Global Breaking News - Monday, December 23, 2024

 Holidays honor people or events. If you could create a new holiday, what person or event would it honor and how would you want people to celebrate it? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

October 24 is Union Nations Day. The day is noted in the calendars, but not observed as a holiday around the world. I want the entire world to celebrate the birth of the United Nations because of its attempts to promote peace, education, and health around the world.
* calendar = 달력 / holiday = 공휴일 / the entire world = 전세계 / celebrate = 기념하다, 축하하다 / United Nations = 유엔, 국제 연합 / attempt = 시도 / promote = 촉진하다, 고취시키다

Peace is the most important thing that we can have today. The sooner that we can stop war the sooner we can all have better lives. There are countries around the world that have been at war for generations. In some of these countries, UN Peacekeepers have temporarily stopped the violence so people can go about their lives. If this peace could be made lasting, the lives of these citizens would be much richer.
* for generations = 몇 대에 걸쳐서, 대대로 / peacekeeper = 평화유지군 / temporarily = 일시적으로, 임시로 / violence = 폭력, 폭행 / go about = 계속 ~하다 / lasting = 영속적인, 지속적인 / citizen 시민 

The UN actively works to promote education. Universal literacy is one of its important goals. Every child in the world deserves to know how to read and write. The UN is also involved in job training for adults. The age of information technology demands new job skills.-The UN works with continuing education programs around the world so workers are not left out of the job market. The UN has played an instrumental role in the eradication of smallpox. Polio vaccines and AIDS-awareness programs have also helped reduce the incidence of these diseases. There is a lot to be done in these areas.
* actively = 활발하게, 활동적으로 / universal = 전세계적인, 일반적인, 보편적인 / literacy = 글을 읽고 쓸 줄 아는 능력 / goal = 목표 / deserve to = 받을 만 하다, ~할 만한 가치가 있다 / job training = 실무교육, 직무교육 / the age of information technology = 정보기술화 시대 / demand = 요구하다 / job skill = 직무기술 / job market = 인력시장 / play an instrumental role = 중요한 역할을 하다 / smallpox = 천연두 / polio vaccines = 소아마비 백신 / awareness = 인식 / incidence = 발생정도, 영향범위

Much of the work of the UN is unknown and underappreciated. If we want to live in a peaceful world, where every child can attend school and where every citizen has access to health care, we need to support the work of the UN. We need to recognize its importance and celebrate its birthday.
* underappreciated = 인정을 덜 받는 / have access to = ~에 접근할 수 있다 / health care = 의료 서비스, 보건 / recognize = 인식하다, 깨닫다