[9급 지방직 영어 2008년 11번]

In Africa, people are sadder about the death of an old man than about that of a newborn baby. The old man represented a wealth of experience that might have benefited the tribe, whereas the newborn baby had not lived and could not even be aware of dying.                       , people in Europe are sad about the death of the newborn baby because they think he might well have done wonderful things if he had lived. They, however, pay little attention to the death of the old man, who had already lived his life anyway.