(HL-과학/기술/교육) Want to Choose Better Words?

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Our words matter. Our words have always mattered, but they matter more now that the Internet gives us the power to make our words permanently public. Words might help or hurt someone. Our words may have more power than we believe them to have when we use them. Yet how many people truly think about every word they write? Two new extensions for the Chrome browser can help you choose your words. One extension, called reword, highlights words that have the power to hurt others. The other, called Just Not Sorry, will show you when your words take away your power. Both extensions are free and work only with the Chrome browser.
* matter = 중요하다; 문제되다/ permanently = 영구히/ make ~ public = ~를 일반에게 알리다, 공표하다/ highlight = (텍스트・컴퓨터 화면 등에) 하이라이트[강조] 표시를 하다/ take away = 제거하다; 치우다; 줄이다; 죽이다; 떠나가다   

Reword is an extension that helps show what words can be harmful. When users type a word, phrase or sentence that seems insulting, abusive, or hurtful, a red line will cross the word or words. The extension is similar to a spell checker. Reword does not block words. It simple alerts users to language that might offend. An Australian team developed reword to combat cyberbullying. The developers realized that people, especially children, may not understand which words might deeply affect others. The developers' testing showed that 79 percent of children changed their words when prompted to by reword. Chris Tanti is a developer of reword. He praised how it can, in his words, “change online behavior by stopping insults in the moment before they are posted.”
* harmful = 해로운, 유해한/ insulting = 모욕적인/ abusive = 모욕적인; 욕하는/ hurtful = [말이] 마음을 상하게[아프게] 하는/ cross = (무엇 위에) 줄을 긋다/ similar to ~ = ~와 비슷한/ spell checker = 맞춤법[철자법] 검사 프로그램/ alert sb to sth = 의식하게 하다, 주의를 환기시키다/ combat = (좋지 않은 일의 발생이나 악화를) 방지하다[(방지하기 위해) 싸우다]/ prompt = (질문・힌트 등을 주어 말을 하도록) 유도하다/ praise = 칭찬하다/ insult = 모욕(적인 말, 행동)

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