19 기억에 오래 남는 단어 공부법

Reader's Bank_Level 7_Unit 07                                    Reading Text

Learning new English words is not easy. Within 24 hours, you forget about 70 percent of the words you learned. So, what is the best way to remember new words?

Review the words repeatedly at different times. After learning new words, check them again later the same day. Then, review them a day later, a week later, and so on.

Psychologists say you need to be exposed to new words more than seven times to remember them for a long time. However, it is not enough simply to repeat the words in the same way. It is more effective to use the new words in different contexts. For example, you can combine the words with pictures or use them in your diary. Using flashcards or apps can also make it easy for you to review words anytime and anywhere.

To help you remember better, try different ways to review. Then, the new words will settle permanently in your long-term memory.

20 실패 없인 혁신도 없다!

Jeff Bezos started Amazon, a big online store. He is famous for thinking differently about business. He believes that sometimes being slow and inefficient can be good. It gives us time to explore, be curious, and try new things.

In a letter to the people who own shares of Amazon, he said, “I think we are the best place in the world to make mistakes. Mistakes and new ideas go together.” He believes that truly new ideas come from trying things out—and those attempts don’t always succeed.

A good example is the Fire Phone. Amazon made the Fire Phone, which could recognize things and let people buy them right away on Amazon. It was a new idea, but people didn’t like it, so it ended in failure.

But Amazon learned from that mistake. The lessons helped the company make the Echo smart speaker and Alexa voice assistant. These new inventions made Amazon a leader in smart speakers and voice technology.

For Bezos, the path to success is not easy. Great ideas often come from mistakes, curiosity, and a desire to try new things.

21 유레카! 이면의 이야기

A king bought a gold crown, but he wanted to know if it was pure gold. So he asked Archimedes to find out. Archimedes thought about the problem for a long time, but nothing worked. One day, he stepped into a bath and noticed water spilling over the edge. That gave him an idea! He realized that the amount of water that overflowed was equal to the volume of his body that entered the tub. He thought, “If I know an object’s volume and weight, I can find its density!” He was so excited that he ran outside shouting, “Eureka!”, which means “I found it!”

So, Archimedes filled a large container with water and gently placed the crown in it. He measured the water that spilled out to find the crown’s volume. He already knew its weight. He divided the weight by the volume to find the density. Then, he compared that number to the density of pure gold. The numbers didn’t match. That meant the crown wasn’t made of pure gold! According to history, Archimedes told the truth to the king, and the king learned the crown was fake.