물타다
I thought Lisa’s speech was going to be aggressive but it was watered down! It was watered down? How so?

빅맥
The Big Mac has been one of the most popular and best-selling items in the company’s history. It is known for being bigger than a usual hamburger.

공개 연설
Students in American schools learn from an early age to give presentations as part of their regular classroom activities. Children as young as five years old often give brief talks about objects they bring in to school - called “show and tell,” this training is a basis for later public speaking.

식물성 단백질 섭취
The average American eats a lot of red meat, such as beef and meat from other mammals. Meat-eaters often note that red meat has a lot of protein, which helps repair muscles and build bones.

습관은 바꾸기 어렵다
Today we talk about change. The world changes. Situations change. But what about people?

비
In some parts of the world, April is a time of thunderstorms and lots of rain. In the U.S. we even have a rhyme to describe it: April showers bring May flowers.

컴퓨터가 결국 망가졌어
My old computer finally bit the dust. It’s not working anymore. Oh no! How long have you had it for? About seven years.

쓰레기 없애기
The world’s cities produce 2 billion tons of trash every year. By the year 2050, that number is expected to rise to 3 billion tons.

스케이트보딩
The "Milk Squad" is a group of nine young men in the eastern American city of Baltimore, Maryland. For them, skateboarding is more than a sport. It is a way of life.

그만해
You really need to stop bothering me. You’re getting on my nerves. So cut it out! Come on, it’s just for fun.

차 전체가 얼음으로 뒤덮여 있을 거야
Oh my gosh! We’re getting snow for the third day in a row! I don’t know what’s going on! 세상에! 3일 동안 내내 눈이 오네! 도대체 무슨 일인지 모르겠네!

사막 위의 집
Every year as southern Arizona cooled, architect Frank Lloyd Wright and his students would travel there to escape the cold of winter in Wisconsin.

평생 운동
If you have been meaning to add more exercise to your daily routine, you may want to start sooner rather than later.

야구경기장에서 만나요
Are you planning on going to the baseball game tonight? Yes, I am. How about you? I'm going, too. Have you bought your ticket? Not yet.

실리콘밸리의 음악산업
Nashville, Tennessee is known as “Music City” in the United States. But on the west coast, some people might argue Silicon Valley is just as worthy of the name.

쉬고 있습니다
Excuse me, may I ask you a question? 실례합니다. 질문을 해도 될까요? I don’t mind. 하세요. 상관없습니다. What are you doing? 무얼하시는 겁니까? Right now? 지금요? I’m relaxing. 쉬고 있습니다.

더 나은 옷
American English has many expressions related to clothes. Two of the more common ones are: “Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have”; and, simply, “Dress for success.”

서브프라임 모기지
Subprime mortgages are loans to people who may not have enough money to repay them. These and other risky housing loans are often grouped with other mortgages and sold as debt investments.

쿠폰
Soon cereal companies printed coupons as well. America was hooked, not just on these products, but also on coupons. Newspapers began printing coupons that knocked a few cents, or even a few dollars, off store prices.

과도한 관광?
Venice, Italy, for example, is planning to bar some large passenger ships. Barcelona, Spain, has placed restrictions on apartment rentals.