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너무 거창하지 않는
멋이 가까이 있는데 ~
영어 이야기
luscious
lʌʃəs ]
부드러운
달콤한
정치에 잘못 끼어든 사람들은 그들의 '뾰죽한 (극단적)' 상징적 주장으로 인해
과일도 제대로 먹지 못하는 불쌍한 존재가 되기도 한다.
여름이 점점 짙어지면서 가족들이 모여 '수박 즐기기'를 할 때
수박이 마치 배신자라도 된다고 주장하면서
수박 먹기를 거부한다면 그런 사람들은 참 불쌍하지 않을까..?!
아니지,
그런 주장을 하면서 그들의 주장과 다르게
수박을 먹는 사람들의 불쌍한 모습도 상상이 된다.
The watermelon was very LUSCIOUS. Everyone wanted another slice.
수박은 아주 달콤해서 모든 사람들이 (하나 먹고) 다는 조각을 원했다.
그러나 불행한 친구들이 있다
Even though a lot of extremists know the watermelon is LUSCIOUS,
they hesitate to eat it, because they assert that it is a symbol of the political traitors.
비록 극단주의자들이 수박이 감미롭다는 것을 알면서도
그들은 그것이 정치적 배신자의 상징이라고 주장하는 까닭에
그것 (수박) 먹기를 주저한다.
luscious 는 우리가 잘 쓰는 delicious 를 줄여서 쓰기 시작한 것이지만
이제는 별도의 뜻으로 사용되고 있다
그 낱말의 '조상' 인 delicious 보다 더 다양하게 ~
친구들이 늙어서 오랜만에 만나면 남자들은 우선 그 친구의 '머리칼'을 보는 편이다
Not only I but also you lost our LUSCIOUL locks.
나는 물론 자네도 멋진 ( 부드러운) 머리칼을 잃어버렸군.
We didn't have concern that our long, LUSCIOUS locks
were our pride and joy those days.
우리는 그 당시에 우리의 길고 멋진 머리칼이 우리의 자랑이며 기쁨이었음을
인식하지 못했는데 말이다.
luscious 는 과일 같은 음식은 물론 나무
그리고 경치등은 물론 좋은 냄새들에도 사용되는 형용사이다
Wearing beautiful jewellery, or LUSCIOUS colors and wonderful fabrics,
is an ancient pleasure: that of self-adornment.
아름다운 보석, 멋진 색깔 그리고 놀라운 옷감는
고대적 기쁨이다,
다시말해서 자신 꾸미기의 모습이다.
Since the bread smelled LUSCIOUS,
my wife and I decided to go into the bakery.
빵이 향기로운 냄새를 풍겨서
내 아내와 나는 제과점에 들어가리고 결정했다.
어느 정치인이 부정한 방법으로 재산을 얻었는데
법의 심판을 받게 되었다.
궁색한 답변은 "노후의 삶을 위해 과외로 돈을 모으려한 것 뿐이다."
미국의 어느 노인 그룹의 '미래에 만날 친구 (또는 사물)'에 대해
이렇게 답했다.
People are willing to sacrifice their immediate comfort for the benefit of their future selves —
for example, by saving for retirement or foregoing a LUSCIOUS piece of cheesecake for an apple.
사람들은 미래의 자신들을 위해 그들의 즉각적인 현재의 안락을 기꺼이 포기하고 있는데
예를 들면 퇴직을 위한 저축 또는 사과 치즈 케익의 감미로운 한 조각을 포기하는 것 등이다.
(Psychology Today, July 11, 2023)
현재 즐길 수 있는 소박한 것을 희생하면서
내일의 친구 (또는 삶의 방법) 만날 준비를 하는 것이 바람직하다는 말이다.
(그러기 위해 부정하게 뇌물을 받지 않아도 ~ )
너무 거창하기 않게 ~
The Frenchman has the most LUSCIOUS lips.
그 프랑스 사람은 가장 매혹적인 입술을 가졌다.
(프랑스인 모두가 그렇다는 것은 아님)
I don't care who has LUSCIOUS lips or hair
but a LUSCIOUS sight with a lush forest.
나는 누가 멋진 입술이나 머리칼을 가졌는지 관심 없고
무성한 숲을 가진 장관의 경치에 관심 있다.
we lose our luscious locks.
Oatmeal is another luscious kitchen-based body scrub.
