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2014년 8월 31일 주제.
Topic of 31th Aug. 2014.
안녕하세요.
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연일 계속 비가 내려서 인지, 벌써 여름이 가고 가을이 온 것 같습니다.
가을은 독서의 계절 이죠?
벌써 8월의 마지막 이군요.
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스터디 시간은 일요일 15:30분! 입니다.
참여를 원하시는 분은 언제든지, 주저하지 마시고! ian(이주영-010-2279-4613) 으로 연락 주세요^^!
1. Part 1 (30 minutes) : Small talking
You can talk anything about your current life - work, difficult, hobby, anything.
2. Part 2 (30 minutes) : Debate
남녀 사이에 친구는 가능할까?
3. Part 3 (40 minutes) : Free discussion. Please read the article.
Topic 1.More stressed out at work or at home?
A kind of quiz, where are you most stressed, at home or at work? Most of us might say at work. But, some experts have looked more closely at our lives. ABC’s Byron Pitts with the surprising results. Like most of us, assistant high school principal Eve Feuerstein lives a crazy busy, often stress-filled life. (“It’s only 4 o’clock.”) Mother of two, a husband who also works full-time. (“How are you?”)
Both avid triathletes, their stress relief. “On a scale of 1 to 10, what’s your stress level at work?” “So there are days that I’m at 12.” “And, at home?” “So I would say, 'Let’s put that at a 6.'” And like most of us, Eve believes her workday is far more stressful than her time at home.
And we’d be wrong. A new study says otherwise. Researchers at Penn State University put the lives of 122 married and single working men and women under a microscope. Each person had to swab their saliva 6 times a day, both at home and on the job to measure their cortisol levels, the most accurate indicator of stress.
“People’s stress levels were lower at work than they were at home.” It turns out work just may be our haven. (“Watch this!”) Eve’s daughters, ages 8 and 5, see the stress on Mom’s face. “Sometimes she gets red in the face, and sometimes she… she’s like, 'I’m really stressed about work because I barely get to see you guys.'”
She also took the test in the midst of juggling everything else. Eve’s results? “You see that the cortisol levels are slightly higher at home.” She is indeed more stressed at home than at work. “I absolutely thought that I would be more stressed at work.” Why the surprising results? Researchers think it’s because home is where the heart is. We care more, so the stakes are higher.
Are you feeling stressed at home? The experts tell us, "Stay encouraged." They suggest, "Do at home what you do at work," delegate. Ask family members to help out and Diane, sometimes, just take a coffee break, chill out and they tell us that laughter is great medicine all of us can afford. Any time of day anywhere. Thank you so much, Byron, great to see you here
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quiz 퀴즈, 쪽지시험같은 간단한 시험
ex. a general knowledge quiz 일반 상식 퀴즈
assistant pincipal 교감
crazy busy 정신없이 바쁜
filled 가득 찬
* be filled with ~ 로 가득차 있다
work full-time 상근직[정규직]으로 일하다
avid (흔히 취미에) 열심인[열렬한]
ex. an avid collector 열렬 수집가
triathlete 트라이애슬리트 ((트라이애슬론(triathlon)의 선수))
relief (고통 걱정 곤궁 등의) 제거, 경감, 안심, (빈민·난민 등의) 구제, 구원
ex. It was a great relief for me to hear that. 그 말을 듣고 안심했다.
ex. The patients experienced no relief from their symptoms.
* breathe a sigh of relief : We breathed a sigh of relief when Gustav went home. 안도의 한숨을 쉬었다.
workday (= working day) 근무 시간대, 근무일, 평일
ex. I spend most of my workday (working day) sitting at a desk. 나는 근무 시간대의 대부분을 책상에 앉아서 보낸다.
ex. Sunday is a normal workday (= working day) for me. 일요일은 내게 있어서 정상적인 근무일이다.
put ~ under a microscope (= put ~ under the microscope) ~ 을 자세히 조사하다
* microscopic : 현미경의, 현미경으로 봐야만 보이는, 미세한
ex. a microscopic examination 현미경 검사.
swab 면봉[탈지면], 면봉[탈지면]으로 닦다
saliva 타액, 침
on the job 근무[작업] 중에
ex. No sleeping on the job! 근무 중에 졸지 마!
measure ~ 을 측정하다 , 치수를 재다 , < 인물 등을 > 평가하다 , 신중히 선택하다, 수단, 조치 [메모 참고]
cortisol 코르티솔 ((스트레스 호르몬의 일종))
indicator 지시하는 사람 [물건], 척도, 지표
* indicate 지시하다, 가리키다
haven 항구, 정박소, 피난처, 안식처
get red in the face 얼굴이 붉어지다
get to + V ~하게 되다
ex. get to know her better
ex. can't get to sleep
* get to ~ 에 도착하다, ~에 이르다
ex. Can you tell me how to get to City Hall? 시청 가는 길 좀 가르쳐 주시겠습니까?
