Reading Fusion-Book 1 Unit 15 (K)

barely

거의 …않다
I barely realized that the 180th day had arrived.

burden

짐, 책임
After her father's stroke, she had the burden of supporting her family.

channel

돌리다, 전환하다
Mr Rouse is chief executive of the Housing Corporation, which channels public money into social housing schemes.

come into play

활동(작동)하기 시작하다
Adding to the complexity, state ethic rules also come into play.

community

사회; 공동체
The on-line community has been made possible with the development of the Internet.

complex

복잡한
The map was very complex and difficult to understand.

critical

중요한
It is absolutely critical for an astronaut to have enough oxygen in space.

debt relief

채무 면제
He pushed for debt relief for the world's poorest countries.

equation

방정식 ;공식
I used the Pythagorean theorem to solve the equation.

gender inequality

성 불평등
We must do all that we can do to address gender inequalities where they occur.

infected

전염된
Sometimes children can get sick from touching infected animals such as dogs and cats.

infrastructure

기간 시설
Rome’s agricultural production could not provide sufficient energy to maintain its infrastructure and the welfare of its citizens.

lack

부족
The lack of gravity weakens astronauts’ muscles and bones.

literacy

읽고 쓰는 능력
The invention of the printing press significantly increased the worldwide literacy rate.

malaria

말라리아
malaria is still a dangerous disease in some parts of the world.

millennium

천 년간
Stonehenge is believed to have been built about 5 millenniums ago.

nutrition

영양물
Bees can die if they do not have good nutrition.

poverty

빈곤
poverty may drive people crazy.

priority

우선; 중요
Getting good grades was not his priority; getting a well rounded education was.

stamp out

~을 근절하다
To stamp out racism is the most important thing.

stunted

성장을 저해당한
There is a clump of stunted trees on the head of a slope.

sub-Saharan

사하라 사막 이남의
It is the introduction of an electronic medical record in one of the poorest regions of sub-Saharan Africa.

subsidies

보조금
The official gave the company subsidies, so it could open two new factories.

survive

살아남다
Polar bears are able to survive in the most extreme environments.

tariff

관세
The government imposed a large rice tariff on all rice imports in order to collect lots of revenue.

tuberculosis

결핵
tuberculosis is not as common as it once was thanks to modern medicine.

universal

전세계의, 전인류의
The ‘thumbs up’ gesture is a universal sign of approval.

vaccine

백신
Doctors have been working for months to make a vaccine that can kill the virus.