The dancers bathed in luscious strains.
친구들이 늙어서 오랜만에 만나면 남자들은 우선 그 친구의 '머리칼'을 보는 편이다
She had luscious curves that caught everyone's attention."
Wearing beautiful jewellery, or luscious colours and wonderful fabrics,
is an ancient pleasure: that of self-adornment.
Because the bread smelled luscious, Tom decided to go into the bakery.
The lush green forest was a luscious sight to behold."
The velvet curtains had a luscious feel to them.
She had a full, luscious lip that many envied.
I wanted to take a
bite of the luscious apple.
Because the bread smelled luscious, Tom decided to go into the bakery.
Jim couldn't stop staring at the girl’s luscious lips.
A luscious meal sounds much more satisfying than a handful of blimp-shaped pills.
The banana split is making me hungry because it looks so luscious in the advertisement
To my eye, the flower is not at all melancholy but rather luscious.
The watermelon was very luscious. Everyone wanted another slice.
She is a luscious blonde.
I like the luscious taste of ripe peaches.
My long, luscious locks were my pride and joy.
What I like most about Gabby is her luscious lips!
The Frenchman has the most luscious lips.
They came luscious, sweet and perfectly cooked.
Between Cultures
IDENTITY
Becoming Friends With Your Future Self
How much can we know now about who we’ll be tomorrow?
Posted July 11, 2023
Reviewed by Abigail Fagan
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KEY POINTS
People often don't make choices in the present that will benefit their future self.
The bias of being fixated on the future at the expense of the present is called hyperopia.
Making the future more vivid can help create an emotional connection between the present and future selves.
On average, humans get around 4,000 weeks of lifespan. All that we ever dreamed of achieving, all our joys and heartache,
all our ever-fleeting moments of experiencing existence occur within this “absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short” reserve of time, writer Oliver Burkeman reminds us.
Despite being well aware of its finitude, our relationship with time is often more inept than grateful.
Take, for example, your notion of the future you. How do you feel towards the person you’ll be in five months or five years from now? To explore this question,
researchers have examined how much people are willing to sacrifice their immediate comfort for the benefit of their future selves —
for example, by saving for retirement or foregoing a luscious piece of cheesecake for an apple.
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luscious (adj.)
late 15c., according to The Middle English Compendium a variant of Middle English licius "delicious" (c. 1400), which is a shortening of delicious, with the variant form perhaps influenced by Old French luxure, lusure. But OED 2nd ed. and Century Dictionary are against all this and the former considers it "of obscure origin" while the latter suggests lusty with a pseudo-Latin ending. John Palsgrave, the 16c. grammarian, spelled it lussyouse. Related: Lusciously; lusciousness.
c. 1300, "delightful to the senses, pleasing in the highest degree" (implied in deliciously), from Old French delicios (Modern French délicieux), from Late Latin deliciosus "delicious, delicate," from Latin delicia (plural deliciae) "a delight, allurement, charm," from delicere "to allure, entice," from de- "away" (see de-) + lacere "to lure, entice," which is of uncertain origin.
Especially, but not exclusively, of taste. Related: Deliciously.
As a name of a type of apple, attested from 1903, first grown by Jesse Hiatt of Iowa, U.S.A. Colloquial shortening delish is attested from 1920.
It turns out, our future selves appear so distant to our present selves, that we tend to conduct our lives as if tomorrow’s us is someone else’s problem. We’d rather spend the money now and tuck into that second serving of dessert, even while knowing that we’re not doing any favors to ourselves down the timeline.
“We’ll worry about the future when it gets here,” our actions seem to declare. Researchers call this over-fucus on the present at the expense of the future myopia.
When it comes to happiness, however, it’s our present selves that habitually get deprived. How often have you deferred feeling happy to the future you? In the middle of a busy workday, you think, I’ll be happy when I get this done. When you get the task done, you think, I’ll be happy when I’m on vacation. Even as you lounge at the very beach where you were certain the future you would finally find happiness, you start anticipating the delights that are yet to come, I can’t wait ‘til dinner…
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Source: MJ Jin/Pixabay
It’s as if we have stowed away the promise of true happiness in a package addressed to us at some future time, when circumstances will be just right for it transpire. Yet, the package keeps getting lost. As a result, we are left robbed of wholehearted enjoyment of the moment in front of us. Researchers call this bias of being fixated on the future at the expense of the present hyperopia.
