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테드(TED) 스터디: There's more to life than being happy - Emily Esfahani Smith

살다 보면서 나와 같은 생각을 가지고 있는 사람을 만나면 참 반갑다. 스터디 시간에 만난 Emily 연사는 내가 그동안 느낌으로만 가지고 있던 생각을 말로 표현해줬던 사람이어서 너무나 반갑고 좋아했던 연사다. There's more to life than being happy - Emily Esfahani Smith 중요 표현 및 해석 공유 ● I used to think the whole purpose of life was pursuing happiness.    > used to V: ~하곤 했다 /  cf. be used to Ving: ~하는 데 익숙하다 ● adrift     >  1. 표류하는    2. 방황하는 ● struggle     >  (자) for/with와 붙어 1. 투쟁하다 2. 발버둥치다 ● gnawing     >  신경을 갉아먹는, 괴롭히는 ● intrinsically     > 본질적으로 ● transcendent     > 초월하는 ● Here's an example. Each morning, my friend Jonathan buys a newspaper from the same street vendor in New York. They don't just conduct a transaction, though. They take a moment to slow down, talk, and treat each other like humans. But one time, Jonathan didn't have the right change, and the vendor said, "Don't worry about it." But Jonathan insisted on paying, so...