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1900년초 미시간에서 어린이 유치원 선생님을 하면서 아이들에게 재미있게 이야기를 들려 주다가 자꾸 이야기를 더 해 달라는 아이들과 부모님들 때문에 책을 쓰게 된 Clara Dillingham Pierson 이라는 선생님이 있었습니다.
이 책을 유치원 아이들 혹은 한국의 초등 저학년들이 직접 읽기에는 어렵겠지만 한국의 부모님들이 아이들과 함께 사전및 백과사전 그림을 찾아 가면서 작가의 의도를 파악해 보면서 과학 용어를 접하게 하는데에는 큰 도움이 된다고 판단되어 소개 합니다. 이렇게 과학을 재미있게 풀어서 써 놓은 글들은 재미과 감동 그리고 과학적인 상식을 제공해 줍니다. 짧지만 아이들과 부모님들이 아이들과 함께 호흡할 수 있는 내용이고 어머님들이 준비하시는데에도 별로 시간이 걸리지 않을 것 같아서 소개해 봅니다. 모든 글이 단편이지만 심도있게 학습을 할 수 있도록 단어 선정이 되어 있고 서술적이지만 과학적인 바탕을 두고 있습니다.
갑자기 읽을 책자가 없거나 부족하다고 느낄때 한 토막씩 아이들과 함께 읽어 보십시오.
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Among the Meadow People 에서 한 토막 소개 합니다. caterpillar 가 나비되어서 꽃들과 대화하면서 세상에 대한 이해를 시작하는 과정을 이야기하고 있습니다. 심호흡 크게 하시고 한번 읽어 보십시오.
7] AS the warm August days came, Mr. Yellow Butterfly wriggled (꿈틀거리다.)and pushed in his snug little green chrysalis and wished he could get out to see the world. He remembered the days when he was a hairy little Caterpillar, crawling slowly over grass and leaves, and he remembered how beautiful the sky and all the flowers were. Then he thought of the new wings which had been growing from his back, and he [8] tried to move them, just to see how it would feel. He had only six legs since his wings grew, and he missed all the sticky feet which he had to give up when he began to change into a Butterfly.
chrysalis
노란색 나비가 편안한 초록색 번데기에서 (뻔데기 먹고 싶다는 생각이 드네요.ㅋㅋ) 몸을 꿈틀거려 세상밖으로 나오기를 바라고 있습니다. (세상 나오기 전 부터 꿈틀거리고 비틀어야 하는 것이지요. ..) 노란색 나비는 털이 많았던 애벌레 시절을 기억하고 풀과 풀잎을 천천히 오르내린던 기억도 있고 그리고 하늘이 얼마나 아름다운지 모든 꽃들이 얼마나 아름다운지도 기억합니다. 그리고 등짝에서 자라고 있는 새로운 날개를 생각하면서 그 새로운 날개를 느껴보기 위하여 날개를 움직이려 노력해 보았습니다.
나비가 되어가면서 애벌레 시절 끈적거리는 많던 다리들을 잃어 버리고 날개가 생기면서 단지 6개의 다리만이 남았습니다.
(나머지는 그냥 읽어 보십시오.)
The more he thought about it the more he squirmed (몸부림치다), until suddenly he heard a faint(희미한) little sound, too faint for larger people to hear, and found a tiny slit(틈,구멍) in the wall of his chrysalis. It was such a dainty(가냘픈, 섬세한) green chrysalis with white wrinkles, that it seemed almost a pity to have it break. Still it had held him for eight days already and that was as long as any of his family ever hung in the chrysalis, so it was quite time for it to be torn open and left empty. Mr. Yellow Butterfly belonged to the second brood (둘째의 희생이 첫째 아이 특목고 입학 조건이라는 이야기가 번뜩 생각나는데 왜 2번째라고 했을까 생각중입니다...ㅋㅋ)that had hatched that year and he wanted to be out while the days were still fine and hot. Now he crawled out of the newly-opened doorway to take his first flight. (처녀비행을 시작한 노랑나비..김흥국의 노래가 생각납니다.앗싸 호랑나비..노랑나비..)
