Listen to English every day!

1667
잘 지내니?
Cathy: What’s up? How are you? Sam: I am doing fine, thanks.

789
생각이 날 듯한데
Hey, what’s the name of the movie that you watched last week? I am thinking of watching it tomorrow. Hmm…it’s on the tip of my tongue.

1604
윤년
Today we are talking about the somewhat unusual day of February 29. It comes up on the calendar only every four years.

1474
웃음이 최고의 명약
Laughing is one of life’s most simple pleasures. It is free. You can do it anywhere. And it makes you feel good!

1778
원숭이
Monkeys have a reputation for being silly and causing trouble. Good words for that are naughty and mischievous.

613
뉴욕 그랜드 센트럴 터미널
The huge building has not changed much since it opened in February, 1913. About 750,000 people pass through Grand Central every day. Some just come to look at it, others to visit the stores. But most are there to catch the trains that enter and leave from the station.

723
호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다더니
I haven’t seen Luis for weeks. Look, here comes Luis right now.

1201
완전히 즉흥적이야
A couple of days ago, I bumped into Jackie and Andrew. They actually decided to spontaneously rent a bike and go biking around the city.

1738
쿨하게 끝내다
In fact, if 2020 were a song, it probably would be filled with low, depressing notes.

647
못하겠다고 말씀드렸어
Hey, I heard that you’re the first one in the class to present your project. I know. I’m dreading it. I tried talking my way out of this by speaking to the professor but it didn’t work. He said I have to present first no matter what.

253
일류대학 들어가기
College admissions officers give a number of reasons for the higher rates of rejection letters this year. They say the main reason is that high school seniors are applying to more schools than in the past.

1298
늦더라도 하지 않는 것보다 낫다
Paul: I have your name on my desk and I’ve left you a message once, but better late than never right?

1194
닭이 먼저냐 달걀이 먼저냐
The English language has many chicken idioms and expressions. And, for the most part, none of them represent anything good.

608
음식물의 절반은 낭비된다
Every year the world produces around four billion tons of food. And between a third and half of it goes to waste, according to the report from the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

450
모유 은행
Money, jewels and important documents may not be the only valuables placed in banks these days. Some mothers are making deposits, or really, donations, to breast milk banks.

533
웰스 파고 은행
One of the multi-billion-dollar financial service companies that has survived the corporate mergers of recent years is Wells Fargo Bank. It mushroomed from a regional institution based in San Francisco, California.

1727
애완동물 아기 사자
On the roof of an apartment building in one of Gaza’s most crowded cities live some unusual occupants -- two baby lions.

1426
백만장자들이 사는 곳
Nearly six percent of Americans are millionaires. They each have at least one million dollars in savings.

282
가을 단풍
Leaves on many trees change color in autumn. But why?

1705
심호흡
When we are healthy, breathing happens naturally and easily. Without much effort on our part, the human respiratory system works hard.