[카테고리:] 언어

  • 2010 – 10 – 31

    드디어 토플시험을 등록했다. 길일은 10월 31일로 정했다.

    읽기 – 중급

    쓰기 – 중하급

    듣기 – 초보

    말하기 – 초보

    뭐부터 준비하지…각 과목별 10점씩 받으면 40점밖에 안되는데…ㅡㅡ;

    1차 목표 – 60점/120점 이상.

  • www

    인터넷은 찌질이들이 많다.

    이것은 그 이름이 지어질 때부터 어쩔 수 없었다는 느낌이 든다.

    인터넷은 월드와이드웹(World Wide Web)이라고도 부르는데, 영어 약자로 www이다. 이것은 한글 자판에서 ㅈ이 3번 나오게 되는데, 그것은 찌질이의 앞에 있는 두 글자의 초성인 ㅉㅈ과 같다.

    그것은 필연이라는 것이다.

  • 오랜만에 스팸 번역





    오랜만에 스팸을 받았다. 반가운 마음에 번역해서 올려둔다. 영어공부도 하고.










    Dear snowall












    , (친애하는 snowall에게.)





    You
    might find it difficult to remember me. Though, it is indeed, a long
    time. I am much delighted and privileged to contact you again, after
    such a long time. It takes God fears to remember old friends and at the
    same time, to show gratification to them, despite circumstances that
    made things, not worked out as we projected then.






    날 기억하기가 좀 힘들 겁니다. 하지만, 오랜시간동안, 그랬지요. 그렇게 오랜 시간 후에 당신을 다시 만날 특권을 갖게 되어 매우 기쁘네요. 동시에, 우리가 계획한대로 되지는 않았지만 그렇게 된 상황에도 불구하고, 친구들에게 기쁨을 표시하기 위해, 신이 오랜 친구를 기억하기 두려워 해서 그런 것 같아요.








    I take
    this liberty to inform you that, the transaction we were pursuing
    together two and half years ago finally worked out by God’s infinite
    mercy. I decided to contact you to let you know that I have conscience
    as a human being and it is only God in His wisdom that knows why it did
    not work out for us in the first place.






    난 이 자유를 당신에게 알리기 위해 사용하렵니다. 우리가 2년 반동안 추구해온 노력이 마침내 신의 무한한 자비에 의해 결실을 얻었어요. 난 내가 인간으로서의 양심을 갖고 있고, 오직 신의 지혜만이 처음에는 그게 왜 안됐었는지를 알고 있으리라는 걸 당신에게 알리기로 결정했어요.








    Meanwhile, I must inform
    you that, I am on holiday in Australia with my family. I just arrived
    yesterday Night and checked inn, in a hotel and decided to go down to
    the hotel business centre to mail you. Now, with my sincere heart, I
    released a total sum of USD750,000.00 as cashier check with my secretary
    in Republic du Benin.






    아무튼, 내가 알리려는건 이겁니다. 난 지금 가족들이랑 오스트레일리아에서 휴가를 보내려고, 지금 어제 밤에 여관에 들어왔고, 비지니스 센터에서 당신에게 편지를 보내려고 내려왔어요. 그래서, 이건 진짠데, 내가 미국 돈으로 75만달러 정도 되는 수표를 배냉 공화국에 있는 내 비서한테 주고 왔어요.








    Therefore, contact my secretary now on.






    그러니까, 지금 즉시 내 비서에게 연락을 하세요.








    NAME:
    Mr. Hubert Soglo







    EMAIL:











    Yours
    Truly,






    진짜임다




    Barrister Nkrumah







    변호사 응크루마










    이메일 주소는 혹시 낚이는 사람이 있을까봐 삭제하였다. 낚이고 싶은 사람이 있으면 개인적으로 나에게 이메일을 보내면 알려줄 수는 있다.




    이 편지를 3줄요약하면


    1. 예전에 너 나랑 일했었는데 그땐 좀 미안했다


    2. 나 지금 휴가 왔는데, 비서한테 75만달러 맡겨놨다


    3. 그러니까 비서한테 연락해봐라


    뭔 개소리인지 모르겠지만,


    그돈 내꺼 되는건가? -_-


    그리고 가족들이랑 호주에 가 있다니…염장질인가? 일단 난 당신이 누군지 몰라… 아프리카 서부에 있는 배냉 공화국에 아는 사람도 없고…

    누굴까…

  • Toefl TWE exercise, problem 106


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    106

    You
    need to travel from your home to place 40 miles (64 kilometers) away.
    Compare the different kinds of transportation you could use. Teel
    which method of travel you would choose. Give specific reasons for
    your choice.














    There
    are many kinds of transportations to commute from my home to place to
    40 miles away. In them, what I have are bicycle, train, and car. They
    have some positive points as well as negative ones.







