오늘도 새로운 표현으로 나의 생활영어 실력을 쑥쑥 키워볼까요?
2024-01-15
- 1오늘의 학습 주제
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A: I’m in the market for new employment. Know anything?
B: I’m way out of the loop, sorry. I thought you had a sweet job.
A: It started that way, but 좋은 때 다 갔다.
B: You have to like what you do or do what you like, right?
해설강의 : John Valentine(Twitter ID : @JohnValentine2), 홍주희
- 2오디오 강의 듣고, 정답 확인
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- 3해석 및 해설
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A: 새 직장을 구하고 있어. 아는 데 있니?
B: 그 쪽으로는 전혀 모르는데. 난 네가 맘에 드는 직업을 가진 줄 알았는데.
A: 처음에는 그랬지, 하지만 the honeymoon is long over.
B: 하는 일을 좋아하거나, 좋아하는 걸 해야 한다구, 그렇지?
[Additional expressions]
*I’m in the market for new employment.
– I’m trying to find a new job. / I’m currently job hunting.
*Know anything?
– Do you have any information? / Have you heard about any openings?
*I’m way out of the loop
– I have no idea what’s going on. / I’m really far removed from that scene.
*I thought you had a sweet job.
– I was under the impression that you had a really fantastic job.
*It started that way
– That’s how it was at the beginning / At the start, that’s what it was like
*the honeymoon is long over
– the happy days are gone / times are no longer much fun
*You have to like what you do
– It’s important to like the kind of work you’re doing
*do what you like
– get a job doing something you enjoy / find work in a field you love
*Right?
– Isn’t that so? / Don’t you agree? / Wouldn’t you say so?