18.주어진 글 다음에 이어질 글의 순서로 가장 적절한 것은? Nowadays the clock dominates our lives so much that it is hard to imagine life without it. Before industrialization, most societies used the sun or the moon to tell the time. (A) For the growing network of railroads, the fact that there were no time standards was a disaster. Often, stations just some miles apart set their clocks at different times. There was a lot of confusion for travelers. (B) When mechanical clocks first appeared, they were immediately popular. It was fashionable to have a clock or a watch. People invented the expression “of the clock” or “o’clock” to refer to this new way to tell the time. (C) These clocks were decorative, but not always useful. This was because towns, provinces, and even neighboring villages had different ways to tell the time. Travelers had to reset their clocks repeatedly when they moved from one place to another. In the United States, there were about 70 different time zones in the 1860s.

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• dominate지배하다·좌우하다중

  다른 뜻 · dominant = 우세한

  Nowadays the clock dominates our lives so much that it is hard to imagine life without it.오늘날 시계는 우리 삶을 너무나 크게 지배해서 시계 없는 삶을 그려 보기 어렵다.

• industrialization산업화중

  다른 뜻 · industry = 산업

  Before industrialization, most societies used the sun or the moon to tell the time.산업화 이전에 대부분의 사회는 해나 달로 시간을 알았다.

• tell the time시간을 알다·시각을 읽다중

  most societies used the sun or the moon to tell the time대부분의 사회는 해나 달로 시간을 알았다

• time standard표준시·시간 기준중

  the fact that there were no time standards was a disaster시간 기준이 없다는 사실은 재앙이었다

• decorative장식이 되는중

  다른 뜻 · decorate = 꾸미다

  These clocks were decorative, but not always useful.이 시계들은 장식이 되었지만 늘 쓸모 있지는 않았다.

• province지방·주중

  다른 뜻 · provincial = 지방의

  towns, provinces, and even neighboring villages had different ways to tell the time도시와 지방, 심지어 이웃 마을끼리도 시간을 재는 방식이 달랐다

• time zone시간대중

  In the United States, there were about 70 different time zones in the 1860s.미국에는 1860년대에 시간대가 70개쯤 있었다.

• confusion혼란·헷갈림하

  다른 뜻 · confuse = 헷갈리게 하다

  There was a lot of confusion for travelers.여행자들에게는 혼란이 컸다.

• mechanical clock기계식 시계중

  When mechanical clocks first appeared, they were immediately popular.기계식 시계가 처음 나왔을 때 그것은 곧바로 인기를 끌었다.

• fashionable유행하는·멋진중

  다른 뜻 · fashion = 유행·방식

  It was fashionable to have a clock or a watch.벽시계나 손목시계를 갖는 것이 유행이었다.