[2022 수능특강 영어독해연습] 1강 5번 지문분석/한줄해석

 

 

2022 수능특강 영어독해연습 1강 5번 지문분석 / 한줄해석

소재 : 행복에 영향을 미치는 요인

 

질문이나 오류는 댓글 남겨주세요. by 스텔라쌤

 

 

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★ 중요어법

 

They wanted to know the extent to which a person’s personality versus the things that happened to them affected well-being and happiness.

 

to which와 같은 전치사 + 관계대명사는

앞에 선행사가 있고 뒤에 완전한 문장이 와야합니다.

 

 

 

★ 중요어휘

 

account for ~을 차지하다, ~을 설명하다

 

'~을 설명하다' 로 해석되는 경우가 훨씬 많지만

뒤에 숫자가 나올 때는 '~을 차지하다' 로 해석됨에 주의합니다.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ 한줄해석 ]

 

In a study, researchers interviewed residents of the state of Victoria over many years to see how life events and personality affected people’s happiness.

 

한 연구에서, 연구자들은 인생에서 일어나는 사건과 성격이 어떻게 사람들의 행복에 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위해 Victoria주 거주자들을 수년 동안 면담했다. 

 

They wanted to know the extent to which a person’s personality versus the things that happened to them affected well-being and happiness.

 

그들은 사람의 성격과 그 사람에게 일어난 일을 비교하여, 그것들이 안녕과 행복에 영향을 주는 정도를 알고 싶어 했다. 

 

Personality might account for, say, 40 percent of happiness, whereas life events might account for 60 percent.

 

가령, 성격이 행복에서 40%를 차지할 수 있고, 반면에 인생에서 일어나는 사건이 60%를 차지할 수 있었다. 

 

Alternatively, perhaps personality would turn out to be more important.

 

그렇지 않으면, 어쩌면 성격이 더 중요하다고 밝혀질 수도 있었다. 

 

As the study progressed, it was clear that the same kind of things kept happening to the same people over and over again.

 

연구가 진행되었을 때, 같은 종류의 일이 같은 사람에게 계속 반복해서 일어난다는 것이 분명했다. 

 

Lucky people were lucky again and again.

 

운이 좋은 사람은 거듭하여 운이 좋았다. 

 

Likewise, people with lots of bad experiences, like relationship breakups and job losses, seemed to encounter one bad thing after another.

 

마찬가지로, 관계 불화와 실직과 같은 나쁜 경험을 많이 하는 사람은 나쁜 일에 연달아 직면하는 것처럼 보였다. 

 

Their assumption that personality and life events would have separate influences on happiness was wrong.

 

성격과 인생에서 일어나는 사건이 행복에 독립된 영향을 미칠 것이라는 그들의 가정은 틀렸던 것이다. 

 

Instead, personality itself had the strongest influence on what happened to people.

 

대신, 성격 자체가 사람들에게 일어난 일에 가장 강력한 영향을 미쳤다. 

 

The optimists had more positive experiences, while the pessimists had more negative experiences.

 

낙관론자는 더 많은 긍정적인 경험을 했고 반면 비관론자는 더 많은 부정적인 경험을 했다.