2007/06/01 Friday English Study mail

 

★ warming up  한줄독해 ★

1. According to the Commerce Department, / Britain is the biggest foreign investor in the United States, / followed by Japan. Holland, Canada and Germany.

해석

상무성에 따르면, 영국은 미국 내에서 가장 큰 외국 투자가이며, 그 뒤를 일본, 네델란드, 캐나다, 그리고 독일이 뒤따르고 있다.

어휘와 해설보기

 

2. But the growing international presence / in plants, real estate, stocks and bonds / and in American branches of foreign-owned banks / troubles many business and trade

experts.

해석

그러나 공장, 부동산, 주식과 채권, 그리고 외국 소유 은행의 미국 지사에서의 국제적인 점유가 늘어감에 따라 많은 기업들과 통상 전문가들은 어려움을 겪고 있다.

어휘와 해설보기

 

이 문장의 주부는 the growing ~ foreign-owned banks이고, 동사는 troubles이다. 주어가 이처럼 긴 경우에는 주어와 동사를 연결시키기가 쉽지 않으므로 가능한 주부의 수식어구를 괄호로 묶어 the growing international presence (in plants, ~ banks) troubles ~와 같이 연결시켜 보면 의미 파악이 쉬워질 것이다.  

이 문장에서와 같이 무생물이 주어인 경우에는 주어를 적당히 부사적으로 해석해야 우리말다운 의미를 찾을 수 있을 것이다.  

 

어휘 : international 국제적인   presence 존재함   plant 공장   real estate 부동산   stock 주, 주식   bond 채권 branch 지사   foreign-owned 외국인 소유의   trouble 괴롭히다   trade expert 통상 전문가, 무역 전문가

 

번역 : 그러나 공장, 부동산, 주식과 채권, 그리고 외국 소유 은행의 미국 지사에서의 국제적인 점유가 늘어감에 따라 많은 기업들과 통상 전문가들은 어려움을 겪고 있다.

 

 

★ level up 분야별독해 ★

In the United States, the radio was influential as an instrument for entertainment, education, and standardization. Radio developed rapidly during the First World War, and the first commercial broadcasting station began business in 1920. Within a decade almost every family in the nation was able to tune in on comic shows, news broadcasts, or music. The radio, like the movies, was a big business, and like the movies, too, it was geared to mass consumption and had to fit its programs to popular interest: a study of radio programs would reveal as much about the popular mind as would any other study. In two fields the radio aimed at something more than popular entertainment. It undertook educational programs―rather feebly, to be sure―and it broadcast news and political campaigns. It is interesting to note that the radio remained, with very few exception, a private enterprise, supported not by taxes, as in all European countries, but by advertisers. Whether Americans paid too high a price for freedom from government control of the radio is a matter about which opinions differ.

 

1. It can be inferred from the passage that by the 1930's most people in the United States _______.

   (A) had access to a radio

   (B) listened to European news

   (C) attended one movie a week

   (D) sent comments to radio stations

 

2. The author mentions all of the following services provided by the radio except _______.

   (A) political news                          (B) comic shows

   (C) weather reports                       (D) music programs

 

3. Why does the author mention the movies?

   (A) To suggest that movies were bigger business than radio

   (B) To show that both movies and radio were influenced by public interest

   (C) To explain the differences in audience reaction to movies and radio

   (D) To compare private enterprises to government controlled ones

 

4. In line 8, the word “it” refers to which of the following?

   (A) radio                                    (B) interest

   (C) business                              (D) consumption

 

5. What does the author say about government control of radio?

   (A) Some people think government control of the radio industry is inevitable in the future.

   (B) It is relatively inexpensive to operate a government-controlled radio station.

   (C) government-owned radio station

   (D) There are various viewpoints concerning government control of the radio industry.

 

6. Where in the passage does the author discuss the different types of funding for radio?

   (A) Lines 1～3                             (B) Lines 3～5

   (C) Lines 5～9                             (D) Lines 14～17

☞ 정답 및 해설


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according to 에 관하여.

문제) 보기 중 잘못된 것은?

The boss asked me what, according to my opinion, we should do about the parking problem at                           (A)           (B)                                          C)                                      (D)

e factory.

.... 답지에 답이 (B)로 나와있는데요, 왜 그런지 잘 모르겠습니다.

문제) 보기 중 잘못된 것은?

The boss asked me what, according to my opinion, we should do about the

                                 (A)       (B)                                                       (C)

parking problem at the factory.

                     (D)                                                                                                                           

..... 답지에 답이 (B)로 나와있는데요, 왜 그런지 잘 모르겠습니다.

 "사장은 나에게 공장의 주차문제에 관하여, 내 의견으로는, 우리가 무슨 일을 해야 할지를 물었읍니다."

  **according to~~는    "행동이 ~~에 적응하여, 분수에 맞게"등이나

                                  "정보나 자료가 ~~에 의거하여"의 의미로 사용합니다.

      그러나 opinion의 경우에는 according to를 사용하지않고, in one's opinion이나 

      in the opinion of~~의 형태를 사용하여 "~~의 의견으로는"이란 의미로 사용

      합니다.

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