Global Breaking News - Friday, October 9, 2026

 Many students choose to attend schools or universities outside their home countries. Why do some students study abroad? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer.

Nowadays, more and more students choose to attend schools or universities outside their home countries. Then why studying abroad is so attractive even though it often means greater expense and more difficulties? We may say that those students are bound to benefit considerably from their foreign study experience.
* nowadays = 오늘날, 요즘에는 / abroad = 해외로 / attractive = 매력적인, 멋진 / expense = 돈, 비용 / difficulty = 어려움 / be bound to = 반드시 ~하다; ~할 의무가 있다 / considerably = 많이, 상당히

The modern world needs people to have comprehensive knowledge and experiences. The world is no longer a separated one in which each part can afford to be totally independent. The communication and interchange in fields of culture, business, finance and other human activities are so unprecedentedly frequent and vigorous that the general or specific knowledge of other members of the global village turns to be most important to the prosperity of the country, or the success of a people. This kind of knowledge is usually bettered achieved if pursued abroad.
* comprehensive knowledge = 해박한 지식 / separate = 분리되다, 나뉘다, 서로 다른, 별개의 / independent = 독립된 / interchange = 교환 / finance = 재정, 금융, 자금 / human activity = 인간 활동 / unprecedentedly = 전례가 없이, 신기하게도 / frequent = 빈번한 / vigorous = 활발한, 활기찬 / global village = 지구촌 / prosperity = 번영, 번성 / success = 성공 / pursue = 추구하다

Furthermore, foreign experiences improve one's willpower and ability of adjusting to a new environment, and one's capability to overcome various hardships and setbacks. Young people are considered aggressive and ambitious. Their success is not based on comfort or easiness, but on their incessant painstaking effort and their never-ending willingness to surpass themselves. In a foreign country they are confronted with greater challenges, more unsteadiness and less help from their families and friends. All these undoubtedly lead to an independent, self-supporting, resourceful person who will also be sympathetic and generous to other people around.
* willpower = 의지력 / adjust = 적응하다, 조정하다 / environment = 환경 / capability = 능력, 역량 / overcome = 극복하다, 이겨내다 / hardship = (돈,식품 등의 부족함에서 오는)어려움 / setback = 좌절, 차질 / aggressive = 공격적인 / ambitious = 야심이 있는 / comfort = 안락, 편안함 / easiness = 평이함, 쉬움 / incessant = 끊임없는, 쉴새없는 / painstaking = 공들인, 힘든, 고통스러운 / never-ending = 끝이 없는 / willingness = 기꺼이 하는 마음 / surpass = 능가하다, 뛰어넘다 / be confronted with = ~에 직면하다, 맞닥뜨리다 / challenge = 도전 / unsteadiness = 굳세지 못함, 불안정함 / undoubtedly = 의심할 여지없이, 확실히 / self-supporting = 자립이 가능한 / resourceful = 지략이 풍부한, 기략있는 / sympathetic = 호감이 가는, 호의적인; 공감하는, 동정적인 / generous = 후한, 너그러운, 넉넉한

With these advantages, we may conclude that the foreign study experience enlarges a student's view of the world, as well as improves one's personality and character, which will guarantee a more splendid future in his life and career.
* conclude = 결론을 내리다 / enlarge = 확대하다, 확장하다 / personality = 성격, 인성 / guarantee = 보증하다 / splendid = 정말 좋은, 멋진, 훌륭한