실마리
So, what are the keys to solving a mystery? If you said clues, you are right. Clues are pieces of information that help you find an answer.

자동차 블랙박스
More than two-thirds of the new cars - foreign and domestic - sold in the United States this year will be equipped with so-called black boxes. In fact, about a third of all the vehicles on the American road today have such devices.

한지
The traditional Korean paper called Hanji was once famous across Asia for its strength and ability to be used for multiple purposes.

선물에 대해 흠을 잡지 말라
While holidays are celebrated in different ways, many have something in common -- gift-giving! And who doesn't like to get a present.

진정해
Hey Mike, I know you’re very upset at Charles right now but you need to calm down. How could I? Charles is blaming me for something I haven’t done and he won’t….

부상하는 세계의 명소 10
The travel website TripAdvisor used traveler reviews to choose its top 10 World Destinations on the Rise. The list represents 10 cities that saw the biggest increase in positive traveler reviews in the past year.

축구 심판
Soccer fans around the world love to question the calls that the referees make during games. One common insult is to say the referee must not be able to see well.

자전거로 출근하기
More Americans than ever are riding their bicycles to work instead of driving. They are doing this because of gas prices, a slowing economy and concerns about the environment.

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.

무엇을 주문하시겠습니까?
How many people in your party? Four. Would you like smoking or non-smoking? Non-smoking|

전자담배
You've heard of e-mail, e-books, and maybe e-commerce. But what a lot of Americans are talking about now are e-cigarettes.

이것 좀 해주실 수 있으세요?
I’m here at a face painting booth, right? Hey! What can you do for me? We have this big list of different kinds of pictures.

얼음성 여관: 2부
However, a cold snap has blown through the mountains, snowing them in. This is an extreme and unexpected drop in temperature, so no one is prepared.

설마, 말도 안돼
Matt: Dallas, Texas. Becky: Get out of here! I’m from Dallas, Texas, too!

우연의 일치
Every so often, the Washington Post newspaper gives its readers a chance to tell personal stories. A recent one had to do with a coincidence--an unexpected convergence between two events or people.

좀 깎아 주실 수 있으세요?
Oh! That’s kind of expensive. Can you give me a lower price? 조금 비싸네요. 좀 깎아 주실 수 있으세요?

하기로 되어 있다
Cashier: Yeah, they’re supposed to. They’re supposed to come out.

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!

퀼트
Quilting is as much a part of Gee's Bend as the Alabama River that cradles the peninsula on which it sits. So it was only natural that 12-year-old Mary Lee Bendolph asked her mama to teach her how to make quilts.

바빠서 꼼짝 못 해
Hey, I’m afraid I can’t meet with you tomorrow for lunch. I’ll be tied up all afternoon. Oh really? That’s fine. We can reschedule it to another day when you’re not tied up.