4. 다음 내용을 해석하시오.
If I have told you these details about the asteroid, and made a note of its number for you, it is on account of the grown-ups and their ways. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?" Instead, they demand: "How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?" Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him. If you were to say to the grown-ups: "I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof," they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all. You would have to say to them: "I saw a house that cost $20,000." Then they would exclaim: "Oh, what a pretty house that is!"
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그래신 어른들은 이런 걸 묻는다. “나이가 몇이지? 형제는 몇이니? 체중은? 아버지 수입은 얼마래?” 하고 묻는다. 그래야 비로소 그 친구를 안다고 생각한다. 만약 어른들에게
“창틀 화분에 제라늄을 키우고 지붕에 비둘기가 있는 분홍 벽돌집을 봤는데요…”라고 말하면 그들은 그 집이 어떤 집인지 상상하지 못한다. 그들에게는 “십만 프랑짜리 집을 보았어요”라고 말해야만 한다. 그러면 그들은 “참 좋은 집이군!” 하고 외친다.