2.4
When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey. Absurd as it might seem to me, a thousand miles from any human habitation and in danger of death, I took out of my pocket a sheet of paper and my fountain-pen. But then I remembered how my studies had been concentrated on geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar, and I told the little chap (a little crossly, too) that I did not know how to draw. He answered me:
"That doesn't matter. Draw me a sheep."
어휘론<語彙論, lexicology>
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신비함은 수수계기(puzzle, riddle)와 연결되며 비밀스러움과 연결돤다. 이와 같이 어휘를 학습할 때 시각조직자(Graphic Organizer)로 구성시키면 어휘를 확장시킬 수 있다.
overpower : 보다 강한 힘으로 지우다
1. erase, wipe out 상대를 지우다
overwork, overdrink, overeat : 과로하다, 과음하다, 과식하다
When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.
번역) 너무 상상할 수 없는 일을 당하게 되면, 감히 거절할 수 없다.
의역) 신비로움이 너무도 강렬할 때 거부할 수 없는 힘에 압도당할 수밖에 없다.
Vocabulary
absurd : 불합리한; 어리석은; 부조리한; 바보 같은; 웃기는
habitation : 거주; 거주지; 사는 곳; 주소; 주택
concentrated : 집중하다; 전력을 기울이다; 한 점에 모으다; 모으다; 응축하다
chap : 튼 데; 튼 자리; 금; 균열; 똑똑 두드리는 것
arithmetic : 산수; 셈; 산수책; 산수의 능력; 계산
2.5
But I had never drawn a sheep. So I drew for him one of the two pictures I had drawn so often. It was that of the boa constrictor from the outside. And I was astounded to hear the little fellow greet it with, "No, no, no! I do not want an elephant inside a boa constrictor. A boa constrictor is a very dangerous creature, and an elephant is very cumbersome. Where I live, everything is very small. What I need is a sheep. Draw me a sheep."
So then I made a drawing.
Vocabulary
constrictor : 압축시키는 것; 괄약근; 압박기; 먹이를 졸라 죽이는 큰 뱀
cumbersome : 주체스러운; 방해가 되는; 귀찮은; 성가신
creature : 창조물; 생물; 동물; 마소; 가축
2.6
He looked at it carefully, then he said:
"No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another."
So I made another drawing.
My friend smiled gently and indulgently.
"You see yourself," he said, "that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns."
So then I did my drawing over once more.
Vocabulary
indulge:~에서 빠지다 ; wallow
indulgent 제멋대로 하게 하는
indulgently 제멋대로인, 너그러운
ram : 숫양; 성벽을 부수는 해머; 충각; 충각함; 쇠달구
2.7
But it was rejected too, just like the others.
"This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time."
By this time my patience was exhausted, because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart. So I tossed off this drawing.
Vocabulary
exhausted : 소진시키다; 피폐시키다; 다 써버리다; 비우다; 내용물을 비우다
toss off: 던지다