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2022 수능특강 영어 13강 1번 지문분석 / 한줄해석 

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The performance of individuals in your reference groups can affect your self-esteem.

여러분의 준거 집단에서 개인의 성과는 여러분의 자존감에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 

 

For example, if being good at science is important to you, knowing that someone in your reference group always scores much higher than you on science tests can lower your self-esteem.

예를 들어, 만약 과학을 잘하는 것이 여러분에게 중요하다면, 여러 분의 준거 집단에 속한 누군가가 항상 과학 시험에서 여러분보다 훨씬 더 높은 점수를 받는다는 것을 아는 것이 여러분의 자존감을 떨어뜨릴 수 있다. 

 

To protect their self-esteem and make themselves feel better, people sometimes compare themselves with those who are not as good, a strategy called downward social comparison.

자존감을 지키고 자신의 기분을 좋게 하기 위해, 사람들은 때때로 자신보다 못한 사람들과 자신을 비교하기도 하는데, 이것은 ‘하향 사회 비교’라고 불리는 전략이다. 

 

They may also sometimes engage in upward social comparison, in which they compare themselves with people who are doing much better than they are.

때때로 그들은 ‘상향 사회 비교’를 할 수도 있는데, 이 경우 그들은 자신들보다 훨씬 더 잘 하고 있는 사람들과 자신을 비교한다. 

 

At first glance, this might not seem sensible, and, for some people, it can be discouraging, but upward social comparison can also create optimism about improving our own performance.

얼핏 보면, 이것은 합리적이지 않아 보일 수도 있고, 어떤 사람들에게는 실망스러울 수도 있지만, 상향 사회비교는 또한 우리 자신의 성과를 향상시키는 것에 대한 낙관을 불러일으킬 수도 있다. 

 

We may tell ourselves, “If they can do it, so can I!”

우리는 스스로에게 “그들이 할 수 있다면, 나도 할 수 있어!”라고 말할지도 모른다. 

 

Or we might tell ourselves that the superior performer is not really similar enough to be in our reference group or even that the ability in question is not that important to us.

혹은 우리는 스스로에게 우수한 성취자가 실제로는 우리의 준거 집단에 있을 만큼 충분히 (우리와) 비슷하지 않다거나 심지어 문제가 되고 있는 그 능력이 우리에게는 그다지 중요하지 않다고 말할지도 모른다.