[ 영어스터디센터 ] ISSUE-36 The quality of our lives

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For Many people in many parts of the world, life has seemingly never been better.

They live longer, healthier lives in considerable comfort, with air conditioning,, effective heating and sewage, easy transportation and communication services, and a plethora of labor-saving deices.

However, this level of ease and luxury has by-passed many areas except for seem to realize that a price has been paid for this comfort.

The automobiles destroy our air, overcrowding deprives people undermines morality.

One must wonder whether there is some kind of happy medium at which progress can be balanced with the past.

What most degrades out quality of life?

Pollution Poverty Materialism Modern technology Health problems Dysfunctional family Declining morality Apathy Lack of common sense Crime Other ________

Speak Your Mind

1. Why are people becoming more selfish and indifferent toward each other?

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단어

• seemingly
• [ADV]
  If something is seemingly the case, you mean that it appears to be the case, even though it may not really be so
  
• comfort
• [NOUN]
  If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
• sewage
• [NOUN]
  Sewage is waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories, which flows away through sewers.
• plethora
• [NOUN]
  A plethora of something is a large amount of it, especially an amount of it that is greater than you need, want, or can cope with.
• labor-saving
• labour-saving
• [ADJ]
  A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
• by-passed
• [VERB]
  If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly.
• privilege
• [NOUN]
  a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
• sector
• [NOUN]
  A particular sector of a country's economy is the part connected with that specified type of industry.
• materialism
• [NOUN]
  Materialism is the attitude of someone who attaches a lot of importance to money and wants to possess a lot of material things.
• undermine
• [VERB]
  If you undermine something such as a feeling or a system, you make it less strong or less secure than it was before, often by a gradual process or by repeated efforts.
  
• morality
• [NOUN]
  Morality is the belief that some behaviour is right and acceptable and that other behaviour is wrong.
• degrade
• [VERB]
  Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
• poverty
• [NOUN]
  Poverty is the state of being extremely poor.
• modern
• [ADJ]
  Modern means relating to the present time, for example the present decade or present century.
• dysfunctional
• [ADJ]
  Dysfunctional is used to describe relationships or behaviour which are different from what is considered to be normal.
• apathy
• [NOUN]
  You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
• common sense
• [NOUN]
  Your common sense is your natural ability to make good judgments and to behave in a practical and sensible way.

회화

• 난치
• can not be cure
• 최저임금
• minimum wage
• 정치
• 법원
• court
• 사법부
• Judiciary
• 정부
• government
• "문" 정부(행정부)
• The "moon" administration
• 국가
• [ the ] 국가명
• " Korea ", " Japan "
• " The United States ", " The Philippines "
• 시간에
• in the morning
• at the night
• 이해하다 / 의미가 통하다
• make sense

[ 복습 ] 

• I think, pollution is the most degrades our quality of life.
• Can i ask you something?
• when i was young, i was so sick.