EBS 파워잉글리쉬 2014년 9월 23일 화요일 Arianna Huffington Speech - Part 4

Arianna Huffington Speech - Part 4

A key, and often-overlooked aspect of recharging is also one of the most obvious: getting enough sleep. There is nothing that negatively affects my productivity and efficiency more than lack of sleep. After years of burning the candle on both ends, my eyes have been opened to the value of getting some serious shuteye.

And in the macho boys' club atmosphere that dominates many offices, women too often feel they have to overcompensate by working harder, longer, and later. In fact, lack of sleep has become a sort of virility symbol. I was once out to dinner with guy who kept bragging about how he only needed four hours of sleep a night. I wanted to tell him that he'd be much more interesting if he'd gotten five.

Sleep and productive leisure can be keys to tapping into our wisdom—as is making our lives about something more than ourselves.

In a study on the roots of altruism, psychologist Dr. Ervin Staub analyzed men and women who had risked their lives during WWII to protect Jews hiding from the Nazis. "Goodness," he wrote, "like evil, often begins in small steps. " Small steps that frequently lead to much larger commitments—and can have ever-widening positive reverberations through our communities. 

[Vocab Tips]

* overlook - 간과하다

* overcompensate - 과잉 보상하다

* virility - 정력, 남자다움

* reverberation - 반향

[Expression of the day]

He kept bragging about his need for little sleep.

그는 자신이 잠을 적게 자는 것에 대해서 계속 자랑했다.

He kept showing off about his need for little sleep.​

He kept boasting about ​his need for little sleep.​

He kept singing his own praises about his need for little sleep.​