Global Breaking News - Saturday, April 20, 2024

 Some people enjoy change, and they look forward to new experiences. Others like their lives to stay the same, and they do not change their usual habits. Compare these two approaches to life. Which approach do you prefer? Explain why.

It is often difficult for people to choose whether staying the same or changing for a new experience. Each of the two has its own advantage and disadvantage. As a youngster with unlimited energy and enthusiasm, I will choose change without any hesitation.
* youngster = 청소년, 아이 / unlimited = 제한되지 않은, 무한한 / enthusiasm = 열정, 열의 / hesitation = 주저, 망설임

The first reason I choose change is that change is the propeller that push the world to develop from an ancient tribe in which people hunted for their life, to today's earth on which people can study and work in their comfortable homes without worrying about life. What makes the thousands of years' development possible is that people like to change the world. As we all know, by changing stones into stone axes, people could gather more meat for their families; by changing breast's fur into clothes, people keep themselves warm; by changing solar energy into heat and electricity, people can find a new way to prevent the energy shortage. Thus, it is change that develops the world we live in.
* propeller = 프로펠러 / ancient tribe = 고대의 부족 / hunt = 사냥하다 / stone axes = 신석기 시대의 돌도끼 / gather = 모으다 / beast = 짐승(breast = 가슴) / solar energy = 태양에너지 / electricity = 전기 / energy shortage = 에너지 부족

Second, let's come to our daily life. Change gives people a feeling of curiosity and drive him to discovery various new things around him. Every one is curious about the new objects he saw and the news he heard, and has the pulse to detect everything. We are excited about moving into a new house, and we are excited about our new jobs. Even a little change of the furniture placing in our rooms can make us excited for a few hours.
* daily life = 일상생활 / curiosity = 호기심 / pulse = 맥박 / detect = 감지하다 / furniture = 가구

The last and in my opinion a very practical reason is that change can improve people's adaptability. When you move to a new school, or come to a new job, your environment has changed. Therefore, in order to get used to your new surroundings quickly, you have to change yourself first. Perhaps, you have kept your regular habit for such a long time and it is a painful process for you to change yourself. But by doing this you will observe in the future that you are able to be adapted to more changes around yourself and that there is an expanded world in front of you. All of these result from that you have the courage to change yourself.
* practical = 실용적인, 현실적인 / adaptability = 적응성, 순응성, 융통성 / environment = 환경 / get used to = ~에 익숙해지다 / surroundings = 주변환경, 인근의 / regular habit = 규칙적인 습관 / painful process = 고통스런 과정 / adapt = 조정하다, 적응하다 / in front of = ~의 앞에 / courage = 용기

For the reasons presented above, I strongly commit to the notion that change makes our lives colorful and trains us to adapt to our world. People should enjoy change and look forward to new experiences.
* present = 나타내다 / strongly = 강하게 / commit = 의사를 밝히다, 전념하다, 마음에 새기다 / notion = 개념, 생각 / look forward to = 기대하다, 학수고대하다