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19 인물 및 일화

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During her childhood years, the artist Tammy Rahr spent a lot of time outdoors making things from flowers and dirt. Then Tammy and her family moved from the woodlands of New York State to an urban city outside of Los Angeles, California. The experience made her more aware of what was going on in the world. After returning to New York State with her family, Tammy faced another lesson in growing up. A gifted student, she was sent to college when she was just 14. Tammy was able to earn her high school diploma and some college credit before trying her hand at a number of different jobs. Eventually, she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts. After graduating from the institute, she remained active with it and the museum there.

 

Exercises

01

My mom and I were shopping in a food store on a busy Friday afternoon when we ran into my high school theater teacher and her son.

(A) The next time we went shopping, my mom and I became Sophia and Esmeralda from Spain. I don't remember much about what we shopped for, but I do remember how much fun we had talking with Spanish accents.

(B) They kept a straight face even as we grinned from ear to ear. We later found out that each time they shop for food, they pick a character and an accent for the day.

(C) They were chatting with each other in the frozen food section with heavy New York accents. When we said hello, they introduced themselves as visitors from the Bronx.

 

02

These were answered, at least in part, in 1989 when hurricane Hugo hit South Carolina with violent force.

Some people said Habitat for Humanity wouldn't work, but it did and it continues to, even though most of the volunteers have little or no experience in construction. (①) Cash and materials are donated by individuals, churches, corporations, and many other kinds of organizations. (②) People from all walks of life give freely of their time and skills. (③) At first there were legitimate questions about whether houses built in this fashion would be sufficiently strong. (④) The hurricane left nearly one hundred thousand people homeless and was the most damaging hurricane in U.S. history to that date. (⑤) Yet every single one of the hundreds of Habitat homes in the state survived the storm.

 

03

In 1925, when the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst moved into his California castle, San Simeon, he wanted the best in modern technology. Back then it was awkward and time-consuming to tune radio receivers to the various stations, so Hearst had several radios installed in the basement of San Simeon, each tuned to a different station. The speaker wires ran to Hearst's private suite on the third floor, where they were routed into a fifteenth-century oak cabinet. At the push of a button, Hearst could listen to the station of his choice. Such ease of selection was a marvel in his day. Today it's a standard feature on every car radio.

 

04

Although he could not read, Alfred was greatly attracted to the book and was determined to own it.

As a young boy, King Alfred the Great received little formal schooling. () He did possess a highly retentive memory and particularly enjoyed listening to the court poets reciting poetry. () One day his mother, holding a fine manuscript book in her hand, said to Alfred and his elder brothers, "I will give this book to whichever one of you can learn it most quickly." () Forestalling his brothers, he took it to someone who read it through to him. () Then he went back to his mother and repeated the whole thing to her. () This talent was the foundation of Alfred's later reputation as scholar, translator, and patron of learning.