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Kee
여러분 안녕하세요, English Together에 오신 것을 환영합니다. 저희 프로그램에서는 그 날의 주제에 대해 논의하고, 그 주제에 대해 대화하실 때 사용할 수 있는 영어 표현을 자세히 알려 드립니다. 저는 김기환 입니다. 오늘 저와 함께 하실 Tom, 그리고 Phil도 모셨습니다. 안녕하세요!

Tom
Hi, I’m Tom.

Phil
And I’m Phil. Welcome!

Kee
오늘은the inventions that made the modern economy, 현대 경제를 바꾼 발명들에 대해 이야기 나눠볼 텐데요. 다음 이야기를 잘 들으시면서 여섯 가지 사례를 직접 찾아 보세요.

News
You may have heard the podcast or BBC World Service programme ‘50 things that made the modern economy’. It's presented by the Financial Times journalist, Tim Harford, and has been a huge success. Now he is looking for the 51st thing. People have sent in hundreds of suggestions, and he’s picked his 6 favourites. They are: the credit card, glass, the global positioning system - GPS, irrigation, the pencil and the spreadsheet.

Kee
자, 이쯤에서 오늘의 질문입니다. 다음 중 어떤 것 때문에 우리는 인터넷을 쓸 수 있게 된 걸까요? 보기를 잘 기억하세요. Credit cards 신용카드, glass 유리, the global positioning system, GPS 즉 위성 위치 확인 장치, irrigation 농지에 물을 공급하는 관개시설이죠, 그리고 pencil, 연필, 마지막은 spreadsheet 컴퓨터용 도표 문서. Ok – back to the story, which invention do you think is most important?

Phil
For me, it’s got to be the ones that I use every day. So my top two are: the credit card, and the GPS. I just think they’re the most practical.

Kee
You said that they are “practical” 실용적이라는 거네요.

Phil
Yeah, they’re very practical. I use my credit card instead of cash and the GPS on my phone instead of a map, so they’re very convenient.

Kee
Yes, I think so, “convenient” 편리하다는 뜻이죠. Don’t you think convenience is important Tom?

Tom
Well, I mean it is, but... My two choices are completely different than yours? I just think that glass, and irrigation have had a much bigger impact.

Phil
Really? I mean I like looking through windows as much as anyone else, but it hasn’t exactly changed the modern world, has it?

Tom
Well, you say that, but actually – glass is so important for everything that we have today – I mean, microscopes for example...

Phil
Yeah, when’s the last time you used a microscope?

Tom
Well, think about how many incredible things that scientists have found using microscopes... And, what about those cables that carry information, you know the fibre-optic cables?

Kee
Ah, did you hear that? 방금 전에 저희가 냈던 문제의 답이 나왔네요. 광섬유선, 즉 fibre optic cables은 인터넷에 꼭 필요한 부품인데요. 이 광섬유선은 유리로 만들어지죠. 즉, 유리 덕분에 우리가 이렇게 인터넷을 할 수 있는 거라고 설명할 수 있겠네요. Anyway Tom, you’re saying that you think that glass is a really important invention?

Tom
I think it’s fundamental.

Kee
Yes, it’s “fundamental” 필수적이죠.

Tom
Exactly, so glass is absolutely fundamental because it means that we can have microscopes, fibre-optic cables, and the internet.

Phil
Ok, ok, maybe you’ve got a point there – but then the next one you suggested was irrigation. Isn’t that just taking water from one place to another?

Tom
Oh Phil? Irrigation is another important invention on that list. In fact it’s not just important, it’s life-changing.

Kee
We use “life-changing” 삶을 바꾸는, to talk about inventions that do that – they change people’s lives.

Tom
Yeah, it’s life changing because it means people can grow food where they couldn’t before – and they can live in a different place – it literally changes people’s lives!

Phil
I don’t know, I sort of see what you mean, but your choices just don’t seem that important to me.

Tom
But, don’t you think you need to think about other people and what’s important for them as well as what’s important for you?

Kee
맞아요. 청취자 여러분은 어떠셨나요? 어떤게 가장 중요한 발명이라고 생각하시나요. 마무리하기 전에 오늘 배운 단어들을 다시 한 번 짚어볼게요. Practical, 실용적인, convenient, 편리한, fundamental, 필수적인, life-changing, 삶을 바꾸는 이런 뜻이었습니다. 청취해주셔서 감사합니다. 다음주에 더 다양한 표현과 함께 다시 만날게요!