전화영어 25년 12월 30일 표현

 

#1. 전공 이야기
What did you major in college? or What are you majoring in college?

 

- Major in Mathematics, minor in Computer Science. Been in the workforce for 3 and 1/2 years now and I have yet to use either.

- Physics with a minor in mathematics.

- Majored in logistics at XYZ.

 

 

#2. Purposeful

1)  aimed at achieving something; determined: 
     having or showing determination or resolve

ex) He desired to lead a more purposeful life.

ex) The upshot is hugely overcrowded prisons which allow fewer and fewer opportunities for education, exercise or any other purposeful activity the absolute prerequisite for any kind of rehabilitation and thus for the claim that "prison works".If only it did. (The Economist)
ex) Utterly lost… how to find purposeful career?
I’m 26m and work as a QA Engineer. I despise my work every day and feel like my life is passing me by as I sit cooped  up in an office doing work I have absolutely no passion or interest in. I graduated with an ME degree but I don’t really have any passion for that type of work either.

2) intentional
ex) if his sudden death was not accidental, it must have been purposeful.

 

 

#3.  쿠팡 개인정보 유출 사건 

 

- South Korea's largest online retailer, Coupang, has apologised for a massive data breach potentially involving nearly 34 million local customer accounts. (BBC)

 

Option 1: Clear + neutral (good for work / professional conversation)
“Coupang, South Korea’s largest e-commerce company, was hit by a major data breach. According to government officials and media reports, personal data linked to tens of millions of user accounts (around 33 million) may have been exposed—things like names, phone numbers, email addresses, delivery addresses, and some order history. Coupang has said payment information such as credit card numbers and passwords were not compromised, but the scale of the exposure has still caused huge public concern.” 

Option 2: More conversational (how you’d tell a friend)
“Coupang had a massive data breach. Reports say info for around 33 million users may have been exposed—like names, phone numbers, and delivery addresses, plus some order details. Coupang says credit card numbers and passwords weren’t leaked, but people are still freaked out because it’s so many accounts.” 

Option 3: One-sentence “headline” version
“Coupang suffered a major breach that may have exposed personal data tied to roughly 33 million users, raising serious concerns even though the company says payment details weren’t leaked.” 

 

+ “Given Korea’s population is about 50 million, that’s an enormous number.

 

#4. 면접 후기

 

Version 1 (balanced + professional)

 

“I interviewed for a position at Coupang, but I didn’t get the job. Still, the whole process was valuable. Preparing for the interviews made me step back, review my career, organize my achievements, and think about how to present them more effectively.
Then not long after my interview, Coupang came under investigation over a major data-breach issue, and I saw a lot of consumers saying they were going to stop using the platform. Looking back, not getting the job felt like a blessing in disguise.”

Version 2 (more conversational)

“I interviewed at Coupang and didn’t get the offer. I was disappointed, but honestly, the prep was super helpful—it forced me to reflect on my career, pull my accomplishments together, and learn how to talk about them clearly.
And then right after that, Coupang got investigated for a big data breach and a lot of people started boycotting it. So in a weird way, it ended up being a blessing in disguise.”

Version 3 (short and punchy)

“I interviewed at Coupang and didn’t get the job, but the preparation was worth it—it helped me review my career and package my achievements better. Then Coupang got investigated for a major data breach, and many customers stopped using it, so in hindsight it felt like a blessing in disguise.”