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2014년 2월 12일 수요일

PE 2/11 Oprah Winfrey Speech – Part 2

So, I was juggling these messages of expectation and obligation and feeling really miserable with myself.
* juggle: to try to handle multiple things at the same time
ex> some people thrive on juggling five projects at once, but not me.

So, I’d go home at night and fill up my journals about how miserable I was and frustrated. Then I’d eat my anxiety. That’s where I learned that habit.
* fill up: to use up all the space in something
ex> My mom used to get angry when I would fill up on candy right before dinner.
ex> Some artists like to fill up the entire canvas, while others leave a lot of blank space.

They said I was too emotional. I was too much.
* too much: too difficult to handle
ex> I think being a billionaire would be too much to handle for a simple girl like myself.

But since they didn’t want to pay out the contract, they put me on a talk show in Baltimore.
* pay out: to fulfill a contract’s monetary obligation
ex> Even after I finished a year at my job, my boss didn’t want to pay out the bonus.

I realized that TV could be more than just a playground, but a platform for service, for helping other people lift their lives.
* platform: a place, means, or opportunity for public expression of opinion
ex> The disc jockey used his radio show as a platform for his political ideas.




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