Unit 1 Reading 1

Skills for Success 4

Expressions

• 1. turn to = rely on
• 2. trait = quality/ characteristic
• 3. embody = represent
• 4. inherently = basically
• 5. candidate = prospect/applicant
• 6. sibling =brother or sister
• 7. generosity = kindness/ magnanimity
• 8. resolve = determination
• 9. version = form
• 10. competent = capable
• 11. compassionate = sympathetic
• 12. constrained = limited
• 13. aspire = desire = long for
• 14. acknowledge = recognize
• 15. adversity = difficulty
• 16. confront = encounter =face
• 17. inclined = disposed
• 18. profession = job cf.) professional adj./noun
• 19. internalize = incorporate within oneself
• 20. soothe = calm adj. soothing
• 21. amend(s) = n. reparation cf. amendment
• 22. alternative = substitute n.
• 23. appropriate = proper adj.
• 24. predicament = hardship
• We All Need a Role Model
• 1 Who do you turn to when you have a problem or don't know
how to do something? If you have someone to help you, you are
lucky. If you have someone who takes a personal interest in help-
ing you, you are luckier still. You have a role model.

• A. turn to - go to somebody/something for help or information, to

ask somebody for sympathy or advice – 에 의지하다
• B. interest in v+ing (gerund; 동명사 )
• C. still – adv. 비교급 강조하는 부사 . 훨씬 (even, far)
• Definition of a role model
• 2 Just what is a role model? First, let's recognize what it is not. It is not neces-
sarily the smartest, strongest, or most successful person (that) you know—al-
though it could be. A role model is a person who has the characteristics
(that/which) you want for yourself and who can help you develop those traits.
In other words, a role model both embodies positive qualities and teaches
others directly or through example.

• A. definition of a role model

• B. it refers to (a role model) comparative - superlative
• C. characteristics=traits=qualities
• D. embody=represent
• Who Can Be a Role Model?
• 3 For (- 에게 ) most of us, our parents are our first role models. From (- 부터 )
when we are young children, they help us learn how to interact (=socialize) with
other people— (=that is) how to share, how to ask for what we need, and how
to disagree without hurting (=offending) someone. They (=our parents) are in-
herently interested in us and want us to do well. Furthermore, our parents teach
us how to be adults in our society. A mother demonstrates (=embody) to her
daughters how to be a daughter, a woman, a wife, and a mother. Lessons (which
are) learned from our parents / will stay with us throughout our lives.
• A. examples of role models- parents
• B. inherently - basically
• 4 Other family members also serve(=function/work – 역할을
하다 ) as role models. Grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins,
and even siblings can show us how to manage our daily lives.
Other obvious candidates include teachers and community
leaders (ex. politicians).

• A. examples of role models- family members, teachers, com-

munity leaders
• B. sibling – a brother or sister
• C. candidate - prospect
• 5 Sometimes we find role models in unexpected places. A family story might in-
spire us to have the same generosity as our grandfather had. We might see a
young child fall, pick herself up, fall again, and pick herself up again. Her resolve
might inspire us to continue in our own struggles, just as (= - 처럼 ) she learns to
stand, keep her balance, and take a step. We might even find a model within our-
selves, remembering (participle 현재분사 되돌아 보면서 ) back to a time when (rela-
tive adverb 관계부사 ) we were brave, or imagining a different version of ourselves
who has the quality (that) we desire.

• A. examples of role models- anyone around us (family story about our grandfa-
ther/ a young child who is trying to learn to walk), ourselves
• B. resolve n. determination, decision, resolution
• C. version = a particular form or variant of something
• What Role Models Do?
• 6 Besides showing us how to do different (=various 여러 ) things, a good role model also inspires
us to pursue our dreams and achievements. A wise lawyer may inspire one person to study law,
while a competent, compassionate physician (=doctor) may lead another person to the medical
profession. Role models should empower (=motivate=inspire=enable) others (1) to become good
parents, leaders, and members of society, and (2) to internalize ( 갖추다 = 소유하다 – 내재화하다 )
the qualities that they (=others) value. Therefore, role models must do the right thing, even when
no one is watching, even when they (=role models) won't be acknowledged(=recognized) for(-
에 대해서 ) what they (=role models) have done.

• A. What role models do for us – (1) showing us how to do different things

• (2) inspiring us to pursue our dreams and achievements
• B. profession=job/ occupation
• C. internalize = incorporate within oneself
• Cf.) physics -> physicist 물리학자 physician 내과의사 surgeon 외과의사
• 7 It (=false/dummy subject) is easy to be(true subject) a role model when every-
thing is going well, but it is perhaps more important to be a role model when
things ( 상황 / 사정 ) go (=become) wrong. A role model can show us how to
handle (=deal with/cope with/manage/confront/face) adversity. For instance, we
all make mistakes, but what do we do when we realize that we have made one
(=a mistake)? Do we try to hide it (=one/a mistake) or pretend that it never
happened? Are we inclined to look for someone to blame? Do we get angry?

• What role models do – (3) A role model can show us how to handle adversity.
A. Things go wrong – 상황이 안 좋아지다 go mad/ go bad
B. adversity=difficulty/ hardship
C. Inclined to=tend to
• 8 A role model can show us how to deal with mistakes. A parent or teacher can help
us repair any damage that was done /or soothe (=calm) any feelings that were hurt.
He or she can listen to us, advise us on alternative courses of action, and support us
as (=when) we make amends. The example of a community leader might serve (=-
function) to guide us toward appropriate action, encouraging us to imagine what he
(=community leader) would ( 가정법 과거 ) do in our circumstances.

• What role models do – (3) A role model can show us how to handle adversity.
• Example – A role model can show us how to deal with mistakes. (parents, teachers,
community leaders)

• A. do damage
• B. make amends = change/ reform breathe[bri: 드 ] bathe[bei 드 ]
• 9 Other situations that we might find ourselves in / include dealing with stress, illness, or
other misfortunes. Confronting (gerund 동명사 ) these predicaments(=stress illeness other
misfortunes) and( overcoming (gerund 동명사 ) them (=predicaments)/ is made easier by the
knowledge that people (whom) we admire and respect/ have faced (=confronted 직면하다 )
similar conditions. Asking (=gerund) ourselves what they would do/ might help us be brave
for a little while longer ( 조금 더 오래 ) or figure out (=understand/ find) how to deal with life
when we feel constrained (=limited) by difficulties.

• What role models do – (3) A role model can show us how to handle adversity.
• Example 2 – A role model can show us how to deal with stress, illness, or other misfortunes.
• A. Other situations that we might find ourselves in – 우리가 처할 수 있는 다른 상황들로는
스트레스나 병 , 혹은 다른 불행에 대처하는 것이 있다 .

• B. predicament=adversity/ hardship
• 10 We need role models throughout our lives, and we only
need to look around us to find someone who has experi-
enced what we are going through(=experiencing), who has
faced difficult decisions, or who has accomplished something
(that) we aspire (=desire) to do. Sometimes we only have to
look as far as the mirror to see a role model for our children,
our neighbors, or even ourselves. Who is your role model?
Maybe it is time to say thank you.
• A. Who do you see in the mirror? It’s you. You can be a role
model for your children, your neighbors, or even yourselves.