공무원 영어 독해 좋은 지문

 

I have always taught my children that politeness, learning, and order are good things,  and that something good is to be desired and developed for its own sake. But at school they learned, and very quickly,  that children earn Nature Trail tickets for running the quarter-mile track during lunch recess. Or Lincoln Dollars for picking up trash on the playground or for helping a young child find the bathroom — deeds that used to be called 'good citizenship.' Why is it necessary to buy the minimal cooperation of children with rewards or treats? What disturbs me is the idea that good behavior must be reinforced with incentives. Children must be taught to perform good deeds for their own sake, not in order to receive stickers, stars, and candy bar

나는 항상 아이들에게 예의와 배움, 질서가 좋은 것이고, 좋은 것은 그 자체를 위해 소망하고 발전하는 것이라고 가르쳐 왔 다. 그러나 학교에서 그들은 아이들이 점심시간 동안 4분거리 트랙을 달리는 것으로 네이처 트레일 티켓을 얻는다는 것을 아 주 빨리 배웠다. 또는 링컨 돌라스는 놀이터에서 쓰레기를 줍거나 어린 아이가 화장실을 찾을 수 있도록 도와준 것, 즉 '좋 은 시민권'이라고 불리던 행위들. 왜 보상이나 대접을 받으며 아이들의 최소한의 협조를 살 필요가 있는 것일까? 나를 방해하 는 것은 좋은 행동이 인센티브로 강화되어야 한다는 생각이다. 아이들은 스티커, 별, 사탕을 받기 위해서가 아니라 그들 자신 을 위해서 선행을 하도록 가르쳐야 한다.

 

*  politeness : 공손함  order : 질서  desire : 원하다  developed : 발달한  for its own sake : 그것을 자체를 위해

   earn : 벌다  citizenship : 시민권  necessary : 필요한  cooperation : 협력  reward : 보상  disturd : 방해하다

   reinforce : 강화하다  perform : 수행하다  receive : 받다