[영어기록] The Red Queen Effect & Generation Z

 

 

1. Read an Article

The Red Queen Effect: Avoid Running Faster and Faster Only to Stay in the Same Place

fs.blog/2012/10/the-red-queen-effect/

The Red Queen Effect: Avoid Running Faster and Faster Only to Stay in the Same Place

 

[Words & Phrases]

- sequel:  a book, movie, etc., that continues a story begun in another book, movie, etc.

- heed: to pay attention to (advice, a warning, etc.)

- prop: to support (something) by placing it against something else or by placing something under it (받침대로 떠받치다, 받침대); an object that is used by a performer or actor or that is used to create a desired effect in a scene on a stage, in a movie, etc. (소품)

- complacent: satisfied with how things are and not wanting to change them (자기 만족적인)

• The strong economy has made people complacent.

• We have grown too complacent over the years.

• a complacent smirk (만족스러운 웃음)

• We can't afford to be complacent about illiteracy.

- anemia: a condition in which a person has fewer red blood cells than normal and feels very weak and tired (빈혈증)

- ripple effect: a situation in which one event causes a series of other events to happen (파급효과)

• These kinds of crimes create a ripple effect throughout the city. [=they cause more crimes, problems, etc.]

- cornerstone: something of basic importance

• Trust is the cornerstone of their relationship.

- mutation: a change in the genes of a plant or animal that causes physical characteristics that are different from what is normal (생물학: 돌연변이)

- malady: a disease or illness

• The patient was suffering from a mysterious malady [=ailment] that the doctors were unable to identify.

• unemployment and other social maladies

• disease = disorder: catchable or infectious - e.g. cancel, diabetes

• sickness = illness = malady:  the condition/perception of the disease (how you feel/look like, or how someone else looks like)

 

[Engagement Points]

- The Red Queen Effect (붉은 여왕 가설): 스탠퍼드 경영대학원의 윌리엄 바넷 교수가 처음 제시한 것으로, 경쟁 환경에서 뒤처지지 않기 위해서는 끊임없이 진화해야 한다는 의미를 담음.

- “Bees have to move very fast to stay still.” (by. David Foster Wallace)

- However fast they went, they never seemed to pass anything.

• however = no matter how 

• however/no matter how + 형/부 + 주 + 동: 아무리 ~하더라도

 

 

2. Watch a Video

What Makes "Generation Z" So Different? | Harry Beard | TEDxAstonUniversity

youtu.be/qyCn3APagyU

 

[Words & Phrases]

- staggering: very large, shocking, or surprising 

- cog: someone or something that is thought of as being like a part of a machine, often used to describe someone who is regarded as an unimportant part of a large business or organization

• He was an important cog on that championship team.

• He's just a cog in the machine.

- reiterate: to repeat something you have already said in order to emphasize it

• reiterate a claim/view/point

 

[Engagement Points]

- genuine passion

- beyond the box

- Rosa Parks (1913-2005): Called "the mother of the civil rights movement," Rosa Parks invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.

- Greta Thunberg: the Swedish teenager who skipped school and inspired an international movement to fight climate change. She has become a leading voice, inspiring millions to join protests around the world.