YBM 고등 영어Ⅱ 한상호 Lesson Special

theory

n. 이론
In the novel, Albert Einstein is a young scientist who is troubled by dreams as he works on his theory of relativity in 1905.

conception

n. 개념
What conception of time do we live in here and now?

grasp

n. 이해, 파악
In their dreams, they live forever, fall into the past, know the details of their future in advance, or have no grasp of the future at all.

precisely

ad. 정확히
The world repeats itself, precisely, endlessly.

treasure

v. 소중히 여기다, 귀하게 여기다
Parents treasure the first laugh from their child as if they will not hear it again.

temporary

a. 일시적인
How could they know that nothing is temporary, that all will happen again?

vaguely

ad. 흐릿하게, 어렴풋이
Some few people in every town, in their dreams, are vaguely aware that everything has already occurred in the past.

misjudgment

n. 그릇된 판단, 오판
These are the people with unhappy lives, and they sense that their misjudgments and wrong acts and bad luck have all taken place in a previous circle of time.

cursed

a. 저주받은
These cursed citizens struggle with their bed-sheets, unable to rest, stricken with the knowledge that they cannot change a single action, a single gesture.

sigh

n. 한숨
In each town, late at night, the empty streets fill up with their sighs of sadness.

split

v. 나뉘다, 갈라지다
The forest path splits into two at this point.

infinite

a. 무한한, 한계가 없는
It is said that there might be an infinite number of planets in the universe.

enterprise

n. 사업, 기업
When a man starts a business, he feels compelled to talk it over with his grandparents to learn from their errors, for no new enterprise is new.

turn to

…에 의지하다
Sons and daughters cannot turn to parents for confident advice.

indefinite

a. 분명히 규정되지 않은, 애매한, 막연한
Where every action must be proven one million times, life is indefinite.

consultation

n. 협의, 상의
The grocer’s stocks of salt, fish, and beef change with every change of mind, every consultation.

engagement

n. 약혼
Engagements end just days before weddings.

peer

v. 유심히 보다, 응시하다
On the avenues and streets, people turn their heads and peer behind their backs to see who might be watching.

immortality

v. 영생, 불멸
Everything must be proven over and over again. As a result, people feel uneasy, and this becomes the cost of their immortality.

flock

n. 무리, 떼
Suddenly a flock of birds fly overhead.

sneak

v. 살금살금 가다, 몰래 가다
Coming home late, she had to sneak into the house in order not to wake her family up.

swiftly

ad. 신속히, 재빨리
The bird swiftly merges with the flock.

merge

v. 합치다, 융합되다
The bird swiftly merges with the flock.

entrap

v. 덫으로 잡다, 함정에 빠트리다
Without entrapping a bird, she drops her jar to the ground and begins to cry.

halt

v. 멈추다, 세우다
The elderly desperately wish to halt time, but they are much too slow and too tired to entrap any bird.

long to

…하기를 갈망하다
They long to capture a single minute at the breakfast table drinking tea.

capture

v. 붙잡다, 포획하다
They long to capture a single minute at the breakfast table drinking tea.

reflect

v. 반사하다, 비치다
They long to capture a single minute at the breakfast table drinking tea, or an afternoon when the winter sun reflects off the snow and floods the music room with light.

delicate

a. 우아한, 섬세한
At first, the catchers delight in the moment so frozen but soon discover that the nightingale dies, its clear, delicate song diminishes to silence.

fade

v. 서서히 사라지다, 점점 희미해지다
At first, the catchers delight in the moment so frozen but soon discover that the nightingale dies and the trapped moment fades and dies.