Industry Trends

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Powering Our Appetite for Protein

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

byproduct: 부산물
Whey, the watery byproduct of curdling milk, is packed with the one ingredient that Americans today can’t get enough of.

macronutrient: 다량 영양소
Protein is the macronutrient of the moment.

fertilizer: 비료
Whey used to be drained and fed to pigs or used as fertilizer.

hearty: 푸짐한
It is very hearty.

recommended dietary allowance: 권장 식사 허용량
So, you don’t even need two of these to get to your recommended dietary allowance of protein.

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Copyrighted Works To Become Public Domain in 2026

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

territory: 구역
The film All Quiet on the Western Front entered new territory in 2026.

iteration: 반복
Some of these characters change and develop over time and so it’s only the first iterations.

intellectual property: 지적 재산
Duke professor and intellectual property law expert Jennifer Jenkins leads a team that tracks down copyright records every year.

track down (something): ~을 찾아내다
Artists and creators can use these works in their own creations without having an army of lawyers, without having to worry about a lawsuit, without having to track down the original copyright owners.

generate (something): 만들어 내다
Jenkins says access helps push art forward and generate big new ideas like Wicked based on public domain characters from the Wizard of Oz book.

wellspring: 원천
It’s a wellspring of creativity.

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Smoking Is Down, but Why Are Profits Up?

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

industry insider: 업계 내부자
accelerate: 가속화되다
And industry insiders expect that this decline is going to accelerate over the next decade.

thriving: 번성하는
The tobacco industry is thriving.

price elasticity: 가격탄력성
This is all about price elasticities and cigarette manufacturers understand them.

addicted: 중독된
However, as more people have quit, only the most committed or addicted smokers remain.

cynically: 냉소적으로
And they’re doing this just out in the open fairly cynically exploiting those most addicted smokers.

infinitely: 무한히
You can’t have infinitely costly cigarettes.

 
 

 

 

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Scariest Thing About Halloween May Be Candy Prices

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

determine: 결정하다
But what’s inside the bag will really determine how much more you’ll be paying.

favors: (파티 때 아이들에게 나눠주는) 경품들
People use them as favors for holiday parties.

soar: 급증하다
Staffers have been trying to keep prices as low as possible this year despite soaring cocoa costs.

on a budget: 한정된 예산으로
So, she’s offering more non-chocolate options to help families on a budget.

stock up: 비축해 두다
price comparison: 가격대조
If you’re stocking up now, do a price comparison online before you buy.

wholesale: 도매의
If you have lots of Halloween traffic, buy candy at a wholesale club.

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How PepsiCo Is Removing Artificial Dyes From Products

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

revamp: 개량
Two of America’s favorite snacks are getting a revamp.

formula: 조제
So, in this jar is the super-secret formula to the new Doritos.

substitute: 대신하다
You can’t just take this red and substitute it for this red.

virtually identical: 사실상 대동소이한
These two look virtually identical and the flavors were pretty spot-on.

appearance: (겉)모습
We need to understand if appearance is going to drive a difference.

mitigate: 완화시키다
Well, we are working on that today, but I would tell you that we are going to work really hard to mitigate all those costs.

authentic: 진품인
Always real and authentic.

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Fewer Americans Are Drinking Alcohol Than Ever Before

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

booze: 술
Ally Bowman is here with what’s causing so many Americans to back away from the booze.

attribute: 결과로 보다
The drop off can be attributed in large part to a growing number of young Americans who say they don’t drink.

sober: 술 취하지 않은
liquor: 독주
With sober bars like New York’s Hekate popping up in cities across the country, the liquor just isn’t flowing like it used to.

demographics: 인구 통계
partake: 참가하다
A new Gallup poll found the number of Americans who say they drink alcohol, has fallen to its lowest level among several demographics, including women and young adults, 18 to 34 year olds, only about half of whom say they partake.

consumption: 소비
In December, the National Academy of Medicine released a report finding moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk of death.

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Buy Second-Hand, ‘Used’ Vacations and Save Money

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

score (something): 무언가를 얻다, 획득하다
Ever wonder how you can score a dream trip to destinations like these for less?

non-refundable: 환불이 안 되는
Websites like SpareFare, Rumor, Plans Change, and Transfer Travel let would be travelers purchase trips from people who have to cancel their non-refundable vacations.

accommodation: 거처, 숙소, 시설
overseas: 해외
The websites Rumor and Plans Change offer discounted accommodations, but people can search for discounted hotel rooms, flights, and packages on sites like SpareFare and Transfer Travel, especially if you’re looking to go overseas.

crop up: 불쑥 나타나다
This is a fairly new trend that’s cropped up.

markdown: 가격 인하
Markdowns vary, but you can score some great deals.

rock bottom: 최저점
Their algorithm is willing to mix and match airlines to get you the rock bottom, lowest fare.

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Why Airlines Are Betting Billions on First-Class

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

renovate: 개조하다
These first-class seats were renovated as part of a $550 million investment to upgrade Air France’s existing planes and lounges.

subsidize: 보조금을 주다
The prevailing wisdom is that economy seats are there to subsidize the cost of flying.

budget carrier: 저가 항공사
For some traditional airlines, the changes are a correction to years of trying to compete with budget carriers like Spirit and EasyJet.

aviation industry: 항공산업
The global aviation industry has about $900 billion in annual expenses, largely fuel, labor, equipment, and various overhead costs.

amenity: 생활 편의 시설
To stay in the black, full-service carriers have had to trim amenities and streamline operations.

gradually: 서서히
We have gradually been reducing the average size of our long-haul fleet.

instability: 불안정
Travel is one of the first things to be affected when prices go up or there’s uncertainty or there’s instability in parts of the world.

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How Cloud Systems Are Transforming Data Management

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

generate: 창출하다
To generate business value, we need all the insights from that information.

volume: 규모
With the growth of the volume of those stores, businesses, countries, complexity has increased.

fragmented: 분산된, 파편화된
It was quite a fragmented environment.

gradually: 서서히
We changed gradually.

capacity: 처리 용량, 처리 능력
This is now an opportunity for data, compute capacity and AI all coming together in a single format.

immense: 막대한, 무한한
Now we have all the data in the cloud, it opens up immense opportunities.

cohesive: 긴밀한, 통합된
Infosys has leveraged its partnership with Google, Google Cloud Platform, MicroStrategy, and created a very cohesive team along with Metro business and IT colleagues.

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First Robotic-Built Home Set to Be  Unveiled

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

ranch: 목장
Robots are now being used to build houses in the Babcock ranch community.

The first of its kind: 최초의
The first of its kind program in the country.

foundation:  (건물의) 토대
You can see this robot lays down one brick at a time as it builds a foundation of a home.

innovation: 혁신
This innovation is designed to build the walls of a house in a single day.

breakthrough: 돌파구
solar-powered:  태양열 동력의
This breakthrough aims to support the solar-powered community of the Terrawalk neighborhood in Babcock ranch by practicing sustainability.

procurement: (물품) 조달
Nick Palomba, division manager of procurement at Pulte says this new technology isn’t job replacement.

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