Poor Mr. Butterfly! He found his wings [9] so wet and crinkled that they wouldn't work at all, so he had to sit quietly in the sunshine all day drying them. And just as they got big, and smooth, and dry, it grew dark, and Mr. Butterfly had to crawl under a leaf to sleep. (인생 초기에는 시련이 있기 마련..)
The next morning, bright and early, he flew away to visit the flowers. First, he stopped to see the Daisies by the roadside. They were all dancing in the wind, and their bright faces looked as cheerful as anyone could wish. They were glad to see Mr. Butterfly, and wished him to stay all day with them. He said: "You are very kind, but I really couldn't think of doing it. You must excuse my saying it, but I am surprised to think you will grow here. It is very dusty and dry, and then there is no shade. I am sure I could have chosen a better place."
The Daisies smiled and nodded to each other, saying, "This is the kind of place we were made for, that's all." 태양의 상징 데이지.
[10] Mr. Butterfly shook his head very doubtfully, and then bade them a polite "Good-morning," and flew away to call on the Cardinals. 권위의 상징 카디날.
The Cardinals are a very stately(위풍당당한) family, as everybody knows. They hold their heads very high, and never make deep bows, even to the wind, but for all that they are a very pleasant family to meet. They gave Mr. Butterfly a dainty lunch of honey, and seemed much pleased when he told them how beautiful the river looked in the sunlight.
"It is a delightful place to grow," said they.
"Ye-es," said Mr. Butterfly, "it is very pretty, still I do not think it can be healthful. I really cannot understand why you flowers choose such strange homes. Now, there are the Daisies, where I just called. They are in a dusty, dry place, where there is no shade at all. I spoke to them about it, and they acted quite uppish."
[11] "But the Daisies always do choose such places," said the Cardinals.
"And your family," said Mr. Butterfly, "have lived so long in wet places that it is a wonder you are alive. Your color is good, but to stand with one's roots in water all the time! It is shocking."
"Cardinals and Butterflies live differently," said the flowers. "Good-morning."
Mr. Butterfly left the river and flew over to the woods. He was very much out of patience. He was so angry that his feelers quivered, and now you know how angry he must have been. He knew that the Violets were a very agreeable(기분좋은 상냥한) family, who never put on airs, so he went at once to them.
부랑아(문제아)같이 여기저기 자라고 색깔도 여러가지 하지만 상냥하고 세상이치를 알고 있는 바이올렛.
He had barely said "Good-morning" to them when he began to explain what had displeased him.
"To think," he said, "what notions some flowers have! Now you have a [12] pleasant home here in the edge of the woods. I have been telling the Daisies and the Cardinals that they should grow in such a place, but they wouldn't listen to me. The Daisies were quite uppish(거만한) about it, and the Cardinals were very stiff(뻐뻣한)."
"My dear friend," answered a Violet, "they could never live if they moved up into our neighborhood. Every flower has his own place in this world, and is happiest in that place. Everything has its own place and its own work, and every flower that is wise will stay in the place for which it was intended. You were exceedingly kind to want to help the flowers, but suppose they had been telling you what to do. Suppose the Cardinals had told you that flying around was not good for your health, and that to be truly well you ought to grow planted with your legs in the mud and water."
"Oh!" said Mr. Butterfly, "Oh! I [13] never thought of that. Perhaps Butterflies don't know everything."
"No," said the Violet, "they don't know everything, and you haven't been out of your chrysalis very long. But those who are ready to learn can always find someone to tell them. Won't you eat some honey?"
And Mr. Butterfly sipped honey and was happy.
세상에 처음 나와서 다르게 사는 이들을 이해 못하다가 세상이치를 깨달은 노랑나비와 자신의 꿀을 제공하는 사랑스러운 바이올렛. 아싸 노랑나비 화이팅~~~
ps)이런 글로 영어 공부하면 단어 빵꾸나지 않는다고 생각됩니다.
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심호흡 크게 한번 하고 자세히 읽어보니 과학을 참 재미있고 감동적으로 풀어놨네요.
아이 어렸을 때 재미있게 읽던 달팽이 과학동화의 업그레이드판인것 같기도하고 그렇네요.
논픽션의 정보를 재미와 감동으로 풀어낸 책이 많지않아 늘 고민이었는데 참 좋은 글입니다.
늘 고맙습니다.~