큰일 할 남자의 영어 독해 [10] - Teen Punished by Holding Sign

큰일 할 남자의 영어 독해 [10] - Teen Punished by Holding Sign

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   One mother has sent a powerful message to her son. She did it by making him feel embarrassed. Instead of punishing her son for taking drugs, she did something different. She made him stand on a corner holding a sigh. It was a very unusual and effective punishment. Some people think she did the right thing. Others disagree.

   One night the teenager came home from visiting some friends. His mother noticed that something was wrong. His eyes looked different. They looked red and glossy. She asked him what he had been doing. The young man eventually admitted ^[각주:1]that he had smoked some marijuana with his friends. It was not the first time he had smoked marijuana. Marijuana is a drug that comes from a plant. It is also called "weed" or "pot." The mother knew she also grounded ^[각주:2]him before. Nothing had worked. No other punishments had made an impact on her son.

   The frustrated mother decided to try something different. She thought of a more drastic^[각주:3] way of punishing him. She didn't tell him that night. Instead, she told him that he was going to have to get to get up early for work the next day. The next morning, mother and son drove to the corner of a busy intersection in their city. The mother parked, and then reached into the back seat. She pulled out a big sign that said, "I'm stupid. I smoke "weed" marijuana." The teenager read the placard^[각주:4] and started to laugh.

   He stopped laughing when his mother informed ^[각주:5]him that his job was to stand on the corner all day and hold the sign. From 7:00 am until 2:30 pm, the sixteen-year-old stood in the sun and held his sign. He admitted that he felt humiliated. He felt embarrassed to stand there while cars went by and people read his sign. But he never complained. He thought the punishment was fair.

   Some people driving by didn't think it was fair at all. One motorist ^[각주:6]thought the teen's mother should have found another way to punish her son. She thought the punishment was shameful. A father who passed by agreed. He thought it was excessive^[각주:7]. He said it didn't look good.

   Even more people thought the teen's punishment was a good idea. Many people thought that the woman was doing the right thing. They even stopped to shake hands with her. They told her she was doing a great job as a parent. One man who passed by was the teenager's coach. He stopped to talk and said he was very impressed with the punishment. The coach knew the mom was at her last resort. He knew what the boy was doing was dangerous, and the mom was trying to help her son.

   The teenager agreed. He said that he has asthma^[각주:8], a chronic^[각주:9] lung disease. Because marijuana is smoked, inhaling ^[각주:10]the chemicals can damage the lungs. He realized that smoking pot was like killing himself.

   The mom just wants her son to healthy. her goal was to get her son to understand how dangerous it is to take drugs. She wants her son to live, not lose him to drugs. While the two were driving home, the teenager apologized. He promised he wouldn't smoke pot again. The mother said that he only owes himself an apology.

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Marijuana is a drug that comes from a plant.

• What would you do if you found out your child was taking drugs?

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1. admit - to say that you have done something wrong or illegal [본문으로]
2. grounded - prohibited or prevented [본문으로]
3. drastic - very strict, harsh [본문으로]
4. placard - a large, hand-held sign [본문으로]
5. informed - told about [본문으로]
6. motorist - someone who drives a car [본문으로]
7. excessive - more than is fair, too much [본문으로]
8. asthma - 천식 [본문으로]
9. chronic - happening often or lasting a long time [본문으로]
10. inhaling - breathing air into the lungs [본문으로]