Daddy Weirdest 이희성 김재복

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Summary Writer said who is my father and what is his interest and how effect in writer’s life or thought. He is a train-mania. Most people take plane, if they would go from upstate New York to Washington, D.C. But, he takes train. He really loves trains – riding them, photographing them, even listening to them. By the time she reached middle school, she realized that her dad was a freak. She was only kid who had never been on an airplane. In ninth grade, Krista is the coolest girl in her class, and her new best friend. Hoping to cement the friendship, she invited Krista on a vacation with her family. But, writer had forgotten that dad’s definition of vacation is different from most people’s. It was the worst of their vacation. Later, writer knew that Krista’s parents also have bizarre behavior. So Krista understand writer. So, they become and remain great friends. Writer should admit that when not humiliated by her dad’s bizarre behavior, she have to love and admire that he’s a free spirit. So writer guess it’s better to have an embarrassing father that one who is busy trying to impress other people.

Vocabulary swanky -adjective (swankier, swankiest) informal 1 stylishly luxurious and expensive. 2 inclined to show off. domestic -adjective 1 relating to a home or family affairs or relations. 2 of or for use in the home. 3 fond of family life and running a home. 4 (of an animal) tame and kept by humans. 5 existing or occurring within a country; not foreign. -noun 1 (also domestic worker or domestic help) a person employed to do domestic tasks. 2 informal a violent quarrel between family members. freak -noun 1 (also freak of nature) a person, animal, or plant which is abnormal or deformed. 2 a very unusual and unexpected event. 3 informal a person who is obsessed with a particular activity or interest: a fitness freak. -verb (usu. freak out) informal behave or cause to behave in a wild and irrational way.

Vocabulary corridor -noun 1 a passage in a building or train, with doors leading into rooms or compartments. 2 a belt of land linking two other areas or following a road or river. precarious -adjective 1 not securely held or in position; likely to fall. 2 dependent on chance; uncertain maverick -noun 1 an unorthodox or independent-minded person. 2 N. Amer. an unbranded calf or yearling. ammunition -noun 1 a supply or quantity of bullets and shells. 2 points used to support one’s case in argument.

Grammar ① p.92, 2 nd paragraph. My mother smiled as if everything and everyone were normal. → as if = like ② p.92, 4 th paragraph, 4 th line. How many other girls have a dad who hitchhiked all over~ → who = relative pronoun A is a word such as `who', `that', or `which' that is used to introduce a relative clause. `Whose', `when', `where', and `why' are generally called, though they are actually adverbs.

My opinion After read this essay, I considered the things that my father gave to me, one more time. You know, the family, especially father is a very private word. So, It's hard to mention his name to somebody. If you had a mistake in saying, People would are apt to think that your father is the odds. But, today i will tell you about my father. He gave me a lot of things. The most special thing, maybe 'The Eyes' That eyes are not only to understand the world around, but also accept myself. Since I was born, I was never heard a words like this "Good Job!" Most of all, When I got a prize in school, and went back home to boast of it. He never praise me. One day, I questioned to him, "Why you never say good job?!" Then, He answered me, "It's your prize and life." "Don't find somebody to be prased. Live for you..,Cuz It's your life." At that time, I hate the blunt thinking of him. So, His word did not work to me. But as I grow up, I can understand the word what he said. His thinking was, maybe, 'Make the life, My own way.' The life which is valued and controlled not me, would be tragical. If I face the death, I wanna give a grade myself,with my own style. I learned the life style, with a different from the writer's happenning. But, The truth that All of the parent love their child, would be unchanged. Isn't It? That's my Word.

The end. Thank you.