실험실 스테이크
An Israeli company says it has produced the world’s first steak “grown” in a laboratory.

골프 컨트리 클럽
One of the time-honored symbols of upper-class success in America is membership in a private country club. Some of these exclusive groups charge as much as $350,000 just to join.

훈련이 완벽을 만든다
Wow! Look at that soccer player. He is making all the goals. Do you know how a player like him gets to be so good? By practicing every day. Practice, practice, practice! Practice makes perfect.

반중력 요가
A growing number of health clubs around the world offer exercise that allows people to stretch and strengthen their bodies while hanging in the air, often upside down. It is called AntiGravity Yoga.

왼손잡이
They say the gene increases the chance of being left-handed. It appears to play an important part in deciding which part of the brain controls different activities.

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

눈
Snow is a form of frozen water. It contains many groups of tiny ice particles called snow crystals. These crystals grow from water particles in cold clouds.

비난을 받다
There are so many expressions in American English that sound pleasant but are not. “Face the music” is a good example. When someone says they have to “face the music,” it does not mean they are going to a musical performance or concert.

싹을 잘라내야 해
My new neighbor is driving me crazy. She keeps coming over to my apartment uninvited. And then she will not leave!

폭풍
Thunder storms. Rain storms. Snow storms. Electrical storms! If conditions get bad enough, almost any kind of weather can become a storm.

과잉 보호
"Helicopter parenting" describes a style of raising children where parents are over-protective and do too much.

격언
On today’s program, we talk about popular sayings, called proverbs. Many you will hear today come from a very famous person in American history -- Benjamin Franklin.

보통의
We try really hard to make this program special! But not everything can be special all the time. In fact, many things are just average or normal.

머리글자
Americans often try to say things as quickly as possible. So, for some expressions, we use the first letters of the words instead of saying each word.

여가시간 부족
A new report says the average number of hours spent at work seems to be shrinking in most developing countries. But as more and more businesses stay open around the clock, a growing number of Americans are working longer hours.

운전
Today, we talk about expressions that began behind the wheels of automobiles. Now they are common expressions that we use in everyday conversations.

음식의 날
If you look on the Internet, you will see that almost every day of the year celebrates some kind of food.

심장 혈관의 칼슘 수치
A new study suggests that even small amounts of calcium in the arteries of young people can predict a heart attack or death within 12 years.

정각에 떠날 거야
Can you make sure that you and Linda come to my house by 10:30 because we are leaving eleven o’clock on the dot.

무소식이 희소식이지
I wonder if Victor is adjusting well to his new job. No news is good news. I’m pretty sure he is doing well.