Story 6 : The truth for a poor memory

Story 6 : The truth for a poor memory

 

If you don't use your arms or your legs some time, they become weak. When you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows this and nobody would think of questioning this fact. Yet there are many people who don't seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it frequently either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he doesn't give it enough chances to become strong.

If a friend complains that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think his parents are to blame and that he is just unlucky. Also, few of us realize that it is just as much as his own fault as if it is his arms or legs that were weak.

 

Words

question 질문하다, 의문을 가지다 memory 기억 practice 연습

exercise 연습하다 frequently 종종, 자주 consciously 의식적으로

unconsciously 무의식적으로 complain 불평하다 fault 잘못

blame 비난하다 unlucky 불행한 realize 깨닫다

 

 

Brief Reading

 

If you don't use / your arms or your legs / some time,/ they become weak.//

(만약 네가 사용하지 않는다면 / 팔과 다리를 / 한동안 / 그것들은 약해진다)

 

When you start / using them again,/ they slowly become strong again.//

(네가 시작할 때 / 그것들을 다시 사용하기를 / 그것들은 다시 서서히 강해진다)

 

Everybody knows this / and nobody would think / of questioning this fact.//

(모두 이것을 안다 / 그리고 아무도 생각하지 않는다 / 이 사실에 의문을 제기할 것을)

 

Yet there are many people / who don't seem to know / that memory works / in the same way.//

(그러나 많은 사람들이 있다 / 아는 것처럼 보이지 않는 / 기억이 작동한다는 것을 / 같은 방식으로)

 

When someone says / that he has a good memory,

(누군가 말할 때 / 그가 좋은 기억을 가지고 있다고)

 

he really means / that he keeps his memory / in practice by exercising it frequently / either consciously or unconsciously.//

(그는 정말 의미한다 / 그가 기억을 유지하는 것을 / 그것을 자주 연습함으로서 / 의식적이건 무의식적이건)

 

When someone else says / that his memory is poor,/ he really means / that he doesn't give it enough chances / to become strong.//

(누군가 말할 때 / 그의 기억이 나쁘다고 / 그는 정말 의미한다 / 그가 기억에게 충분한 기회를 주지 않는다는 것을 / 강하게 하기 위해)

 

If a friend complains / that his arms and legs are weak,/ we know / that it is his own fault.//

(만약 친구가 불평한다면 / 그의 팔과 다리가 약하다고 / 우리는 안다 / 그것은 그의 잘못이라는 것을)

 

But if he tells us / that he has a poor memory,/ many of us think / his parents are to blame / and that he is just unlucky.//

(그러나 만약 그가 우리에게 말한다면 / 그가 나쁜 기억을 가지고 있다고 / 우리 중 많은 사람들은 생각한다 / 그의 부모님이 비난받아야 한다고 / 그리고 그가 불행하다고)

 

Also, few of us realize / that it is / just as much as his own fault / as if it is his arms or legs / that were weak.//

(또한 우리 중 거의 어느 누구도 깨닫지 못한다 / 그것이 ~라고 / 그의 잘못이라고 / 그의 팔과 다리가 그랬던 것처럼 / 약했던)

 

 

Tip! Tip! Tip!

 

1. be + to 부정사

be동사 다음에 to 부정사가 오면 일반적으로 보어로 사용되어 ‘~하는 것’으로 해석이 되는 경우가 많다. 그러나, 모두 이것처럼 명사적 의미만을 갖는 것은 아니다. 경우에 따라 예정, 의무, 가능, 운명, 의도를 나타내는 용법으로 사용되기도 한다. 각 예들을 살펴보자.

 

* 본문의 예문으로 살펴봅시다!

1. 의무 : ‘~해야 한다’로 해석되어 should와 같은 의미로 볼 수 있다.

eg 1. His parents are to blame.

(그의 부모님은 비난받아야 한다.)

* 기타 예문으로 살펴봅시다!

2. 예정 : ‘~할 것이다’의 미래의 의미를 나타내며, will과 같은 의미로 볼 수 있다.

eg 2. My dad is to arrive at home this evening.

(우리 아빠는 오늘 저녁 집에 도착할 예정이다.)

3. 가능 : ‘~할 수 있다’의 의미로서 can과 같은 의미로 볼 수 있다.

eg 3. A TV set is to be found everywhere.

(TV는 어디서든 발견할 수 있다.)

4. 운명 : ‘~할 운명이다’의 의미로서 be destined to do와 같은 의미로 볼 수 있다.

eg 4. They were never to meet again.

(그들은 다시는 만나지 못할 운명이었다.)

5. 의도 : 조건절에서 intend의 뜻을 가지며, 가정법 과거에서 were과 함께 쓰이면 미래에 대한 불가능한 가정을 나타낸다.

eg 5. If you are to succeed, you must study hard. (조건절)

(네가 성공하고자 한다면, 열심히 공부해야 할 것이다.)

eg 6. If the sun were to rise in the west, I would change my mind. (가정법 과거)

(만약 해가 서쪽에서 뜬다면, 내가 마음을 바꿀 것이다.)

 

 

Word Test

exercise blame memory complain fault

1. to say that you are not satisfied with it

2. to move your body energetically

3. your ability to remember things 4. to believe that someone is responsible for something bad

5. a mistake in what someone is doing

 

Read and Think!

1. What does this passage mainly tell us?

A. One's memory can be trained.

B. One should practice using his arms or legs more frequently.

C. If someone has a good memory, he is usually lucky.

D. It's his parents fault if he has a poor memory.

 

2. What is true?

A. The more you use your arms or legs, the weaker they become.

B. The more you use your arms or legs, the stronger they become.

C. The more you use your arms or legs, they will be useless.

D. The more you use your arms or legs, the more helpless they are.

 

3. When someone has a good memory, this is because .

A. his parents are very clever

B. he was born clever

C. he keeps using his memory very often

D. he always does things in a correct way

 

4. If someone's memory is poor, .

A. his parents are to blame

B. he is unlucky

C. he has grown older

D. he should give it more chances to become strong

 

5. 윗글에서 poor memory를 비유한 표현은 무엇인가? (‘형용사+명사’의 형태로 쓰시오.)