영어공부하기 : Migrants in New York feels they are ‘being used politically’

These are just a few of the thousands of migrants who are preparing for their first winter in New York City.

 

* prepare for :  대비하다

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prompting Mayor Eric Adams to declare a state of emergency.

 

* prompt = cause = drive

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Venezuelans make up most of the cities’ new arrivals.

* make up 전체중의 얼마(비중)

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making migrants like Elva Castro feel like they’re a political pawn

 

* pawn : 장기판의 졸, 이용해 먹다, 희생양

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전문직 종사자  professional

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Castro was a nurse in Venezuela making the equivalent of just six dollars a month.

 

* making the equivalent of = as much as 6$ a month

=> as little as $6

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Trying to flee poverty and violence, Castro and her family relocated throughout South America before making it to New York.

 

* relocate = move 의 어려운 단어 = move around 여기저기 옮겨다녔다 

* before 그리고 나서

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등산  climb 암벽등반 느낌

 

hike trek

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She trekked through the roadless Darien Gap in Panama and witnessed rapes walking through Mexico.

 

*  roadless : 차가 못 다니는

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It’s made shelters across the city step up

 

* step up 분발하다 

come forward