The gravel had been put down to make a foundation, the pump had been installed, and the cement had been poured and left to dry.(111p)
*gravel 자갈
*put down (특정 위치에) 놓아두다
Uncle held up one end of the sign. The workers' leader held up the other end. Everyone else stood around it, and one of the workers took their picture.(111p)
*stand around 우두커니 서 있다
+) Don't just stand around like that! 그렇게 아무것도 안하며 빈둥거리지 좀 마!
Then the villagers all got in line to wait their turn for water from the new well.(111p)
Nya held her bottle underneath the pump mouth. The bottle filled up quickly.
She stepped aside to let the next person fill a bottle.
Nya stopped drinking and held up the bottle so she could look at it. Funny that something without any color at all could look so nice.(112p)
*step aside 옆으로 비키다
There was even talk of a clinic someday - a medical clinic, so they wouldn't have to walk so far to get help, as they had to when Akeer was ill.(113p)
It was the well that was bringing the village all these good things.(113p)
But the well was not for their use alone. Other villagers, including Nya's uncle, would resolve any disputes that arose.
The well would change their lives in many ways.
I will never again have to walk to the pond for water, Nya thought.(113p)
*disputes 분쟁, 분규, 논란, 분쟁하다, 반박하다, 이의를 제기하다
*arise 생기다, 발생하다(arise-arose-arozen)
The Dinka and the Nuer were enemies -had been for hundreds of years.
"Why would a Dinka bring water to us?"
"He has drilled many wells for his own people. This year he decided to drill for the Nuer as well."
But now Nya felt there was something she had to do.(114p)
Shyness flooded through Nya. For a moment, she didn't think she would be able to speak. She looked down at the ground, then at the stream of water still flowing from the pump mouth.(115p)
*flood through (특정 감정이나 생각이) 사람의 마음을 홍수처럼 차오르게 하다
+) Let a feeling of strong gratitude flood through your body, and you will shift to a more positive attitude almost immediately. 강한 감사의 느낌이 몸에 넘치게 하면 여러분은 거의 즉시 긍정적인 태도로 옮겨갈 것입니다. +) I felt a surge of relief flood through me. 나는 안도의 물결이 밀려드는 것을 느꼈다.
"I am Nya." "I am happy to meet you, Nya," he said. "My name is Salva."(115p)
3. 게시물 숙제로 A Long Walk to Water를 읽으며배운 단어나 구문을 넣어 자신만의 문장을 하나씩 만들어 보세요.
After finishing the book, she put it down on the coffee table.(put down)
3월의 책, A Long Walk to Water의 마지막 챕터까지 읽었습니다.
내일은 A message from Salva Dut와 Author's note를 같이 읽어보아요.