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2015년 5월 20일 수요일

PE 5/19 Bill Clinton Speech – Part 3

And today America faces another choice. It’s every bit as momentous as the one we faced eight years ago, for what a nation does with its good fortune is just as a stern test of its character, values and judgement as how it deals with adversity.
* momentous: important especially to future events
ex> Momentous events in history are sometimes not recognized for many years.
* stern test: a challenge; a difficult evaluation through experience
ex> The last few years have been a stern test of the Japanese automotive industry.
* character: mental or moral qualities
ex> Let’s try to find someone of good character to be our club leader.

My fellow Americans, this is a big election, with great consequences for every American, because the differences – the honest differences between our candidates and their visions are so profound.
* consequences: the results of an action
ex> If you don’t take care of your health, you will have to live with the consequences.
* profound: very great or intense
ex> The manager made a profound statement about the state of our industry.

We can have a good, old-fashioned election here.
* good, old-fashioned: the expression “good, old-fashioned” is used when speaking in a positive way about an old way of doing something. When speaking negatively about things from the past, “outdated” is often used.
ex> What this desk needs is a good, old-fashioned hand polish.

We in American would already have this year a real patients’ bill of rights, a minimum wage increase, stronger equal pay laws for women and middle-class tax cuts for college tuition and long-term care if the Democratic Party were in the majority in Congress with Dick Gephardt as speaker and Tom Daschle as majority leader.
* long-term: happening over an extended time
ex> Albert’s long-term goals included buying a boat and sailing around the world.


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