1. New findings in the UK have shown that/ COVID-19 vaccination programs / are contributing to a sharp drop / in hospital admissions.
* 큰 폭으로 떨어진(감소한) 입원율
* a sharp decline / decrease 대폭 감소 (↔) a sharp rise / increase 대폭 증가
[샯듀뢉]
2. Korea's economic growth rate contracted one percent in 2020 from a year earlier, but was ranked third / among 15~ major nations, according to the OECD.
* 전년 같은 기간 대비, 2020년의 실질 성장률이 1% 감소했다
* conTRACT (동사) 수축하다, 줄어들다
CONtract (명사) 계약서
* OECD = 경제협력개발기구, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
3. Around 160 kilometres of Mediterranean coastline / has been stained with tar / after a massive oil spill, prompting a cleanup effort / with thousands of volunteers.
* 대규모 기름 유출로 (지중해 해안이) 얼룩졌다
* stain (verb) 얼룩지게 하다, 착색하다 ex) the wine stained the carpet 와인이 카펫을 얼룩지게 했다
-stain: 형형색색, 알록달록하게 물들다
-stained glass window (영국 Westminster Abbey, 프랑스 Notre Dame Cathedral 등에서 볼 수 있는)
4. Experts have confirmed~ that the mysterious inscription "Could only have been painted by a madman!" on "The Scream" / was penned by / Edvard Munch himself.
"미친 사람만이 그릴 수 있다!"
* penned by Edvard Munch himself: 에드바르 뭉크가 직접 남긴, 직접 쓴 (문구)
* penned = written or composed
5. Police in Pakistan have deployed / an armed rollerblading unit to curb / theft and harassment in Karachi.
* 절도와 괴롭힘을 막기 위한 인라인스케이트 경찰부대
* curb (verb) 제한하다, 억제하다
* curb one's appetite 식욕을 억제하다 ex) I need to curb my appetite. 나 식욕을 줄여야겠어.
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