영어원서 Almond 매직북클럽 Day 6

 
 Almond 
아몬드는 감정표현불능증을 가지고 있는 청소년 주인공의 1인칭 시점으로 진행되는 소설입니다. 

영어공부를 하기 좋은 방법 중의 하나가 바로 영어원서를 읽는 것입니다. 모든 언어를 배우는데 있어 독서는 빼놓을 수 없는 영역입니다. 특히 1인칭 시점으로 기술되는 영어원서를 읽는 것은 영어 초중급자들의 영어실력 향상에 도움이 됩니다. 

Day 6(18-20/57-69p)

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*ordinary life 평범한 삶
*sales department 영업 부서
*lay somebody off (일감이 부족하여) ~를 해고[정리 해고]하다
+) lay-laid-laid
*recession 불경기

*severance [ˈsevərəns] 고용 계약 해지, 해고
*severance pay 퇴직금
He was later discovered to be a very typical working-class citizen living an ordinary life.

*debt 빚, 부채, 신세를 짐/ (ㅈ)뎉

b소리가 안 날때, b 묵음-원어민 영어발음

*fall into debt 빚을 지다, 부채가 생기다

*shut oneself in 틀어박히다, 고립되다
*semi-basement room 반지하 방
*aside from …외에는, …을 제외하고, ...뿐만 아니라(=apart from)

+) Aside from a few scratches, I’m OK.

    난 몇 군데 긁힌 것 외에는 괜찮아요.

He never left his semi-basement room aside from grocery shopping at a nearby supermarket and visiting the public library every so often.

They didn't even like the same things-aside from the fact they both loved plum-flavored candy.

*introductory manual 입문서

*martial arts 무술

*wield [wiːld] (무기·도구를) 휘두르다, (권력·권위 등을) 행사하다

*self-help book 자기계발서

*urge (강한) 욕구, 충동, (…하도록) 충고하다[설득하려 하다]

*urge to kill 살인충동, 죽이고 싶은 충동

Many middle-aged men found his life no different from their own and despaired. The public grew more sympathetic toward the man and began focusing on the realities of Korean society, which had allowed this to happen. No one seemed to care about the victims he had killed.

*dissolve 사라지다

*joint funeral 공동 장례

*bereave [bɪˈriːv] (가족·친지와[를]) 사별하다[여의다]

*bereaved (최근에) 사별을 당한

A female police officer stopped by the funeral, and as she bowed to the bereaved, she burst into tears and couldn't stop.

*(as) good as …나 다름없는[마찬가지인]

+) (as) good as new 새 것 같은

+) (as) good as gold 예의 바른[얌전한]

+) He is as good as dead.=He is almost dead.

    그는 죽은 거나 다름없어요.

*sink in 충분히 이해[인식]되다, 와닿다, 스며들다

"His mom's good as dead, and he's practically an orphan, but it hasn't sunk in yet, that must be why."

*gleefully 기뻐하며, 흥겹게

*step in 개입하다, 관여하다

Why did no one step in and help before it was too late?

*back to square one 처음으로 돌아가다, 원점으로 되돌아가기

+) So now I'm back to square one.

    그래서 다시 원점으로 돌아왔습니다.

+) If we cannot persuade him, we'll be back to square one.

    우리가 그를 설득하지 못하면 말짱 도로 아미타불이다.

I asked myself question after question until I went back to square one and started all over again. But I had no answer to any of them. 

Part Two

19

*come along 도착하다, 생기다[나타나다], 함께 가다[오다]

After the funeral, exactly eight days after my birthday, a new year came along. 

 *ICU (Intensive Care Unit) 중환자실

*ward 병실

The doctor plainly said that she had no chance of waking up.

*subsist [səbˈsɪst] 연명하다, 존재하다, 근근이 살아가다

That she was merely subsisting and nothing more. 

*bedpan 변기

*bedsore 욕창

*turn over 뒤집다, 뒤엎다

I helped the nurse turn over Mom's body once in a while so she wouldn't have bedsores. 

