2009/05/22 독해 단어장

[포도원]

Autism and extraordinary ability/ Genius locus (page 66-67)

1. apply to: ~를 적용시키다

2. last for an hour or so: 약 한 시간 동안 지속되다

3. migranes: 편두통

4. proofreading: 교정, 교열

5. match sticks: 성냥개비

6. through sheer diligence: 특이한 노력을 통해서

7. hippocampus: The hippocampus is a major component of the brains of humans and other mammals. It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in long term memory and spatial navigation. Like the cerebral cortex, with which it is closely associated, it is a paired structure, with mirror-image halves in the left and right sides of the brain. In humans and other primates, the hippocampus is located inside the medial temporal lobe, beneath the cortical surface. Its curved shape reminded early anatomists of the horns of a ram (Cornu Ammonis), or a seahorse. The name, in fact, derives from the Greek word for seahorse (Greek: ιππος, hippos = horse, καμπος, kampos = sea monster).

8. cabbie: 택시 운전기사

8. prodigious geographical knowledge: 막대한 지리적 지식

9. politically correct eupehmism: 듣기 좋은 미사여구

10. political correctness: Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term applied to language, ideas, policies, or behavior seen by some^[who?] as seeking to minimize offense to gender, racial, cultural, disabled, aged or other identity groups. Conversely, the term "politically incorrect" is used to refer to language or ideas that may cause offense or that are unconstrained by orthodoxy.

The term itself and its usage are controversial. The term "political correctness" is used almost exclusively in a pejorative sense,^[1][2] while "politically incorrect" is commonly used as an implicitly positive self-description, as in the series of "Politically Incorrect Guides", produced by conservative publisher Regnery^[3] and the former talk show Politically Incorrect.

11. ape: vt. 모방하다

Conscious and unconscious thought/ Incognito (page 68-69)

1. confronted by a complex problem: 어려운 문제에 직면하다

2. engrossed: 몰입하는

3. eureka: 알았다, 됐다

4. come from nowhere: 갑자기 생각나다

5. be in a certain state: 특정 상태에 있는

6. induce: 유추하다

7. getting the punch line of a riddle: 수수께끼의 해결방법을 찾아내다

    punch line: 재치있는 문구

8. insight: 통찰력

9. brain-teaser: 풀기 어려운 문제, 수수께끼

10. get closer to mimicking real insight: 실제 통찰력과 가장 가깝게 도달하다

11. methodical solution: 방법론적 결론

12. ground-floor: 1층

      first floor: 2층

      second floor: 3층

13. in common paralance: 흔히쓰는 전문용어

14. electroencephalograph (EEG): 뇌파 기록 장치

EEG refers to the recording of the brain's spontaneous electrical activity over a short period of time, usually 20–40 minutes, as recorded from multiple electrodes placed on the scalp. In neurology, the main diagnostic application of EEG is in the case of epilepsy, as epileptic activity can create clear abnormalities on a standard EEG study. A secondary clinical use of EEG is in the diagnosis of coma and encephalopathies. EEG used to be a first-line method for the diagnosis of tumors, stroke and other focal brain disorders, but this use has decreased with the advent of anatomical imaging techniques such as MRI and CT.

15. precedent: 선례

16. unconscious thought: 무의식적 사고

17. finding: 연구결과

18. poses questions: 의문을 제기하다

19. food for thought: 생각할 거리