    First,
    a bicycle is so cheap for my financial state and helpful for my
    health. A bicycle can easily be bought in a bicycle store of my town.
    In my town, there are 10 or more stores to sell it. Because of
    competetion between the stores, I can find the cheapest bicycle
    whenever I want. Moreover, the city hall is supporting the campaign
    to ride a bicycle and to lend it. Additionally, I would become
    healthier with riding a bicycle. According to a research, riders who
    use bicycle for 2 hours a day have stronger heart than the others.
    These are positive points using a bicycle. On the other hand, there
    are negative points of using a bicycle. Riding a bicycle is
    definitely time consuming. If I go for 40 miles with a bicycle, it
    should take 2 hours or more. If I do not have time enough to enjoy
    riding, I could not choose it as a transportation. In addition, power
    consumption is one of considerable negative points. After riding it
    for 2 hours, not only I but any person should experience lack of
    stamina. In the case that I need to use my stamina for other tasks, I
    also would not make a choice to use it to travel there.







    Secondly,
    I can use also public train. In the case of boarding train, the most
    important point is comfortability. When I use train, it mostly always
    has seats enough for almost all passengers to sit down. Also I can
    sit down on a seat. Its comfortability could not be compared to any
    other transportations. In addition to comfortability, train prevents
    time consuming. One of the reasons for people to board train is that
    the train shall depart and arrive on the time. Since it is possible
    to know arriving time, people could keep their schedules. Nonetheless
    of the positive points of using trains, some people point out their
    negative points, fixed departure time and crowded room. We cannot let
    a train begin to run for our personal reasons. If I am in a
    time-critical situation, I do not prefer train. Another negative
    point is that train’s passenger room is mostly always full of
    passengers. This is the point that I do not like because it lets me
    reserve the train. These points should be fixed or progresed in near
    future.







    As
    the last choice, I can take my own car. A car is one of the best
    solutions to go somewhere I need to go. It provides silence and
    freedom. When I close the windows of my car, any noisy sound could
    not enter the car. Therefore, I can enjoy my trip with my favorite
    musics and sounds. Also I can take route to the goal as I want. If
    the route has heavy traffic, it might be changed. So I would like to
    ride my car. Even though there are many positive points of using a
    car, nonetheless, it has serious problems. High cost to buy a car and
    an origin of air polution. In order to get a car, it should be paid
    for about 10000 dollars. This is not so cheap for anyone to buy it using.
    Nowadays, to stimulate buying cars, motor companies propose many
    financial plans, but they might not be indeed solutions. Natural
    environment is also a considerable factor.







    In
    sum, I take bicycle. This is because I want to make myself healthier
    and to contribute solve the environment problems. I truly believe
    that bicycle is the solution to help the travel.







    664단어. 작성시간은 1시간. (4일에 걸쳐서 작성함. 사건이 좀 많아서…)












  • Toefl TWE exercise, 88


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    88

    Do
    you agree or disagree with the following statement?

    Telephones and
    e-mail have made communication between people less personal.

    Use
    specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.














    There
    are so many arguments that communication between people have become
    less personal with developing telephones and e-mail. Some people
    agree with the statement. However, it does not convince me because of
    the following reasons, broaden relationship and personalized tools.







    First
    of all, we can find that with the development of telecommunication
    technics, relationship between people is becoming larger and
    stickier. For example, when there were not telephones, people should
    use letter on paper or person in order to communicate to some other
    person in distant location. However, in modern times after creation
    of telephone, we could easily talk to our friends by using mobile
    phone whenever and wherever we want. From technical development,
    personal communication would be stronger.







    Secondly,
    personalized tools to comminucate between people would help the
    communication more personl. For example, electronic mail requires
    password to access to the main text. E-mail is not only one of the
    useful tools to send messages but also one of the secretized tools to
    hide them. Also, it is the proved fact that mobile phone with CDMA
    technology cannot be hacked by a malicious user. These tools support
    highly personalized communication. It could not be imagined without
    telephones or e-mail.







    In
    conclusion, since they support people to communicate between members
    in personal relationships, telephone and e-mail sufficiently make it
    more personal. Therefore, I do not agree the statement to be
    mentioned above.














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    261



    단어



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  • Toefl TWE exercise, problem 73


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    73

    Some
    people say that computers have made life easier and more convenient.
    Other people say that computers have made life more complex and
    stressful. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to
    support your answer.














    There
    are many argumenets whether computers help human life easier and more
    convenient or not. I am convinced by the statement because of the
    following three reasons, saving time, shortening distance, and
    interactive interfaces.







    First
    of all, computers make it possible that people process their works
    with them faster than without them. For example, imagine that you are
    dealing with millions of records of customers in your business.
    Unless you do use spreadsheet program on your computer,probably you
    could not finish it on time. Even though you have any complex work
    process, computers could help your working by their proper programs.
    Moreover, we may save time by using computer, and saved time allows
    us to do something else which we want to do. This is one reason why I
    advocate the statement.







    Secondly,
    using computers, we can do so much things over long distance. In the
    age without the Internet, no person could communicate other person in
    other location within a minute. However, the technical development
    nowadays allows us to do. For instance, I have an experience that
    when I studied English, I trained speaking skills with talking a
    foreign teacher living in U.S., Also it is easy to find other
    examples. If the development of computers does not exist, that could
    not be.







