Are you living like 'a hothouse flower'? Viral checklist sparks buzz in South Korea

진행자: 박준희, Elise Youn

기사 요약: 최근 온라인 커뮤니티에서 화제가 된 "온실 속 화초 테스트." 이 테스트에 따르면 "살면서 알바를 해본 적이 없다," "의식주 걱정을 해본 적이 없다" 등의 항목 중 절반 이상에 해당하면 자신이 온실 속 화초일 가능성이 높다는 데...

[1] The term “hothouse flower” metaphorically describes individuals who have led sheltered lives, shielded from the harsh realities of the world. The online post that Jin received featured a checklist of eight traits that, according to the author, define a sheltered individual, meaning a person shielded from financial, emotional or social struggles.

*metaphorically: 비유적으로

*sheltered: 근심 걱정이 없는; 보호를 받는

*harsh: 혹독한

*trait: 특성

[2] It included characteristics such as having never had a part-time job, having only had ambiguous concerns in life -- such as school grades, future career and dating life, being born and raised in Seoul and attending private schools.

*characteristics: 특징들

*ambiguous: 애매한; 불분명한

*concern: 걱정; 염려

[3] When asked why the hothouse flower checklist went viral, sociology professor Choi Hang-sub from Kookmin University told The Korea Herald that it is interconnected with how the spoon theory went viral in 2015, based on the idea that “being born into a family that is well-off gives you automatic advantages, while being born poor or less well-off holds you back.”

*go viral: 입소문이 나다

*interconnected: 서로 연결된

*well-off: 유복한

*hold (somebody/something) back: ~을 저지하다; (진전, 발전을) 방해하다

[4] “The checklist can be considered to be ‘for fun’ and is lightheartedly used by some people to joke about being an ‘overprotected hothouse flower.’”

*considered: 여겨지는

*lightheartedly: 가볍게

기사 원문: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10428602

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