[영어2]It all started with Dragon Bones.

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It all started with Dragon Bones.
모든 것은 용의 뼈에서 시작되었다.

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Opium 아편

The beginning of the twentieth century was a low point in Chinese history. Drought, famine, and disease troubled the common people.
Opium addiction spread, and the government was powerless to stop it, for British guns protected the drug importers. Because of economic dominance, China was forced to bow before the superior weaponry and technology of countries it had once considered inferior.

이십세기의 시작은 중국역사에서 최저지점이었다. 가뭄, 기근, 그리고 질병들이 보통 사람들을 괴롭혔다. 아편 중독이 널리 퍼졌고 정부는 영국 무력이 마약 수입을 보호하는 것을 막을 힘이 없었다. 경제적 우월성 때문에 중국은 자신들보다 하위에 있다고 생각한 국가의 선진적 무기와 기술 앞에 복종하도록 강요당했다.

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demoralize 타락시키다, 사기를 저하시키다
let alone ~은 말할 것도 없고

Even worse, a cultural tradition three thousand years old was falling apart beneath the impact of Western scientific thought, further demoralizing Chinese intellectuals. Chinese writers published articles claiming that their own people were inherently incapable of operating foreign machines, let alone inventing new ones. A mood of self-doubt, of dissatisfaction with old wisdom, extended into every branch of study.

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