A Year in Review

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A Year in Review

How to tell if you had a great 2024

Updated: 2024.12.02

4 min read · Basic

A Year in Review

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Discussion Questions

How would you describe this year in a single word? Sentence?

한 단어 그리고 한 문장으로 올해를 표현해 보세요.

What did you learn about yourself this year?

올해 여러분은 자신에 대해 무엇을 새로이 알게 되었습니까?

What was your biggest challenge this year, and how did you overcome it?

올해 여러분에게 가장 어려운 문제는 무엇이었고 어떻게 극복했습니까?

What was your greatest accomplishment this year, and how did you achieve it? How did it make you feel?

올해 여러분이 성취한 가장 자랑스러운 일은 무엇이고 어떻게 그 일을 해냈습니까? 어떤 기분이었습니까?

What’s one bad habit you quit this year?

올해 여러분이 고친 나쁜 습관은 무엇입니까?

Have you taken on new responsibilities this year? How are you handling them?

올해 새로운 책무를 맡은 것이 있습니까? 어떻게 그 일을 맡아하고 있나요?

What and who are you most grateful for this year?

올해 가장 고맙게 여기는 사람이나 일은 무엇입니까?

If you could travel back and correct one mistake from this year, what would you do?

시간을 되돌려 올해 저지른 실수 중 하나를 고칠 수 있다면 무엇을 다르게 하고 싶은가요?

Are you happy with what you achieved professionally? How about personally?

직장에서 그리고 개인적으로 여러분이 달성한 것들에 만족하십니까?

Q10

Do you enjoy your work?

여러분이 하는 일이 즐거우십니까?

Q11

What books have you read this year? Which was your favorite?

올해 어떤 책들을 읽었나요? 어느 책이 가장 좋았나요?

Q12

This year, what was your biggest source of stress?

올해 가장 큰 스트레스의 요인은 무엇이었습니까?

Q13

This year, what was your biggest source of inspiration?

올해 어디서 혹은 누구에게서 가장 큰 영감을 받았습니까?

Q14

Which relationships meant the most to you this year and why?

올해 누구와의 관계가 가장 의미있게 다가오고 그 이유는 무엇입니까?

Q15

Given the journey you took in 2024, what’s one piece of advice to give yourself for 2025?

2024년의 여정을 보며 2025년 자신에게 주고 싶은 조언은 무엇입니까?

Q16

If you have a question or questions that you'd like to discuss during your class, please write them down.

궁금한 점이 있거나 수업 중에 얘기해 보고 싶은 질문이 있으면 적어주세요.

Expressions

hike

a sharp increase, especially in price

Ví dụ

Netflix’s basic plan is jumping from $8 per month to $9 per month, reflecting the biggest single price hike since its launch.

Ví dụ

Did you hear about the hike in parking fines?

reflection

serious thoughts; contemplation

Ví dụ

He’s so busy and doesn’t get much time for reflection.

Ví dụ

This sculpture expresses reflections on human nature.

highs and lows

the highs and lows of something refer to both the good and bad parts of it

Ví dụ

She wrote a memoir about the highs and lows of her career.

Ví dụ

Life is full of highs and lows.

the whole nine yards

everything possible

Ví dụ

I went to the grocery store and got vegetables, fruit, steak, chicken—the whole nine yards.

Ví dụ

The guest speaker, an astronomer, gave us the whole nine yards about NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope.

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