어떤 지하철 노선을 타야 되나요?
Excuse me, sir. I’m trying to go to the White House. Which subway line should I take? 실례합니다. 지금 제가 백악관을 가려고 하는데요, 어떤 지하철 노선을 타야 되나요?

한류 열풍
TV dramas like Jewel in the Palace are part of what's being called the Korean Wave: dramas, movies and pop music from South Korea that have swept across the Hawaiian Islands and are starting to catch on, on the U.S. mainland.

기억력 겨루기
One of the world's greatest memorizers, Englishman Ed Cook, taught Joshua Foer mnemonics for the creation of unique codes and mental images to help one remember useless information like random numbers.

입맛이 까다로운 사람
John and I are going out to lunch. Would you like to join us? Where are you going? We’re going to have pizza and pasta. Well, I don’t like pizza.

수퍼스토어
But there's a fourth subject that can quickly ignite an argument: Are big-box stores a good thing or the worst thing that ever happened to your town?

무인자동차
The high-tech company Google has a fleet of self-driving cars. By August, they had logged 480,000 kilometers. Major auto manufacturers in the United States and Europe are also working on the technology for autonomous vehicles.

극히 드물게
April: He lives all the way in Minnesota, so I never get to see him. I only get to see him once in a blue moon.

언어와 두뇌
A new study of the brain is helping scientists better understand how humans process language. The study is being done in San Diego, Boston and New York.

호박도 과일이다
Many Americans celebrated Halloween on Monday by placing pumpkins outside their homes. A Halloween tradition is to cut a face into the big, round squash.

한국 문화 캠프
Campers and teachers at Korean Culture Camp in St. Paul, Minnesota, start the day by saying “hello” in Korean. “Anyunghaseyo, Anyunghaseyo.”

스마트 재킷
A jacket that communicates with electronic devices is the latest invention in wearable technology.

교통 위반 딱지
Well, I guess I was caught running a red light by a traffic camera in downtown D.C. DC 시내에서 빨간 신호등일 때 그냥 지나가다, 감시 카메라에 찍힌 것 같아.

미국식 아침 식사
Since the earliest days of the United States, Americans began their days by eating whatever was most easily available.

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.

사과
The saying “as American as apple pie” describes things that represent the best of American culture. People use this expression when talking about things like blue jeans, baseball and rock-n-roll music.

도넛
Just five or six years ago, people were talking about a donut as a symbol of the New South! Not the gleaming skyline of Atlanta, Georgia, or the laboratories in North Carolina's Research Triangle.

전성기
When you have your day in the sun, you have achieved the highest possible level of success.

빙하에 갇힌 부부
The children of Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin of Switzerland finally might find out what happened to their parents 75 years ago.

바로 본론으로 들어가다
Angela: Stop with all the details, and cut to the chase. What university are you attending in the fall?

마음이 잘 맞다
Jen: I think it’s so important to vibe and really click. Because sometimes when you don’t click, it’s hard. Do you click well with them?