EBS 리딩파워 유형편 완성 2 0 강 해석연습
20강 어휘 (2) EXAMPLE 01 가족 간의 갈등에 대처하는 방법
How to cope with family conflicts
❰1❱ Do you know one of the best remedies for coping
with family tension?
❰2❱ Two words: "I'm sorry."
❰3❱ It's amazing how hard some people find them to say.
❰4❱ They think it implies weakness or defeat.
❰5❱ Nothing of the kind.
❰6❱ In fact, it is exactly the opposite.
❰7❱ Another good way of relieving tension is a row!
❰8❱ The sea is ever so much calmer after a storm.
❰9❱ A row has another advantage.
❰10❱ When tempers are raised, unspoken truths usually
come out.
❰11❱ They may hurt a bit, especially at the time.
❰12❱ Yet, at the end, you know each other a bit better.
❰13❱ Lastly, most of the tensions and quarrels between
children are natural.
❰14❱ Even when they seem to be constant, wise parents
don't worry too much.
EBS 리딩파워 유형편 완성 2 0 강 해석연습
20강 어휘 (2) EXAMPLE 02 군집 복잡성에 기인한 군집 안정성
Stability of Community due to Community Complexity
❰1❱ Traditionally, most ecologists assumed that community
stability— the ability of a community to withstand
environmental disturbances— is a consequence of
community complexity.
❰2❱ That is, a community with considerable species
richness may function better and be more stable
than a community with less species richness.
❰3❱ According to this view, the greater the species richness,
the less critically important any single species should be.
❰4❱ With many possible interactions within the community,
it is unlikely that any single disturbance could affect enough
components of the system to make a significant difference
in its functioning.
❰5❱ Evidence for this hypothesis includes the fact that
destructive outbreaks of pests are more common in cultivated
fields, which are low-diversity communities, than in natural
communities with greater species richness.
EBS 리딩파워 유형편 완성 2 0 강 해석연습
20강 어휘 (2) PRACTICE 01 노년기의 우울증
depression in old age
❰1❱ Some people view old age as inevitably depressing.
❰2❱ They assume that the older you get, the greater
the deterioration in quality of life.
❰3❱ Of course it's true that the longer you live, the more
opportunity you have of experiencing negative as well as
positive events.
❰4❱ And certain illnesses, aches, pains, and disabilities
do become more likely with increasing age, as do losses
of family, friends, and social support.
❰5❱ Therefore, some sadness is to be expected.
❰6❱ Nonetheless, depression is absolutely not an inevitable
consequence of old age.
❰7❱ Most symptoms of depression in the elderly are identical
to those in people of all ages.
❰8❱ However, the elderly are more likely to focus on
the physical, and talk about their aches and pains rather
than their feelings of despair.
❰9❱ Furthermore, elderly people commonly express regret
and remorse about past events in their lives.
EBS 리딩파워 유형편 완성 2 0 강 해석연습
20강 어휘 (2) PRACTICE 02 섞어 심기의 이점
advantages of mixing and planting
❰1❱ Companion planting is the chance to create
a prosperous garden.
❰2❱ By grouping plants that cooperate instead of
compete, you get the plants to do the hard work and thrive.
❰3❱ A familiar example of companion planting is the
combination of marigolds and tomatoes— the marigolds
repel pests that love tomatoes.
❰4❱ Different combinations of plants can solve many of
your potential garden problems.
❰5❱ Some plants are good for the nutrition of the soil
while others will attract beneficial insects to the garden.
❰6❱ Companion planting can be needed as wind protection
and to provide shade.
❰7❱ The benefits are endless!
EBS 리딩파워 유형편 완성 2 0 강 해석연습
20강 어휘 (2) PRACTICE 03 조류 친화적인 커피
avian-friendly coffee
❰1❱ Many birds winter in warmer climates—many of which
happen to be coffee-producing countries—nesting in plantation
trees planted to shade the coffee from too much direct sunlight.
❰2❱ These same trees offer birds seasonal habitat.
❰3❱ So bird-friendly coffee benefits coffee flavor and birds.
❰4❱ It also means certification that a farm uses
no synthetic chemicals.
❰5❱ The cost of this certification is yield; a bird-friendly
farm yields approximately one-third less per year.
❰6❱ Lack of such a label, however, does not automatically
mean the coffee is unfriendly to birds or of poorer quality.
❰7❱ There are other ways to shade coffee trees besides trees.
❰8❱ Mountainsides offer similar shade benefits, and
some geographic regions feature natural cloud cover.
❰9❱ So although being bird-friendly is generally favorable,
it's not a conclusive quality indicator.
EBS 리딩파워 유형편 완성 2 0 강 해석연습
20강 어휘 (2) PRACTICE 04 표준화 시험의 필요성
necessity of standardization test
❰1❱ If we knew exactly what and how to teach, there
would be no need for testing and we would be so confident
of our content and method.
❰2❱ Unfortunately, not all teachers know how to teach,
and not all students know how to learn.
❰3❱ The only fair way to determine who is qualified
to teach and which of their students reach an arbitrary
level of knowledge is to create a test that everybody takes.
❰4❱ Tests must be standardized because not everybody
knows how to make them.
❰5❱ Were we to leave testing in the hands of individual
schools, we would have no way of comparing one school
with another, and consequently of knowing which schools
to single out as "in need of improvement."
❰6❱ After all, if we cannot tell who's behind, how can we
know who's ahead?
❰7❱ Or vice versa?
