【문15】다음 글에 나타난 필자의 심경 변화로 가장 적절한 것은? 17 법원
I was always mad at Charles even though I couldn't
ever put my finger on exactly what he was doing to
make me angry. Charles was just one of those people
who rubbed me the wrong way. Yet, I was constantly
upset. When we began looking at anger in this class,
I thought, "What's my primary feeling about Charles?"
I almost hate to admit what I found out because it
makes me look like I'm a lot more insecure than I
feel I really am, but my primary feeling was fear. I
was afraid that Charles with his brilliance and sharp
tongue was going to make me look stupid in front of
the other students. Last week I asked him to stay
after class and I just told him how threatened I get
when he pins me down on some minor point. He was
kind of stunned, and said he wasn't trying to make
me look bad, that he was really trying to score
brownie points with me. We ended up laughing about
it and I'm not threatened by him anymore. When he
forgets and pins me down now, I just laugh and say,
“Hey, that's another brownie point for you.”
*brownie point: 윗사람의 신임 점수
① relieved → irritated
② uneasy → relieved
③ calm → envious
④ frightened → indifferent