(1) Catching the ball is just as much an activity as pitching or hitting it.
Catching the ball
is just
as much an activity
as pitching or hitting it.
해석
공을 잡는것은 그것을 던지거나 치는것 만큼 능동적이다.
(2) The pitcher or batter is the sender in the sense that his activity initiates the motion of the ball.
The pitcher or batter
is the sender
in the sense
that his activity initiates the motion of the ball.
해석
투수와 타자는 그들의 행동이 공의 움직임을 개시한다는 점에서 보내는 사람이다.
(3) The catcher or fielder is the receiver in the sense that his activity terminates it.
The catcher or fielder
is the receiver
in the sense
that his activity terminates it (=the motion of the ball).
해석
포수와 야수는 그들의 행동이 공의 움직임일 종료시킨다는 점에서 받는 사람이다.
(4) Both are active, though the activities are different.
Both are active,
though the activities are different.
해석
두 행동은 다르긴 하지만 둘 다 능동적이다.
(5) If anything is passive, it is the ball.
If anything is passive, it is the ball.
해석
만약 수동적인것이 있다면 그건 공이다.
(6) It is the inert thing that is put in motion or stopped, whereas the players are active, moving to pitch, hit, or catch.
It is the inert thing
that is put in motion or stopped,
whereas the players are active, moving to pitch, hit, or catch.
어휘
* inert : 기력이 없는, 비활성의
해석
야구선수는 (공을) 던지거나 치거나 잡기위해 움직이는 등 능동적인 반면
공은 움직임의 상태에 놓이거나 멈춰지는 비활성의 물체다.
(7) The analogy with writing and reading is almost perfect.
어휘
* analogy : 비유
해석
읽기와 쓰기의 비유(야구에 비유하는것)는 거의 완벽하다.
(8) The thing that is written and read, like the ball, is the passive object common to the two activities that begin and terminate the process.
The thing that is written and read,
like the ball,
is the passive object common
to the two activities
that begin and terminate the process.
해석
공과 같이 쓰여진 글이나 읽혀지는것은
그 과정을 시작하고 종료하는 두가지 활동에 공통적으로 나오는 수동적 무언가이다.
---->어려워... passive object common....
