[번역가협회시험기출문제]2007년 3월 14일 3급 기출문제 2교시

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[문 제1] Isaac's father being dead, Mrs. Newton was married again to a clergyman, and went to reside at North Witham. Her son was left to the care of his good old grandmother, who was very kind to him and sent him to school. In his early years Isaac did not appear to be a very bright boy, but was chiefly remarkable for his ingenuity in all mechanical occupations. He had a set of little tools and saws of various sizes manufactured by himself. With the aid of these, Isaac contrived to make many curious articles, at which he worked with so much skill that he seemed to have been born with a saw or chisel in hand.
The neighbor looked with vast admiration at the things which Isaac manufactured. And his old grandmother, I suppose, was never weary of talking about him.
"He'll make a capital workman one of these days," she would probably say. "No fear but what Isaac will do well in the world and be a rich man before he dies."


[문제2] Vacations are more necessary now than once because the average life is less well-rounded and has become increasingly departmentalized. I suppose the idea of vacations, as we conceive it, must be incomprehensible to primitive peoples. Rest of some kind has of course always been a part of the rhythm of human life, but earlier ages did not find it necessary to organize it in the way that modern man has done. Holidays, feast days, were sufficient.
With modern man's increasing tensions, with the stultifying quality of so much of his work, this break in the year's routine became steadily more necessary. Vacations became mandatory for the purpose of renewal and repair. And so it came about that in the United States, the most self-indulgent of nations, the tensest, and the most departmentalized, vacations have come to take a predominant place in domestic conversation.


[문제3] Light-haired girls are fickle, prove to be false friends, and are preferred by gentlemen. Dark-haired girls are sincere, have better health, and get married. ("Gentlemen prefer blondes, but marry brunettes.") A redhead is emotionally unstable, has a terrible temper, and deserves to be burned as a witch. You've often heard these and other superstitions. Throughout the ages all sorts of superstitions have grown up.
Many superstitions about hair probably began because of a belief that "like makes likes." Red meant fire to most of our ancestors, and so a redhead just had to have a fiery disposition. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans regarded anyone with red hair as very unlucky. It was during the Middle Ages that redheads were called witches and sometimes burned at the stake. But unpopular as red has been in the past, at the moment it is a favorite hair dye.


[문 제4] Work satisfies more than economic needs. It is natural for those engaged in exhausting or boring tasks to feel that they are only working for the money. But many men, settling down to the retirement they have looked forward to, find that something important is missing from their lives. Management, too, prefers to think that people work for money and will work harder for more money. But we know that there may be more unrest in one factory than another, though the pay is the same.
Work offers social satisfaction, comradeship and contacts with clients, customers or pupils. It makes us feel needed and recognized and may give a man status of which he is proud. Many People also like to feel that they are making a useful contribution to society. However, the most important function of work is to enable us to use our capacities to the full. Here is a fundamental human need.