21. 밑줄 친 the innocent messenger who falls before a firing line이
다음 글에서 의미하는 바로 가장 적절한 것은? [3점]
Perhaps worse than attempting to get the bad news out of the way is attempting to soften it or simply not address it at all. This “Mum Effect” — a term coined by psychologists Sidney Rosen and Abraham Tesser in the early 1970s — happens because people want to avoid becoming the target of others’ negative emotions. We all have the opportunity to lead change, yet it often requires of us the courage to deliver bad news to our superiors. We don’t want to be the innocent messenger When our survival instincts kick in, they can override our courage until the truth of a situation gets watered down. “The Mum Effect and the resulting filtering can have devastating effects in a steep hierarchy,” writes Robert Sutton, an organizational psychologist. “What starts out as bad news becomes happier and happier as it travels up the ranks ― because after each boss hears the news from his or her subordinates, he or she makes it sound a bit less bad before passing it up the chain.”
① the employee being criticized for being silent
② the peacemaker who pursues non‐violent solutions
③ the negotiator who looks for a mutual understanding
④ the subordinate who wants to get attention from the boss
⑤ the person who gets the blame for reporting unpleasant news
(2) 보어의 강조:「보어+동사+주어」의 어순이 되는 것이 보통이다.
Those who know the pleasure of doing good are happy.
⇒ Happy are those who know the pleasure of doing good. (좋은 일을 하는 즐거움을 아는 사람들은 행복하다.)
get obstacles out of the way
방해물을 제거하다
water down
동사 물타다, 물로 희석하다; 효과를 약화시키다. (=dilute with water, weaken the effect of.)
kick in
1.
효과가 나타나기 시작하다
2.
(자기 몫의 돈·도움을) 내다[주다]
22. 다음 글의 요지로 가장 적절한 것은?
Most parents think that if our child would just “behave,” we could stay calm as parents. The truth is that managing our own emotions and actions is what allows us to feel peaceful as parents. Ultimately we can’t control our children or the obstacles they will face ― but we can always control our own actions. Parenting isn’t about what our child does, but about how we respond. In fact, most of what we call parenting doesn’t take place between a parent and child but within the parent. When a storm brews, a parent’s response will either calm it or trigger a full‐scale tsunami. If we can use those times when our buttons get pushed to reflect, not just react, we can notice when we lose equilibrium and steer ourselves back on track. This inner growth is the hardest work there is, but it’s what enables you to become a more peaceful parent, one day at a time.
① 자녀의 행동 변화를 위해 부모의 즉각적인 반응이 필요하다.
② 부모의 내적 성장을 통한 평정심 유지가 양육에 중요하다.
③ 부모는 자녀가 감정을 다스릴 수 있게 도와주어야 한다.
④ 부모와 자녀는 건설적인 의견을 나눌 수 있어야 한다.
⑤ 바람직한 양육은 자녀에게 모범을 보이는 것이다.
