16.다음 글의 흐름상 어색한 문장은? In spite of all evidence to the contrary, there are people who seriously believe that NASA’s Apollo space program never really landed men on the moon. These people claim that the moon landings were nothing more than a huge conspiracy, perpetuated by a government desperately in competition with the Russians and fearful of losing face. ①These conspiracy theorists claim that the United States knew it couldn’t compete with the Russians in the space race and was therefore forced to fake a series of successful moon landings. ②Advocates of a conspiracy cite several pieces of what they consider evidence. ③Crucial to their case is the claim that astronauts never could have safely passed through the Van Allen belt, a region of radiation trapped in Earth’s magnetic field. ④They also point to the fact that the metal coverings of the spaceship were designed to block radiation. If the astronauts had truly gone through the belt, say conspiracy theorists, they would have died.

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• conspiracy음모·공모중

  다른 뜻 · conspiracy theory = 음모론

  These people claim that the moon landings were nothing more than a huge conspiracy.이들은 달 착륙이 거대한 음모에 지나지 않는다고 주장한다.

• perpetuate(오래) 지속시키다·영구화하다상

  a huge conspiracy, perpetuated by a government desperately in competition with the Russians러시아와의 경쟁에 몰린 정부가 이어 간 거대한 음모

• lose face체면을 잃다중

  a government desperately in competition with the Russians and fearful of losing face러시아와의 경쟁에 몰리고 체면을 잃을까 두려워한 정부

• fake꾸며 내다·조작하다중

  다른 뜻 · (명사) 가짜 · (형용사) 위조의

  The United States was therefore forced to fake a series of successful moon landings.그래서 미국은 성공한 달 착륙을 잇달아 꾸며 낼 수밖에 없었다.

• cite들다·인용하다중

  Advocates of a conspiracy cite several pieces of what they consider evidence.음모를 주장하는 이들은 자기들이 증거라 여기는 것을 여럿 든다.

• crucial결정적인·매우 중요한중

  Crucial to their case is the claim that astronauts never could have safely passed through the Van Allen belt.그들 주장의 핵심은 우주비행사가 밴앨런대를 안전하게 지날 수 없었으리라는 것이다.

• to the contrary그와 반대되는중

  In spite of all evidence to the contrary, there are people who seriously believe it.반대되는 온갖 증거에도 불구하고 그것을 진지하게 믿는 사람들이 있다.

• nothing more than~에 지나지 않는중

  the moon landings were nothing more than a huge conspiracy달 착륙은 거대한 음모에 지나지 않았다

• Van Allen belt밴앨런대(지구 자기장의 방사선 띠)상

  astronauts never could have safely passed through the Van Allen belt우주비행사가 밴앨런대를 안전하게 지날 수 없었으리라는 것

• magnetic field자기장중

  a region of radiation trapped in Earth’s magnetic field지구 자기장에 갇힌 방사선 지대

• space race우주 경쟁중

  the United States knew it couldn’t compete with the Russians in the space race미국은 우주 경쟁에서 러시아와 겨룰 수 없음을 알고 있었다

• desperately필사적으로·몹시중

  다른 뜻 · desperate = 절박한

  a government desperately in competition with the Russians러시아와 필사적으로 경쟁하던 정부