[영어대체] Short Reading #10 (GE12)

Why is it so necessary for students to students to study the great literature of the past? It is because literature has to do with man, his nature and his society.

While we can say in all honesty that science and technology is totally different now and infinitely more advanced than in past ages, when it comes to man it is hard to reach any other conclusion but that man is still the same man he has always been.

Human nature has not progressed.

Man lives in a more modern setting, of course, but his thoughts, emotions and actions often seem to be as (a)primitive as the earliest of men.

The great classics of literature tell us about man, the perennial man, his problems and his desires.

These works, written hundreds or even thousands of years ago, tell us not only about ancient man but also about today's man and often speak to us more directly than the most recent literature.

The great classics are always (b)contemporary because they deal with the fundamental human problems which always remain the same: love, desire, ambition, envy, conflict, death, etc.

It would seem wise to consider well the advice of Bulwer-Lytton, the 19th century English novelist, who said, "In science, read the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern."


1. 밑줄친 부분을 우리말로 해석
when it comes to man // it is hard ~ 로 읽어서 해석
사람에 관해서는 항상 그래왔듯이 항상 같은 모습이다.

2. (a)에 p로 시작하는 단어
primitive


3. (b)에 c로 시작하는 단어
contemporary


4. 글의 요지





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In the world of nature there are always compensations.

As a country lad, I became familiar at an early age with the farming maxim that "there is never a year when every crop succeeds, nor when every crop fails."

In recent years a farming elite and its advisers have started to assume otherwise.

They have been convincing themselves that if they prepare their plans according to the latest scientific knowledge and put them efficiently into practice, success is assured.

1. 밑줄친 부분 내용을 우리말로 설명
최근의 과학적 지식을 바탕으로 농사를 시행했을 경우 모든 작물이 성공적으로 잘 자란다라는 가정.