In the One State, citizens had numbers instead of names.
유일국에서 시민들은 이름 대신 숫자를 가졌다.
Day 3 · 목표 ⭐
D-503 lived in a glass city where every hour was scheduled by the Table of Hours, and where the concept of privacy had been officially abolished in the name of happiness.
D-503은 유리로 된 도시에 살았으며, 그곳에서는 모든 시간이 '시간표'에 의해 정해지고, 행복이라는 이름 아래 사생활이라는 개념이 공식적으로 폐지되었다.
2Reading· 오늘의 본문
We · Yevgeny Zamyatin · 1924
In the One State, the Benefactor's authority is absolute and unquestioned. Every year on Unanimity Day, citizens gather to re-elect him, a ritual that reinforces his total control. D-503, as a loyal mathematician, has always accepted this system as perfectly logical. However, after meeting I-330, he begins to feel strange, irrational doubts. He wonders if true freedom might exist outside the Benefactor's perfectly ordered world, a dangerous thought he tries to suppress. For the first time in his life, D-503 felt the weight of the system pressing down on him not as protection but as a cage — silent, transparent, and absolute.
B2 · 128 wordsavg 25.6 w/s
The figure of the Benefactor in Zamyatin's dystopia embodies the terrifying culmination of rationalized tyranny, where absolute power is maintained through the illusion of collective mathematical consent. D-503, the novel's protagonist, initially venerates this leader, viewing the annual ritual of unanimous re-election as the sublime apex of societal logic. Yet, his burgeoning consciousness, ignited by the subversive I-330, initiates a profound internal schism. He starts to perceive the Benefactor not as a guardian of harmony but as the chief architect of a soul-crushing apparatus, a conflict that pits his ingrained loyalty against the terrifying allure of heretical doubt. This psychological turmoil marks the central drama of his existence, as the flawless equations of his mind are corrupted by the unpredictable variable of human emotion. On the third day, the weight of this dissonance began to fracture the very foundations of his identity. The Benefactor represents the ultimate paradox of totalitarianism: a ruler whose power depends entirely on the voluntary submission of those he controls, making every citizen complicit in their own unfreedom.
C1 · 170 wordsavg 34.0 w/s
3Vocabulary· 핵심 어휘 & 연습
scheduled
예정된, 시간표에 따라 계획된
Every minute of a citizen's day is meticulously scheduled by the State.
concept
개념, 관념
The concept of personal freedom is alien in the One State.
privacy
사생활, 프라이버시
The glass walls ensure there is no privacy for any individual.
officially
공식적으로
Individualism was officially declared a mental illness.
abolished
폐지된, 철폐된
The old world's chaotic emotions have been abolished for stability.
collective
집단적, 공동의
The State values collective happiness over individual desire.
Activity 1 · 빈칸 채우기5 questions
1. Every hour of D-503's life was carefully ____ by the Table of Hours.
2. The ____ of privacy did not exist in the One State.
3. Individual names were ____ and replaced with numbers.
4. The glass walls guaranteed there was no ____ for citizens.
5. The State was ____ declared to represent perfect happiness.
Activity 2 · 듣고 고르기5 questions
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Activity 3 · 단어 배열하기3 questions · 점진적 난이도
Easy · 5 words
정답: People lived by numbers.
livedPeoplenumbersby.
Medium · 10 words
정답: Citizens had numbers instead of names in the One State.
hadinsteadCitizensnamesthenumbersofStateOnein
Hard · 13 words
정답: Privacy had been officially abolished in the name of collective happiness.