* get to someone : to annoy or upset someone
ex. After a while his teasing started to get to me.
in the midst of ~한 가운데, ~가 한창인 때
ex. a country in the midst of a recession 불경기 가운데 있는[불경기를 겪고 있는] 나라
juggle (공 접시 등으로) 곡예를 하다, 두 가지 이상의 일을 동시에 하다
ex. the pressures of juggling career and children
Home is where the heart is 집은 사랑하는 사람들이 있는 곳이다( A home is where the people you love are. )
stake (종종 ~s) 내기에 건 돈 [메모 참고]
delegate 대표(자), (권한.업무 등을) 위임하다, 대표[대리]로서 파견하다
ex. The job had to be delegated to an assistant. 그 일은 조수에게 위임되어야 했다.
ex. delegate a person to attend a conference ~을 대표로서 콘퍼런스에 파견하다
help out (어려움 따위에서)구해주다, 도와주다
ex. My sister helped me out with a loan. 우리 누나[언니/여동생]가 융자받는 걸 도와주었다.
chill out 긴장을 풀다[열을 식히다] /to relax completely and not get upset or excited about anything
ex. You need to chill out a bit. 좀 진정하세요.
ex. Sit down and chill out! 열 좀 그만 내고 앉아 봐!
laughter 웃음, 웃음 소리 ( laugh보다 오래 계속되는 것으로 웃는 행위와 소리에 중점을 두는 말)
* burst into laughter 폭소하다, 웃음을 터뜨리다
afford 1. ((can, may 뒤에서)) (경제적.시간적으로) 여유가 있다 2. (부정문에서)~하면 안 되다, 3. ~ 을 주다
ex. I cannot afford holidays. 휴가를 취할 여유가 없다
ex. We can't afford to go abroad this summer. 우리가 올 여름에는 해외로 갈 형편이 안 된다.
ex. We cannot afford any more delays.우리는 더 이상 지체하면 안 된다.
ex. We cannot afford to ignore this warning.우리는 이 경고를 무시하면 안 된다.
ex. Reading affords me great pleasure.= Reading affords great pleasure to me. 독서는 나에게 큰 즐거움을 준다
추가 주제
Bad bosses can be bad for your health
ORLANDO – Mondays can start off poorly, especially if you've got a bad boss. Or a mean boss. Or an incompetent boss.
Psychologist Robert Hogan, an expert on personality assessments, has seen them all.
"Every employed adult reports some significant time working for an 'intolerable boss' and those (employees) that try to defend themselves are gone," Hogan, of Amelia Island, Fla., told a session this weekend at the American Psychological Association annual conference. The meeting, which drew more than 10,900 psychology professionals, wrapped up Sunday.
"Seventy-five percent of working adults say the worst aspect of their job — the most stressful aspect of their job — is their immediate boss," Hogan says. "Bad managers create enormous health costs and are a major source of misery for many people."
Hogan says a "major cause of stress in modern life is bad management," because stress negatively affects the immune system and health.
His firm, based in Tulsa helps large companies determine which individuals to hire for top-level management positions or to coach existing managers.
Other leadership consultants across the country agree that the impact of immediate supervisors is more far-reaching than many would believe.
" 'Employee engagement' has become a buzzword in corporate America," says Gordy Curphy, a leadership consultant in St. Paul, Minn., who did not attend the conference. "Twenty years ago, employee satisfaction was big deal. That has morphed into employee engagement. Research shows that the higher percentage of people engaged in the workforce, the better business results companies get. There is a clear link between employee engagement and financial results.
"There's also a clear link between your immediate boss and the level of employee engagement. We know mean bosses and incompetent bosses are some of the biggest reasons why employees become disengaged," Curphy says.
Hogan's presentation included a mix of research, including a 2010 survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, part of the international company the Economist Group. It found that 84% of respondents believe alienated employees are one of the biggest threats to their business. He also cited a 1999 job-stress report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, that included data showing that one-quarter of employees view their jobs as the major stressor in their lives and that problems at work are more strongly associated with health complaints than any other life stressor, including financial or family problems.
