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2014년 6월 9일 월요일

PE 6/10 Bill Gates Speech – Part 2

When it comes to education – we know “what happens to a dream deferred.”
* when it comes to: as for something; when the situation entails
= as regards to; in matters of; speaking of
ex> When it comes to cooking, nobody is better than my mom.
* defer: 연기하다

States were manipulating the numbers to hide the problem. They were defining dropouts as students who started senior year and didn't graduate. They weren't counting the millions of students who never even made it to senior year.
* manipulate: 조작하다
* make it to: to reach a certain level, achievement, place, etc
ex> The hikers left while it was still dark so they could make it to the top of the mountain by sunrise.

When you think of the young men and women silently erased from the record – it’s nauseating.
* nauseating [nɔ́:zièitiŋ,-Ʒi-] : 역겨운

States got away with the phony numbers because so many people just didn't want to face the issue. They knew if there were huge numbers of dropouts, they would be forced to pick an explanation: either poor students can’t learn, or schools aren't doing a good enough job.
* get away with: to do something without anyone knowing
ex> The boys tried to get away with cheating on the test by using their phones.
* phony: fake
ex> The phony one-hundred dollar bill had a slight bluish tint to it.

It’s the other way around. Improving education is one of the best ways to solve poverty.
* the other way around: a reverse of the order; vice versa
ex> We used to prefer to call people instead of writing them notes, now it’s the other way around.


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  1. 1. When it comes to literature, French writers are the best.
    2. If you want to make it to college, you need to study hard.
    3. The robbers got away with the bank heist by going in at night.
    4. The high school boy tried to pass off a phony ID to buy cigarettes.
    5. No, Jim is not Mike’s older brother, it’s the other way around.

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