The cost of Gratefulness (on learning) 김란희

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Summary When he was 13, his father frequently took him on short outings on Saturdays. Sometimes they went to a park, or to a marina to look at boats. On the way home from these trips, his father frequently stopped at the Dairy Queen for 10-cent ice cream cones. when they decided to eat an ice cream cones, his father would hand him(son) 20cents and he would buy an ice cream cones. On one fateful day, they were heading home, his father asked him "How would you like to treat ice cream today? That time, he(son) thinks ice cream just wasn't a good use of money, when it was my money. so he said "In that case, I guess I'll pass". As they turned to head home, he realized how wrong he was and felt awful for his selfishness and ungratefulness. He learned that gratefulness sometimes costs a little more than "thank you"

gratefulness ⓝ : the feeling or quality of being grateful outing ⓝ : a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering marina ⓝ : a small harbor for small boats that are used for leisure ex) small yachts and cabin cruisers harbor ⓝ : a sheltered port where ships can take on orharbor discharge cargo = port 항구 : 배가 안전하게 드나들도록 바닷가에 부두 따위를 설비한 곳 Vocabulary

spontaneous ⓐ : said or done without having been planned or written in advance reel ⓥ : if you are reeling from a shock, you are feeling extremely surprised or upset because of it empty-handed ⓐ : having failed to obtain or achieve what one wanted mouth-watering ⓐ : smelling or looking delicious.

I was hoping and praying for the beautiful sound of his offer ( p165 1paragraph) -beautiful sound is his personal thinking Ex) when I am desert, I need help. That time, if someone help me, the person looks like angel only in my eyes. Like this, when he listened to his father's offer, he felt his voice is beautiful I would run in to buy the usual ( p165 3line ) - the usual the ice cream cone that they have bought Expression

I said the awful words that have rung in my ears ever since ( p165 5paragraph 2lines) - Ring in one’s ears (ring-rang- rung ) If you say that someone's words ring in your ears, you mean that you remember them very clearly, usually when you would prefer to forget them

That corner meant either mouth-watering excitement or disappointment (p164 2 paragraph 6 line) That critical corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or turn and go home empty-handed. ( p164 2paragraph 5line) either A or B : a correlative conjunction You use either in front of the first of two or more alternatives, when you are stating the only possibilities or choices that there are. The other alternatives are introduced by `or'. ex) Either she goes or I go Grammar

but as we turned to head home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to turn back ( p165 8paragraph 1line) - as we turned to head home – a subordinate clause conj ⓢ ⓥ -I-I realized how wrong I was and begged him to turn back how wrong I was - an indirect question ( 간접의문문 ) interrogative ( 의문사 ) ⓢ ⓥ

we started heading home to that critical corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream ~ ( p164 2paragraph 5line) to - preposition that critical corner - that is demonstrative adjective where - a relative adverb

Dairy Queen :Dairy Queen Dairy Queen, often abbreviated to DQ, is an international chain of soft serve and fast food restaurants. The name is taken from the name of their soft serve product which the company refers to as "Dairy Queen" or "DQ". - soft serve : Soft serve (also called creemee or softsoft serve ice cream) is a frozen dessert that is dispensed from a machine instead of being served by hand. Information

cent 1cent - penny - about 10 원 5cent - nickel - about 50 원 10cent -dime - about 100 원 1cent 5cent 10 cent

I had experienced similar to this story. When I was young, my elder sister bought cake for family. At that time, parents just got home after finishing work, they have to shower. But while they wash up, we started eating a cake. When my mom came out, the cake was not left. Although she didn’t rub in it, or even act disappointed, I realize how ungrateful I was. I also felt I was selfish. Frankly speaking, this is not big event. But I think about this sometimes. A lot of people think I will be the rich and reward parents for gratefulness giving to us after I become the rich. I am also too. But like this story, gratefulness sometimes costs a little more than ‘thank you’ opinion

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Thank you~♥

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