<영어로 읽는 고전 _ 아이작 아시모프의 청춘>
아이작 아시모프(Isaac Asimov)의 "청춘(Youth)"은 과학 소설로, 1952년에 발표되었다. 이 소설은 우주선을 타고 우주 여행을 하는 소년과 그의 어느 날 우주선에 탑승한 남성의 이야기를 다루고 있다. 아시모프의 작품들은 그가 과학의 발전과 미래에 대한 예측에 중점을 두고 쓴 것으로 유명하다. "청춘"은 그의 작품 중 하나로, 그의 특유의 철학적인 고찰과 상상력이 돋보인다.


Isaac Asimov's "Youth" is a science fiction novel published in 1952. This novel tells the story of a boy traveling in space on a spaceship and a man who boarded the spaceship one day. Asimov's works are famous for the fact that he focused on the development of science and predictions about the future. “Youth” is one of his works, and his unique philosophical consideration and imagination stand out.

Summary
Red and Slim found the two strange little animals the morning after they heard the thunder sounds. They knew that they could never show their new pets to their parents.

Slim is a boy whose astronomer father is visiting the country estate of an important industrialist. The industrialist's son, Red, has found two strange animals, and he enlists Slim in a plan to turn the animals into a circus act. The astronomer, meanwhile, tells the industrialist that he has been in contact with space aliens who want to open up their world to interstellar trade. Their world needs help, the astronomer says; for ever since the atomic wars that destroyed their old civilization, their world has been regressing. Unless something is done, their civilization may face total collapse.

Contents
CHAPTER I. There was a spatter of pebbles against the window
CHAPTER II. The Astronomer entered the dining room
CHAPTER III. The swaying had come to a halt
CHAPTER IV. Slim started at the sound of footsteps
CHAPTER V. The Astronomer said
CHAPTER VI. Red and Slim had trailed their elders
CHAPTER VII. The Industrialist said
CHAPTER VIII. Lunch was half over when
CHAPTER IX. It was different, looking at them
CHAPTER X. A quiet burial is all we can do
CHAPTER XI. The Industrialist stared
CHAPTER XII. It was twilight
CHAPTER XIII. "Will we be taking off soon?"
CHAPTER XIV. Red watched the ship leave