[뉴스 잉글리쉬] 교통체증을 피해 매일 2km 수영해서 출근하는 남자!

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매일 아침 출근길 교통체증에 질려버린 한 독일인 남성이 수영으로 헤엄쳐서 출근하는 방법을 택해서 화제가 되고 있네요.

강을 따라 2km 정도 수영해서 사무실까지 출근한다고 하는데,

우리나라로 치면 종로에 거주하는 사람이 한강을 헤엄쳐서 강남 신사동으로 출근하는 것이라 볼 수 있겠습니다.

이 남자가 왜 이렇게 출근하게 되었는지, 자세한 내용은 기사 본문을 읽으며 공부해봅시다!

[기사원문]

 

Man swims to work every day to beat traffic

10th August, 2017

 

A German man has started swimming to work after he got fed up with commuting. Benjamin David, 40, got tired of being stuck in traffic every day in the German city of Munich. He now beats the traffic by swimming 2km down the city's Isar River. He puts his laptop computer, mobile phone and his business suit in a waterproof bag that he drags behind him. Mr David got the idea by watching the river flow right past his apartment. He looked on a map and realized the river went past his office. He then decided to swim to work and get some exercise, instead of battling other commuters in buses and trains or breathing fumes from traffic while on a bicycle.

 

Mr David told reporters that his river commute has changed his life. He is much fitter and less stressed. He spoke about the stress his commute used to cause him. He said: "I'm not a monk. When I was on my bike, I would yell at cars. When I was on foot, I would yell at cyclists, and so on and so forth." He described how the river has changed things. He said: "Just a few metres to the side of [all the traffic] is the river, and if you just swim down that, it's completely relaxing and refreshing." David also spoke about the dangers of river swimming. He always checks the temperature before diving in. Not everyone can swim to work in the city. In Central London, it is illegal to swim in the River Thames.

 

기사출처: metro.co.uk / dailymail.co.uk / zeenews.india.com

 

True / False (참 / 거짓)

기사본문을 한번만 읽고 어느 정도 이해했는지 확인합니다. 아래의 문장을 읽고 본문의 내용에 비추어 볼 때, 참인지 거짓인지 판별해보세요!

 

a) A man swam to work because he was fed up with commuting. T / F

b) The man swims just 200 metres to his office from his apartment. T / F

c) The man takes his computer and mobile phone into the river T / F

d) The man said swimming was better than breathing in traffic fumes. T / F

e) Swimming hasn't really increased the man's fitness. T / F

f) The man used to be a monk. T / F

g) The man said swimming to work was both refreshing and relaxing. T / F

h) It is OK for people to swim to work in Central London. T / F

 

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Synonym Match (동의어 연결하기)

왼쪽에 진하게 표기된 단어들은 기사본문에 등장하는 단어들입니다. 각각의 동의어를 찾아 연결해보세요!

1. fed up with 2. drags 3. flow 4. battling 5. fumes 6. fitter 7. yell 8. completely 9. dangers 10. illegal

a. in better shape b. run c. pollution d. hazards e. sick and tired of f. totally g. unlawful h. pulls i. shout j. fighting

 

Phrase Match (구 연결하기)

본문의 내용을 머릿속에 다시 상기시키면서 아래의 구절들을 서로 짝지어 연결해봅시다!

1. A German man has started 2. he got fed 3. in a waterproof 4. watching the river 5. breathing fumes 6. He is much fitter and 7. I would yell 8. it's completely relaxing 9. He always checks the temperature 10. Not everyone can swim

a. and refreshing b. flow c. before diving in d. up with commuting e. less stressed f. at cyclists g. swimming to work h. to work in the city i. bag j. from traffic

 

Spelling (철자 순서 배열하기)

밑줄 친 단어들을 철자 순서에 맞게 다시 배열해봅시다!

 

1. he got fed up with nmgctuiom

2. got tired of being ukcst in traffic

3. in a ofprowetar bag

4. right past his nattarmpe

5. asendit of battling other commuters

6. breathing fusme from traffic

7. He is much ttreif and less stressed

8. I would yell at yitclscs

9. He ideredsbc how the river has changed

10. it's yemcolelpt relaxing

11. He always checks the reptaemteru

12. it is lgelial to swim

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