영어회화 20240913

S06E04 #1

- What's the best way to increase someone's self-esteem?

* self-esteem: 자부심

To do good things to yourself and others. For example, self-praising and praising to others is one of the good ways. Writing a compliment diary is also one of the good method.

Yes, I've heard of a "Compliment Journal"! It's a journal where you record compliments you've given to yourself or others. By noticing and writing down positive aspects each day, you can improve your ability to recognize strengths in yourself and others, which can boost self-esteem and strengthen relationships.
For example, you could write about something you did well during the day or something you appreciated about someone else. This method is known to help cultivate a more positive mindset. – by chat GPT

 

- What if there were only two season summer or winter in Korea. If you choose one of them what would you want it to be?

I prefer summer. But there must have air-conditioner. Then it is not bad to live in that weather. But I don’t want winter. Because, in winter, we should wear many clothes or thick wears. And after exercising, being sweated skin, it is an unbearable state to me. Because, the sweat become colder, I could not bear.

 

- What do you think about Korean's education system? (School activities, Study etc) comparing to America or Japan?

It should be changed, I think. In schooldays, students should experience many activities. For example, discussion battles, team plays, physical exercises, adventures in the nature and so on. Especially students should learn how to ask the question to get the right answers.

 

- How much do you believe psychic? How many times do you consult a fortune teller?

* Psychic: 초자연적인, 심령술

When I was young, I studied the lines of the hand to know about the other person’s attention. When attending a blind meeting, reading her hand line is enough to attract. But I had forgot many of them. Now-days, it could be replaced MBTI code. Psychic phenomena is exist everywhere. But I don’t believe the explanation of it. And if we could explain the meaning of the psychic events, it were not the psychic event at all.

 

- If you became a lecturer, what kind of subject do you want to lecture?

Recently, I have been interested in the running. The relation Running or walking and mediation could be one of the good subject to lecture. I would study it if I have freetime.

 

- Do you think that insurance is necessary? or essential? What kind of insurances do you register for?

Except pension, many of insurance is not necessary to me, I think. But for my left families, life insurance would be necessary. But I have an incurable illness, I could not register any of life insurance. And the illness is related to aging.

 

- What kind of ghost are you scared the most?

When I am walking lonely in the deep and dark forest and it was raining and fogy. I stepped the narrowed unpaved road. When I turned a corner, …. I met a thing black moving. I was astonished and cried “헉!” it was a hiker like me. After then, when I go hiking alone, I make some sounds. For example, singing or sticking. Many of solo mountaineers has a sounding-bell.