“When we focus too much on arriving at some finite destination in the future, where we think we’ll have narrative closure and will finally be happy, we miss the whole journey along the way. We miss the present,” says Hal Hershfield, who studies how people’s perceptions of time affect their decision-making.
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Meet your new best friend: the future you
As Hershfield explores in his new book Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today (2023), the reason why our future selves seem like strangers to us is partially due to the abstractness and uncertainty of tomorrow. A central question of Hershfield’s research is how to make the future more vivid, in order to create an emotional connection between the present and future selves. Strengthening this relationship is important because it can facilitate behaviors that benefit our well-being both now and later.
For example, exercising yields gains in real time (releases endorphins and boosts mood) and in the future (improves health biomarkers). “Doing something for my future self is like giving a gift to my future self,” Hershfield says. “Just like we can take pleasure in being generous with our family and friends, we could learn to enjoy doing something that benefits our future selves.”
5 ways to strengthen the connection
There are various creative ways to keep the spark of sympathy and care alive in our relationship between our present and future selves. Here are five examples, inspired by research from Hershfield and others.
Start a conversation between the selves, by writing a letter to your future self and sending back a reply. Perhaps you could gain insights into your future self’s needs that would prompt you to take helpful action now.
Consider two things that will likely remain consistent between your present and future selves. Research shows that when we perceive the relative stability of our sense of self over time, it can ease some of the anxiety about the future’s uncertainties, as well as increase meaning and purpose in our lives.
Visualize the best version of yourself. This, according to Hershfield, can make the sacrifices you make today for the future more worthwhile. Importantly, focus on the contrast between now and later. What are some overcomeable obstacles that stand in the way of turning into that ideal future later? Once you recognize them, you could start working on them now.
Imagine yourself in old age. Looking back at now, what do you wish you would have done more or differently with your time? What will your future self thank you for? As Hershfield puts it, how can you prioritize the future now, so that when you look back on it later, you think of it fondly?
Explore how your personality has changed over the past few years. Have you become more or less extroverted, more or less trusting and empathetic? Identify your key personality traits that have to do with morality and how you treat others and nurture them.
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Since personality is something that we can impact, as Hershfield notes, how much can we know now about who we’ll be tomorrow?
“What’s relatively stable is the rank order of our personalities,” explains Hershfield. “For example, if you are in the middle half of your class in conscientiousness, over time, even if your conscientiousness levels fluctuate, you’ll stay roughly within the same rank among your peers. However, over 10 years, we can expect significant changes in one of our Big 5 traits. This also means that we can expect 80% of them to stay the same.”
The golden thread that runs through our past, present and future selves
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Our identities encompass an anthology of different selves that co-evolve with passing time. One way to think about the thread of self-continuity and the poignance of impermanence is through the analogy of kintsugi. In Japanese aesthetics, kintsugi refers to repairing broken ceramics using lacquer dusted with powdered gold, rendering beauty from imperfection, highlighting harmony amid the dissonance of change.
An ode to life itself.
“The vicissitudes of existence over time, to which all humans are susceptible, could not be clearer than in the breaks, the knocks, and the shattering to which ceramic ware too is subject,” writes Christy Bartlett.
Along with “breaks” and “knocks,” time can wedge a distance, a peculiar sense of unfamiliarity, between our identities at different coordinates of our lives. Aspects from our inner and outer landscapes across seasons — from past habits to hairstyles — might feel almost foreign to us. Often, however, pictures of us as young children stir tender feelings of love and compassion in us. As can envisioning ourselves, however blurrily, in our older years.
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In the end, what remains amidst the flux of motion is the golden thread of experiencing sentience, “the astonishing gift of a few thousand weeks,” as Burkeman writes. This golden thread runs through our fragmented pieces, connecting who we were 10 years ago with the one reading these words now, to who we’ll be in 10 years.
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Victoria_Regen/Pixabay
In the immortal words of Mary Oliver, “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Whatever it is, as the future beneficiary of your thoughts, emotions and actions, why not start with the gift of kindness to yourself, today?
Many thanks to Hal Hershfield for his time and insights. Dr. Hershfield is Professor of Marketing, Behavioral Decision Making, and Psychology at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and holds the UCLA Anderson Board of Advisors Term Chair in Management.