upcoming, anticipate, diminish, glaciar, flit by, ever-quickening, terminal, acute, alotted

 

 

 

이번 글의 과제문입니다.

 

 

어휘 정리:

Activity: a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done 많은 일이 벌어지거나 이루어지는 상황, 활발한 움짐임

Upcoming: Upcoming events will happen in the near future 조만간 일어날

Anticipate: realize in advance that an event may happen and you are prepared for it 예상, 대비하다

Glee: a feeling of happiness and excitement, often caused by someone else's misfortune 행복감, 들뜬 상태

Diminish: become reduced in size, importance, or intensity 줄어들다

Glacial: relating to or produced by glaciers or ice 빙하와 같은

Flit: fly quickly 빠르게 날아가다

Ever-quickening: continuing to become faster all the time 갈수록 빨라지는

Terminal: A terminal illness or disease causes death, often slowly, and cannot be cured 질병) 말기인, 불치인

Acute: indicating an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense (불쾌감, 등이) 강렬한

Alotted: given to someone as their share (몫으로) 할당된

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Growing older is an activity we are familiar with from an early age.

나이를 먹어간다는 것은 많은 일이 벌어지는, 우리가 어린 나이부터 친숙한 상황이다.

 

In our younger years upcoming birthdays are anticipated with a glee that somewhat diminishes as the years progress.

어린 시절 다가오는 생일을 대비할 때 느꼈던 들뜬 마음은 세월이 흐를수록 점차 시들해진다.

 

Our younger selves feel that time moves at a glacial speed, whereas, with advancing years, time seems to flit by at an ever-quickening pace.

어린 시절엔 빙하처럼 더디게 흘러간다고 느꼈던 시간이, 해가 거듭될수록, 점점 빠른 속도로 화살처럼 날아가는 것처럼 느끼게 된다.

 

And late in life, or when a person is faced with a terminal illness no matter what their age, the sense of a finite amount of time remaining becomes acute, and there may be a renewed focus on making the most of one’s allotted time in life.

그리고 삶의 끝자락에서, 나이와 상관없이 불치병에라도 걸리게 되면, 남은 시간이 결코 무한하지 않음을 통렬하게 깨닫게 되고, 자신에게 할당된 시간의 정수를 최대한 맛보는 쪽으로 삶의 초점을 바꿔보려 할 수도 있다.

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즐공합시다.