출처: Luara Gibbs trans., Aesop’s Fables, Oxford Univ Pr., 2008.
Fable 4
The Onager, the Donkey, and the Driver
An onager saw a donkey standing in the sunshine. The onager approached the donkey and congratulated him on his good physical condition and excellent diet. Later on, the onager saw that same donkey bearing a load on his back and being harried by a driver who was beating the donkey from behind with a club. The onager then declared, ‘Well, I am certainly not going to admire your good fortune any longer, seeing as you pay such a high price for your prosperity!’
[NOTE]
The onager, or wild ass, once roamed the plains of central Asia. The word onager is from the Creek onos, ‘donkey’, and agros, ‘field’.
[어휘 풀이]
- onager: 야생 당나귀
- congratulate A on B: A에게 B에 대해 축하하다
- bear: (무게를) 지탱하다, (비용을) 부담하다, (의무나 책임을) 지다, (아이를) 낳다
- harry: 괴롭히다, 못살게 굴다
- beat: 때리다, 통제하다, 억제하다, 이기다, 고동치다
- club: 곤봉
- declare: 선언하다, 분명히 말하다
- admire: 존경하다, 칭찬하다
- pay the price for ...: ...의 대가를 치르다
- prosperity: 번영, 번성, 부유
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