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- Stolen Madoff statue returned with note attached

A statue stolen in December last year from Wall Street financier Benard Madoff’s Florida home has been returned undamaged, and with a note attached. The attached note read: “Bernie the Swindler, Lesson: Return stolen property to rightful owners.” Madoff, a former Wall Street fund manager, is accused of running a $50 billion scam that ensnared wealthy investors, banks and charities around the world.

메이도프 자택에서 도난 당한 동상에 쪽지 붙어 돌아와
지난해 12월 월 스트리트 금융가 버나드 메이도프의 플로리다 자택에서 도난당했던 동상이 멀쩡히 돌아왔다. 동상에는 쪽지가 붙어 있었는데, 그 내용은 다음과 같았다. “사기꾼 버니에게, 교훈: 훔친 물건은 주인에게 돌려주어라.” 월 스트리트에서 펀드 매니저로 일하던 메이도프는 전 세계 부유한 투자자, 은행, 자선 단체 등을 상대로 500억 달러 규모의 금융사기를 저지른 혐의를 받고 있다.

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■ financier 금융가
■ undamaged 손상되지 않은
■ swindler 사기꾼
■ scam 사기 사건
■ ensnare 몰아넣다


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■ A statue stolen in December last year from Wall Street financier Benard Madoff’s Florida home has been returned undamaged, and with a note attached.
■ Madoff, a former Wall Street fund manager, is accused of running a $50 billion scam that ensnared wealthy investors, banks and charities around the world.


<> - You can’t fire me

Peru’s top court has ruled that workers cannot be fired for being drunk on the job, a decision that was criticized by the government for setting a dangerous precedent. The court ordered that Pablo Cayo be given his job back as a janitor for the municipality of Chorrillos, which fired him for being intoxicated at work. The court said the firing was excessive because even though Cayo was drunk, he did not offend or hurt anybody.

근무 중 술을 마셔도 해고되지 않는 나라
페루의 최고 법원이 근무 중 술을 마셨다는 이유로 직원들을 해고 해서는 안 된다는 판결을 내림에 따라 페루 정부가 위험한 판례라며 비판하고 있다. 법원은 파블로 카요라는 이름의 건물 관리인이 술을 마신 채로 근무를 했다며 그를 해고한 포리요스 시에 대해 카요를 복직시킬 것을 명했다. 법원은 카요가 술에 취한 상태였지만 타인을 불쾌하게 하거나 해치지는 않았기 때문에 해고가 지나친 조치라고 말했다.


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■ rule 판결을 내리다
■ precedent 판례, 선례
■ janitor 건물 관리인, 청소부
■ municipality 시, 시 정부
■ excessive 지나친
■ offend ~을 기분 나쁘게 하다


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■ Peru’s top court has ruled that workers cannot be fired for being drunk on the job.
■ The court said the firing was excessive because even though Cayo was drunk, he did not offend or hurt anybody.


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1. Listen to the following sentence and fill in the blank.
The banks’ action is the latest in a series of rate cuts __________ by central banks around the world.

2. In the space below, please transcribe the sentence that will be read twice.
______________________________________________________________.

* Listen to the following and answer Question 3.
3. Based on what the speaker said, which of the following is not correct?
(A) About 12,000 parents changed their children’s family name last year.
(B) The Civil Law has recently been amended to disallow parents to change their children’s family name.
(C) Most petitions were filed by mothers who have remarried.

4. Which of the following world flow the most naturally after the phrase below?
Five deaths have been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning linked to peanut butter, _____________________________________________.
(A) but the strain involved could be deadly
(B) but the strain involved is completely safe
(C) but the strain involved is not particularly virulent

* Listen to the following and answer Question 5.
5. According to the sentence, the following is either true or false. Please circle the correct answer.
After a weeklong stay at a hospital, Patrick Swayze is now cancer-free. (T),(F)


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1. undertaken 2. “Fairly unique” is an oxymoron.
3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (F)