Delivering Books on the Back of Yaks
Word Master (1) yak (2) height (3) quit (4) lifestyle (5) trek (6) pave (7) cram (8) colorful (9) storybook literacy (10) delivery (11) literacy (12) sponsor Life-changing Experience
Key Points 글의 종류와 특성 파악하기 일화에서 얻을 수 있는 교훈 찾기 각 단락의 제목과 주제 찾기
Few vs. Little individuals (Few / Little) individuals choose (walk) away at the height of their career to dedicated their life to a social cause. to walk
해 석해 석해 석해 석 / He quit his position / as a director of / business development / at a world’s / leading software company / in order to help children in the world’s poorest … at the height of career a social cause
관 계 대 명 사관 계 대 명 사관 계 대 명 사관 계 대 명 사 I trekked for 18 days through areas ______ had no paved roads, no cars, and no telephones. whichthat
관 계 대 명 사관 계 대 명 사관 계 대 명 사관 계 대 명 사 I was depressed by (which / what) I saw there.
표 현표 현표 현표 현 Worse, there were no books in the library for the young students.
병 렬 구 조 / 시 제 I thought about ways to help these kids and (promise) the teachers that I (will / would) return to the school with books for a new library. promised
분 사 구 문분 사 구 문분 사 구 문분 사 구 문 … I wrote s to my friends, (asking/asked) them to send children’s books to my father’s home in the US.
능동 vs. 수동 … but to my great surprise, 3,000 books (collected / were collected).
능동 vs. 수동 A year later, in 1999, my father and I returned to the school with eight yaks / (loading / loaded) with books.
해 석해 석해 석해 석 It was the first time / (that) many of them had ever seen or held a book.
해 석해 석해 석해 석 After my first book delivery, I returned to my job, but something inside me had changed.
표 현표 현표 현표 현 … I decided I would rather dedicate 100 percent of my energy to (improve) literacy in developing countries. improving
해 석해 석해 석해 석 I was crazy / to give up a great career and millions of dollars.
능동 vs. 수동 In 2000, I started an organization / (calling / called) “Room to Read.”
시 제시 제시 제시 제 Since then, it (delivered / has delivered) about 7 million books and sponsored the opening of more than 750 schools…
해 석해 석해 석해 석 … but I’m proud of what I’m doing.