The Cost of Gratefulness Kwang-Hoon LEE You-Kyung KO

Contents DiscussionDiscussion Background (DQ)Background (DQ) SummarySummary VocabularyVocabulary IdiomIdiom GrammarGrammar OpinionOpinion

Discussion 1 ★ How much do you think it cost to express gratefulness to others? ★ How can you express your gratefulness to your parents?

Background The Cost of Gratefulness What is ‘Dairy Queen’? Dairy Queen.(DQ) This is closer to a fast food restaurant than a formal restaurant. They usually sell ice creams and hamburgers. And they are famous for their dairy products.

Dairy Queen’s view

Dairy Queen’s Inside

Dairy Queen’s Menu

DQ’S Ice Cream Corn

Summary The Cost of Gratefulness The writer told us that it is easy to express gratefulness. When he was a boy, his father usually took him on short outing on Saturday. And they often ate ice cream cones at the Dairy Queen. His father usually gave him 20 cents for the ice creams, then he ran to buy ice creams. One day, they were in the corner where they had to decide, and his father suggested that he paid for the ice creams. But, he didn’t accept that, because his allowance was just 25 cents a week. When they got back home, he regretted his decision. Just 20 cents could have been a way to express his gratefulness for his father's buying. But, his father didn’t rub selfishness in, or even act disappointed. That fact touched him, and he decided that When they went out again, he would buy it for him.

Vocabulary 1 The Cost of Gratefulness Marina (p164, paragraph 1, line 3) [NOUN] A marina is a small harbour for small boats that are used for leisure. Teased (p164, paragraph 3, line 1) [VERB] To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them in order to embarrass, annoy, or upset them. Torture (p164, paragraph 3, line 3) [NOUN] If you say that something is torture or a torture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering. Spontaneous (p164, paragraph 4, line 2) [ADJ] Spontaneous acts are not planned or arranged, but are done because someone suddenly wants to do them.

Vocabulary 2 The Cost of Gratefulness Fateful(p165, paragraph 1, line 1) [ADJ] If an action or a time when something happened is described as fateful, it is considered to have an important, and often very bad, effect on future events. Reeled (p165, paragraph 3, line 1) [VERB] If someone reels, they move about in an unsteady way as if they are going to fall. Miserly (p164, paragraph 5, line 1) [ADJ] If you describe someone as miserly, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible.

Idiom The Cost of Gratefulness  (every) once in a while (p164, paragraph 1, line 4) = occasionally Ex) 1.occasionally We go to the theatre once in a while, but there's not much worth seeing.  Take it(something) apart (p164, paragraph 1, line 6) = to separate a machine, a piece of equipment, etc. into its parts Ex) She took the clock apart and couldn't put it back together.  rub it(something) in (p165, paragraph 9, line 2) =continue reminding somebody about a mistake they have made or an unpleasant truth Ex) She's always rubbing my nose in it. She's never forgiven me for not taking that job.

Grammar 1 Subjunctive Past Perfect P166 It would have been the best ice cream I’d ever had. → 내가 먹어본 것 들 중 최고의 아이스크림이 되었을 텐데...(O) → 그것은 내가 먹어본 최고의 아이스크림이었다.(X) Ex) If you had studied hard in your high school days, you would be in university now. → 네가 고등학교 시절에 열심히 공부했더라면, 지금은 대학에 있을 텐데...

Grammar 2 The Past Tense = -ed I loved ice cream. (p.165) → We didn’t know he loved ice cream now. The Present Perfect Tense = have + -ed I have loved ice cream. → We know that he loves ice cream now.

Opinion The Cost of Gratefulness I think there are many things to thank your father or mother. In my case, father and mother always give me unconditional love, even though I disappointed them. Whenever I meet my parents I feel sorry about many thing. I’m not a good child I think. Because I hardly express my thankful feeling. When I red this essay, I found myself in this character. This is a real story and mine is also. After I red this, I want to thank everything which they’ve done to me. I called them and said “I thank that you always give me unconditional love and believe me”. How about expressing your thankful mind to your parents today?

Discussion 2 ★ you guys still think that we still pay a lot for gratefulness? ★ How about buying an ice cream for you parents today?