Habits

Habits

 

Idioms

• Writing on the wall = To see the writing on the wall, is to have a premonition, or see a bad thing coming.
• By force of habit = When you do something by force of habit it because it has become a habit through repetition. (similar to 'being on autopilot')
• Creature of habit = One who prefers the comfort and reliability of routine and habitual behavior.
• Old habts die hard = It's difficult for people to stop doing things that they have been doing for a long time.

 

ex1) The company had ignored the writing on the wall and was plunged into bankruptcy.

ex2) Every time I'm in the car I turn on the radio by force of habit.

ex3) My brother is far too much a creature of habit to be up for something like backpacking across Europe.

ex4) I just can't seem to give up smoking. Old habits die hard.

 

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Quotations

 

The Chains of habits are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Samuel Johnson

 

The easier it is to do, the harder it it to change.

Eng's Principle

 

A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.

Desiderius Erasmus

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Questions

 

1. Habits come in different forms. Sme are "good habits" and some are "bad habits". Name some "good habits" and "bad habits".

2. What are some of your "good habits" that you are glad that you have? What are some of your "bad habits" that you would like to change?

3. Why is it so difficult to change one's habits? How long does it take to break a habit or create a new one?

4. A "habit of mind" is a thought process we fall into and is hard to change. For example, one habit of mind think about the worst case outcome when starting something new. D you have any "habits of mind" that you would like to change? How does one change a "habit of mind"?

5. Often our good and bad habits affect others and their habits affect us. D you have a friend/family member whose habits (good for bad) influence you? If so, how? How do some of your habits (good and bad) effect those around you?

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이번 학기 마지막 회화 시간이었어요.

 

그 동안 다니면서 배웠던 것도 쭈욱 올려볼게요.

 

영어를 배우면서 신기한 것은 그 전에 의식하지 못했던 문장이 들릴 때에요.

이 습관에 관해 이야기를 나눈 후 force of habit을 두 번이나 듣게 되었는데요.

한 번은 'Dead to Me'란 미드에서에요. 두 여주인공이 나오는데 대화 도중 한 명이 저 말을 하는데 '아 바로 오늘배운거다!'하고 상기하게 됐어요.

또 주말에 어벤저스:엔드게임을 보러갔는데 캡틴 아메리카가 나타샤에게 또 force of habit이란 말을 해요. 

배우지 않았더라면 그냥 아무렇지 않게 흘러 보냈을 장면들을 기억하게 되서 즐거웠어요.

 

4번 질문 habit of mind를 다른 말로 mindset이라고 할 수 있는데요. catastrophizing이란 단어도 새로 배우고요.

bias, prejudice, sterotypes에 대해서도 이야기를 나눴어요.

 

그리고 그 외 브런치 이야기가 나와서 클레이튼에 있다는 인디아가 추천한 Original Pancake House와 클레어의 추천인 멕시칸 브런치 레스토랑 Southwest Diner를 알게 되었어요.

차근 차근 가보려고요.

 

브런치 레스토랑에 가면 미국인들이 자주 마시는 칵테일이 두 가지가 있어요.

미모사와 블러디 메리에요.

블러디 메리는 해장칵테일로도 먹는다는 이야기가 있는데요.

숙취는 Hang over라 하고요.

해장술을 Hair of the dog이라고 해요.

옛날에 광견병에 걸린 개에게 물렸을 때, 그 개의 털을 상처 부위에 올려놓으면 상처가 낫는다는 미신이 있었다고 해요. 거기서 유래된 것인데 광견병에 걸린 개의 털을 뽑을 수는 있을까? 하는 것이 우리의 의문이었어요.