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2022 수능특강 영어 14강 8번 지문분석 / 한줄해석 

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The Romans used many highly flavoured herbs and spices, and it seems that they liked their food to have a highly complex and strong taste.

로마인들은 향이 강한 허브와 향신료를 많이 사용했는데, 그들은 자신들의 음식이 매우 복합적이고 강한 맛이 나기를 원했던 것 같다. 

 

One of the reasons for this might involve, but not overcome, a food safety issue.

이에 대한 이유 중 하나가 식품 안전 문제를 포함할 수 있지만 그것을 극복하지는 못할 수도 있다. 

 

The Romans used lead to line many of their cooking and storage vessels.

로마인들은 많은 요리 용기와 저장 용기의 안벽을 붙이기 위해 납을 사용했다. 

 

A lot of their food was quite acid and therefore dissolved the lead.

그들의 많은 음식은 상당히 산성이어서 그 납을 녹였다. 

 

It is clear from studies on Roman bones that they had a high body burden of lead, and indeed many of them must have been suffering from chronic lead poisoning.

로마인의 뼈에 대한 연구로 보면 납의 체내 축적이 높았던 것이 분명한데, 실제로 그들 중 많은 수가 만성 납 중독에 시달리고 있었을 가능성이 크다. 

 

One of the symptoms of lead poisoning is altered taste, often with a metallic taste in the mouth.

납 중독 증상 중 하나는 맛의 변화로, 입안에 금속성의 맛이 나는 경우가 많다. 

 

Perhaps they tried to disguise the metallic taste with strong herbs and spices, or perhaps their sense of taste was so poor due to lead poisoning that the only way that they could taste anything was to make it incredibly highly flavoured.

아마도 그들은 강한 허브와 향신료로 금속성의 맛을 감추려 했거나, 아마도 납 중독으로 인해 미각이 너무 좋지 못해서 무엇이든 맛볼 수 있는 유일한 방법은 엄청나게 강한 맛이 나게 하는 것이었을 것이다. 

 

Their desire for highly spiced food, for whatever reason, had a good knock-on effect.

향신료가 강한 음식에 대한 그들의 욕구는 어떤 이유에서든 좋은 연쇄 효과를 가져왔다.

 

Many herbs and spices contain antibacterial chemicals, and so their inclusion at high concentrations in Roman food probably reduced pathogen levels.

많은 허브와 향신료는 항균 화학 물질을 함유하고 있으며, 따라서 그것이 로마 음식에 고농도로 함유된 것은 아마도 병원균의 수치를 감소시켰을 것이다.