오늘도 새로운 표현으로 나의 생활영어 실력을 쑥쑥 키워볼까요?
2024-01-10
- 1오늘의 학습 주제
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A: Chocolate is not my friend. It makes me break out.
B: I read somewhere that’s just an old wives’ tale.
A: I’m living proof. 내 말을 믿어달라구.
B: I’ve got a baby-face. Nothing fazes me.
해설강의 : John Valentine(Twitter ID : @JohnValentine2), 홍주희
- 2오디오 강의 듣고, 정답 확인
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- 3해석 및 해설
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A: 난 쵸콜렛이랑은 안 친해. 쵸콜렛을 먹으면 얼굴에 뭐가 나거든.
B: 그거 터무니 없는 얘기라고 어디서 읽었어.
A: 내가 살아있는 증거잖아. You’ll have to take my word for it.
B: 난 동안이라서 말이야. 뭘 해도 괜찮던데.
[Additional expressions]
*Chocolate is not my friend.
– Chocolate is not good for me. / I don’t have a good relationship with chocolate.
*It makes me break out.
– I get a bad skin reaction from it. / It causes me to suffer skin problems.
*I read somewhere
– At some point I read an article saying / I once read something that told me
*that’s just an old wives’ tale
– that’s not really medically proven / that there’s really no connection
*I’m living proof.
– I’m a living testimony / You can take it from me. / Trust me, I know.
*You’ll have to take my word for it.
– You can believe what I tell you. / Believe that I’m telling the truth.
*I’ve got a baby-face.
– My face is very soft and clean. / I have no marks on my young-looking face.
*Nothing fazes me.
– Nothing hurts me. / I never have a bad reaction from anything.