이번주 수요 시사영어 강의 기사 : '역지사지'를 영어로 하면?

[조국현]

※ "꿈"이 있다고 해서 공무원 시험을 합격할 수 있는 건 아닙니다.

더욱 중요한 요인은 '영리함'입니다.

사실, '영리함'은 모든 성공의 필요조건이죠.

'영리함'은 타고나기도 하지만, 훈련을 통해 길러질 수도 있습니다.

그 훈련이 바로 "요목조목" 따져보는 것입니다. (바둑, 체스에서는 수읽기)

단어장 같은 교재의 정답을 달달 암기하는 방식은

결코 '영리함'을 길러주지 못합니다.

수요 시사영어 강의 시간에

복잡한 문장 구조 및 창의적 표현을 놓고

요목조목 따져보는 훈련을 하시면

영어쪽으로 많이 '영리'해집니다.

그렇게 길러진 '영리함'은 무슨 일을 하든 큰 도움이 될 것입니다.

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We should put ourselves in other people’s shoes

Koreans are known to be people of “jeong” or affection. However, many Koreans do not seem to be thoughtful or considerate. Perhaps jeong does not encompass thoughtfulness or caring about others. Nevertheless, it is necessary to put yourself in another person’s shoes. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee writes, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” 

Unfortunately, we seldom try to see things from other people’s points of view. Instead, we tend to see everything from our point of view and disapprove of anything different from us. Therefore, we easily become judgmental and critical of others, and label them as our enemies. Take our politicians, for example. They never seem to try to understand their political opponents or dissidents, and just treat them as if they were mortal enemies. 

The Korean press is also sharply divided into two factions that relentlessly criticize each other these days. Newspapers and television news report the same incident with entirely different interpretations and opposite perspectives. Once again, Lee points out in the abovementioned novel, “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” People who believe they are absolutely right seldom put themselves in other people’s shoes. To such people, Lee also says in the novel, “Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in another.” That is to say, if you cling too much to dogma or self-righteousness, it is even worse than alcoholic intoxication. 

중략...................

 

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※ 시사 뉴스를 1년 이상 읽으면, 미래를 예측할 수 있는 힘이 생깁니다.

※ 자기 분야의 영어 잡지를 3년 이상 읽으면 자기 분야의 선두주자가 됩니다.

※ 시사 영어는 영작 실력을 길러줍니다. 영작 잘하는 직원은 모든 조직의 보배입니다.