Business psychology professor Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic of University College in London, a visiting professor at New York University, agrees that those who reach the top tier of management don't always mesh with employees.
"The factors that help these people get promoted contribute to ruthless top managers, who are ambitious, selfish, very tough and harm staff morale," he says.
But Chamorro-Premuzic, who is also a consultant, adds that it's not always the manager's fault. He says three potential sources of trouble are the manager, the employee and the fit between the employee and the job.
"People choose jobs that are not ideal for them," he says. "The realities of the job market today is to have a job or take an offer without thinking whether it's the right job for them. That leads to dissatisfaction and complaints. They might blame their bosses or managers."
The consultants agree that in this economic climate, trying to find another job isn't the best solution.
Rob Kaiser, a partner with a leadership firm in Greensboro, N.C., says it's best to "hunker down and hope the bad boss gets in trouble and removed or kicked upstairs and you get somebody else or you get that transfer."
Q
1. What is the biggest cause of stress in your office?
2. Do you think cause of stress in office is your job? If you say yes, Do you want to change your career?
3. Who is the most terrible boss? mean, lazy or dirty???
4. Are you agree with this? "Problems at work are more strongly associated with health complaints than any other life stressor, including financial or family problems."
5. Because of the realities of the job market today, Do you get a job or take an offer without thinking whether it's the right job for them?
Affleck on Batfleck: 'I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think I could'
(EW.com) -- Say the word "Batfleck" to Ben Affleck and it turns out he'll laugh.
Toward the end of a wide-ranging conversation with EW about his starring role in Gone Girl—director David Fincher's adaptation of the bestselling 2012 crime thriller that's spotlighted in an exclusive cover story in this week's issue—Affleck opened up about another project that Twitter has been chattering about ever since his involvement with it was announced last August: Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.
The Oscar-winning director-star has both a sense of perspective and humor about the most recent meme to hybridize his name.
Briefly on hiatus from filming the mega-budget superhero action flick in Detroit to attend San Diego's Comic-Con International—where Affleck stunned the crowd, appearing alongside co-star Henry Cavill and director Zack Snyder to debut footage from Batman v. Superman but giving no interviews—Affleck appeared to have packed on pounds of muscle in the service of portraying a decidedly un-Bale-like kind of Batman/Bruce Wayne. That is, one in his mid-forties, his hair flecked with grey.
He remained tight-lipped about the particulars of the 3D follow-up to Snyder's Man of Steel that's set to reach theaters in March 2016, part of a DC cinematic universe that will also eventually include a Justice League movie. But for the first time, Affleck addressed certain issues—in particular, the fan freak-out surrounding his casting— about which he's until now remained resolutely silent.
EW: So what it's like to portray Batman?
Ben Affleck: I'm right in the middle of shooting now. It's a process that I'll probably have better perspective on when I'm done. I can tell you that every time I do a role, it's the responsibility of an actor to get their physical self as close to the role as possible. And Batman's obviously got a set of expectations that are tough. So I spent a lot of time working out. And it's a far cry from Gone Girl where my character is described as "puffy and hungover." I want you to know I worked equally hard at both! [laughs]
EW: It feels slightly ridiculous using the word "outcry" describing your casting. But there was actual outcry—a lot of people freaked when they heard about Batfleck. To what extent did all that get under your skin?
Affleck: Before I took the role, Warner Bros. gave me a bunch of past reactions to casting and said, "Are you sure you want to get into this? This is part and parcel of these movies now. There's a lot of active fans with a lot of opinions." To me, having been through a certain amount of that, it doesn't really... Everyone's entitled to their opinion. I wouldn't have taken the part if I didn't trust my instincts in terms of the filmmaking. I think Chris Terrio wrote a terrific script. Zack's a great visual director. And there's an interesting take. I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think I could do it. I have the benefit of a lot of that understanding. But also, everyone is entitled to their opinion. That's a big part of this international sport. The Fifty Shades of Grey kid or whatever it is. That's sort of become a thing.
EW: Fans feel like their vote counts.
Affleck: You know what? It's great that people do care that much. They want to see the movie that much. And it is incumbent on you to honor the story. There are the Greek myths and these are the American myths. The American myths are these superheroes. People care about 'em a lot. And it's incumbent on you to do a good job and make it as excellent as you possibly can. At the end of the day, the movie's all that matters.
Q
1. Do you like Hero movie?
2. Who is your favorite hero?
3. Why do you like that character?
4. If you be a your favorite hero, what would you do?
5. There are many actors who act same characters (for example, Batman series) . Who is your the best actor?