;
a complement /대응물 , 상대방 - disparity : a great difference / 격차, 불일치
- drop out : quit a class, school etc / 낙제하다, 중퇴하다
- play out : way something happens / 일어나다, 발생하다
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