나무 숲

23강 1 With the changes to open collaborative workstations and planning from cubicles, issues of privacy, noise, and loss of work focus have impacted the planning process in recent years. Many employees have complained that the very open workstation plans and integral collaborative spaces make concentration difficult. This is not to say that companies all want to go back to cubicles and private o..

21강 1 As pretty as the orchids they pollinate, orchid bees come in a brightly colored array of brilliant and metallic blues, greens, and purples. These bees are not social like honeybees—they are typically solitary in nesting, with no division of labor and little communal activity. The males leave the nest shortly after birth and never return, spending their lives collecting flower fragrances th..

20강 1 There are some renewable energy technologies that are only controversially considered alternative, and they include nuclear power and hydropower. Both nuclear power and hydropower are emission-free, and so alleviate the most common negative consequence of fossil-fuel-based energy production, air pollution. However, they suffer from other environmental problems that make them unattractive t..

19강 1 Nothing addresses our need to fit in with others as profoundly as traditions. Traditions satisfy our deep emotional needs for belonging and create bonds not easily swayed. Developed over time in a country, community, or family, traditions are the foundation of a culture. While a ritual is time alone with the soul, traditions are the bonding glue of a group. When we participate in a traditi..

Day 19 기출 예제 Although the property of brain plasticity is most obvious during development, the brain remains changeable throughout the life span. It is evident that we can learn and remember information long after maturation. Furthermore, although it is not as obvious, the adult brain retains its capacity to be influenced by "general" experience. __________________, being exposed to fine wine or..

2019 수능완성 8강 Let’s Check It Out In 1976, the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, in his classic The Selfish Gene, proposed the notion of memes. A meme is any bit of information that can spread from one human mind to another. Memes, Dawkins pointed out, share many of the traits of genes. They can reproduce by copying themselves from one mind to another. As you read this writing, memes..

2019 수능완성 6강 Let’s Check It Out Mikhail Kalatozov was born in Tiflis (now Tbilisi), Georgia. After studying economics, Kalatozov started out in films as an actor. However, he soon became a skilled cameraman in the tradition of the pioneers of Soviet cinema. After a series of documentary films, including the remarkable Salt for Svanetia, he tangled with Stalinist censorship: in 1932, his film Nai..

2019 수능완성 4강 Let’s Check It Out If one wishes to be admitted to the presence of a work of art, one must, first of all, face it as a whole. What is it that comes across? What is the mood of the colors, the dynamics of the shapes? Before we identify any one element, the total composition makes a statement that we must not lose. We look for a theme, a key to which everything relates. If there is a ..

2019 수능완성 3강 Let’s Check It Out The realization of education for sustainable development requires the positive engagement of young people with cultural diversity and complexity of social values and ways of life. A goal is to harness young people’s creative capacities for innovative problem solving and actions that will help resolve the social and cultural challenges facing today’s world. Arts ed..

2019 수능완성 2강 Let's check it out Sometimes we meet simply because we’re in the habit of meeting or because we think that we should meet. Having a meeting, after all, implies progress; at least we’d like to think this is the case. That belief is naive at best. Unless there is a genuine need to meet, meetings should not be held. Unnecessary meetings take a toll on individuals and the organization. ..

2019 수능특강 라이트 (개정) 15강 G Urbanization has been taking place since the Neolithic Revolution, when agriculture enabled food surpluses to create a division of labor in settlements. The unlocking of human ingenuity to work on technology, trade, and urban culture has created ever-expanding opportunities in cities. However, while some cities took advantage of these new opportunities, many remained lit..

2019 수능특강 라이트 (개정) 14강 G Studies show that no one is “born” to be an entrepreneur and that everyone has the potential to become one. Whether someone does or doesn’t is a function of environment, life experiences, and personal choices. However, there are personality traits and characteristics commonly associated with entrepreneurs. These traits are developed over time and evolve from an individua..

2019 수능특강 라이트 (개정) 11강 G In the summer of 1972, the actor Anthony Hopkins was signed to play a leading role in a film based on George Feifer’s novel The Girl from Petrovka. That is why he traveled to London to buy a copy of the book. Unfortunately, none of the main London bookstores had a copy. Then, on his way home, waiting for an underground train at Leicester Square tube station, he saw a dis..

2019 수능특강 라이트 (개정) 13강 G In addition to controlling temperatures when handling fresh produce, control of the atmosphere is important. Some moisture is needed in the air to prevent dehydration during storage but too much moisture can encourage growth of molds. Some commercial storage units have controlled atmospheres, with the levels of both carbon dioxide and moisture being regulated carefully. ..

2019 수능특강 라이트 (개정) 12강 G Food unites as well as distinguishes eaters because what and how one eats forms much of one’s emotional tie to a group identity, be it a nation or an ethnicity. The famous twentieth-century Chinese poet and scholar Lin Yutang remarks “Our love for fatherland is largely a matter of recollection of the keen sensual pleasure of our childhood. The loyalty to Uncle Sam is the..