Vocabulary
이른바, 소위, 흔히 ~라고 일컬어지는
so-called
Who brought the recipe of French fries to America?
Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president of USA
_______________ French fries, the French have traditionally enjoyed roasted potatoes with chicken for their Sunday lunch.
Instead of
The impact of the potato in Europe was not entirely negative.
~ not entirely positive.
굶어 죽다
starve to death
What kind of a potato dish did the French traditionally enjoy for their Sunday lunch?
They enjoyed roasted potatoes with chicken.
Lucky you~
+200 points
It was easier to grow potatoes than many other crops, so fewer people needed for farming.
~fewer people were needed for farming.
기근, 굶주림
famine
Oops.
-300 points
Because American farmers only planted potatoes that are ___________ to the pest, they were defenseless when the potato beetle attacked the United States.
vulnerable
With the larger populations and more advanced technologies, European nations became too powerful to venture into other parts of the world and colonize them.
~ powerful enough to venture ~
to become more dominant or powerful than the other thing, and eventually replace it
take over
Why was potato not eaten by Europeans?
Because they thought it looked too ugly to eat.
Lucky you~
Take 400 points from whichever team you want.
Often, the course of history is changed by seemingly significant things.
~ seemingly insignificant things.
Smokers inhale harmful ___________ in cigarette smoke such as tar and nicotine.
substances
How many Irish people moved to the US during the Irish famine?
About one million five hundred thousand Irish people moved to the US.
I could hardly put this book down until I finished it. This is one of ________________ I've read.
(book, awesome을 이용)
one of the most awesome books
No sooner she had said it than she burst into tears.
No sooner had she said~