    Additionally,
    people would use computers easily with developing interactive user
    interface. We can see icons and graphics on computer moniters and
    know what to do in order to task we want to do. Moreover,
    touch-screen technics will be spreading, so young children or old
    persons will spend computers more easily. The touch-screen is just an
    example to understand how to allow computers to help us.







    In
    conclusion, growing computer technics could make people life easier
    and more convenient. Saving time, communicating over distance, and
    easily using computers could be the reason why we do not give it up
    to using computers. I conclude that computers should be useful for
    us.











    28분, 362단어


  • Toefl TWE exercise (26)


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    26

    It
    has recently been announced that a new movie theatre may be built in
    your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use
    specific reasons and details to support your answer.







    I
    totally support the plan that builds a new movie theatre in my
    neighborhood. This is because the following two reasons, more
    possibility for watching movies and more growth of local economy.








    First
    of all, my friends as well as I like to watch movies. The news about
    building a new theatre makes the friends and me more friendly because
    it provides more chances to meet each other and to get the same
    experiences. In my opinion, this is the fact that would be applied
    not only to my friends but also members of the local community.
    Moreover, fortified friendship between members of the community could
    help them feel so happy in their everyday life. Therefore I strongly
    support the plan to build it.







    Secondly,
    the new movie theatre can help the local economy grown because it
    leads to the result that new economic area is composed in order to
    sell the goods and foods to the customers of the theatre. Moreover,
    invisible economic effects might be more than visible ones. For
    example, people to want to watch the movie should use transportations
    which use gasoline or other kinds of fuel. This makes indirect
    economic effects which help labors in gas station. This is why I
    agree the plan.







    From
    the reasons that I mentioned above, I advocate the plan to build a
    new movie theatre. It can make me, my friends, and my neighborhood in
    local community happier and richer.










    15분, 275단어.


  • TOEFL TWE, writing exercise


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    3

    Nowadays,
    food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way
    people live? Use specific reasons and examples to support your
    answer.







    I
    could not agree the statement that the change in food getting easier
    prepared makes the way people live better. This is because the
    following two reasons, happiness and health of people.







    First,
    eating means not only provide nutrition to one’s body but also make
    the one happier. It is the fact that human could not be alive without
    feeding. However, what makes human more special is that human want to
    find happiness from all time in their life even in the time to
    preparing food. If cooking were just feeding nutrition, human might
    be just a type of animals. Moreover, food can be more delicious and
    more beautiful if the cook to make it his or her own energy and
    skill. It should take probably long time but it will be hopefully
    delicious.







    Second,
    fast food may have probable hazards. From a study, it is revealed
    that too high temperature of frying oil gets the oil ruined. If the
    cook try to make food in short time, he or she should maintain the
    temperature higher than the safe temparature. This is just a example.
    There are so many examples which implies that fastly cooked food may
    have much hazardaous matters. That is why I do not like to eat fast
    food. Fast food is good for your tongue, much bad for your body.







    I
    argue that easily prepared food could not help people life more
    improved with the reasons that I mentioned above. Even though I have
    not so much time to eat, I prefer to slowly prepare food which I eat
    than kinds of fast food.










    295단어, 22분.


  • 수학자는 오덕후들일지도

    이 글의 내용은 제목에 함축되어 있다. 뭔 헛소리냐능…

    function이라는 수학 용어를 살펴보자. “함수”라는 뜻이다.

    functional이라는 수학 용어를 살펴보자. 이 단어의 의미는 “함수라는” 뜻이다.

    하지만.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_%28mathematics%29


    수학계에서 이 단어는 명사다. -_-;

    vary 는 “변한다”는 뜻이다. 이 단어의 명사형은 variation이다. 물론 그 의미는 “변화”이다. 수학에서 variable이라는 단어를 쓰는데, 변수라는 뜻으로 쓴다.

    근데, 이 단어들을 사실 잘 해석해 보면…

    “이 집합의 원소들은 사실 함수라능…”

    “이 함수를 변화시키는 것은 변수라능…”

    …이렇게 해석할 수 있을지도 모른다고 주장하고 싶다는 생각이 들었던 것 같다.

    물리학자들도 그 영향을 받아서 Observable이라는 단어를 쓴다. 관찰량이라능…-_-;

    이 글은 수학/물리학/과학이랑 아무 관련 없는 개그라능…

    추가 : ensemble은 이 글과 아무 관련 없다. 오해 없기를 바란다능… 나의 통계역학은 그렇지 않아!

  • 말하기 연습 2

    부끄…-_-;

    How do you like to spend your leisure time? Choose a leisure activity and explain why you like to do it. Include details and examples in your explanation.

    개요 쓰는데 40초 걸림. -_-; 너무 오랫동안 영어공부를 안했더니 아예 까먹었음. 이걸 어느 세월에 15초로 줄이나...