*nursing home 양로원, 요양원

The doctor asked me to let him know once I decided what to do.

*for the time being 당분간 

시간 관련 표현 5개 추후에, 당분간, 당장은 영어로 표현

*live off (something) (무언가로) 생활하다, 의지하다

For the time being, I would be able to live off Granny's life insurance.

I realized then that Mom had made such preparations in case I was left alone at any time.

*community service center 주민센터

*officer 공무원

*click one's tongue 혀를 차다

I asked her to give me some time. But it didn't mean I would actually think it over during that time. I just needed time.

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*paste 풀로 붙이다, 반죽

*facility 시설, 시설물

*mind 상관하다, 신경 쓰다

I didn't mind, but what I couldn't picture was Mom, who would be left alone."

*mindlessly 무심코, 대충

*cut someone short 말허리를 꺾다, [말]을 가로막다

*hit send 전송 버튼을 누르다

The response cut me short, because I didn't even realize I had hit send.

As soon as I hit send, I got a reply:

*to be like others 다른 사람들처럼 되는 거죠

*get hint 힌트를 얻다

I wouldn't get any hints from this thing.

There was still some time before school started up again. I had to get used to living on my own by then.

*think over 심사숙고하다

*rack (몹시) 괴롭히다[시달리게 하다], 뒤틀어지게 하다

*rack one's brain 머리를 짜내서 생각하다, 골똘히 생각하다, 궁리하다

+) So I racked my brains.

     그래서 내가 머리 좀 써봤어.

I didn't have to think over or rack my brain to find the appropriate words for a situation. 

*run a kids' book club 어린이 독서모임을 운영하다

One day a lady who ran a kids' book club in the neighborhood came in.

*gape [ɡeɪp] (놀라서) 입을 딱 벌리고 바라보다

*knit one's brows 눈살을 찌푸리다, 얼굴을 찡그리다

*heavy frown 잔뜩 찌푸린 

She gaped at me, then knitted her brows in a heavy frown. 

Mom gaped at Granny, who had now drawn her face close to mine, smiling. 

*joke around 장난치다, 농담하다

"I know kids your age can joke around, but this is simply not acceptable. Your grandma would be so hurt to hear that."

*massacre [ˈmæsəkə(r)] 학살, 대학살

It's that massacre from the news.

*cross oneself 십자가를 그리다 (기도나 축복의 의미로)

She crossed herself and turned to leave in a hurry. 

*contagious 전염성 있는

As if to avoid catching something contagious from me.

*mind somebody's business 남의 일에 간섭하다

She liked to mind everybody's business.

*make sense 말이 되다, 이치에 맞다, 이해되다

90%의 한국인은 못쓰는 make sense (3분 7초)

+) Even though people who have been living in the U.S. for years couldn't speak English well, it didn't make sense to me before I lived in the States. Now it totally makes sense to me. 

*Short Stories of Hyun Jingeon 현진건의 단편소설

*Proctor B and the Love Letters B사감과 러브레터

*act out 연기하다

*spot 발견하다, 알아채다, 점, 얼룩

*sneer 비웃다

*monologue 독백

*cry with sympathy 공감하여 울다

*longing for love 사랑에 대한 그리움

*contradict 모순되다

There was more than one answer to everything.

*stick to (어려움을 참고) ~을 계속하다, 고수하다[지키다]

Maybe I didn't need to stick to hard-and-fast rules of dialogue or behavior. Since everyone was different, my "odd reactions" could be normal to some people.

*fluster 당황케하다, (특히 너무 많은 일로) 허둥지둥하게 만들다

+) I'm flustered. 전 당황스럽네요.

Mom was flustered when I said this to her.

*give in …에 항복하다, 굴복하다, 양보하다

Not giving in, I asked.

*butt in (대화 중에) 불쑥 끼어들다, 관여[참견]하다 

"She'd be one of the extras playing the sleeping students."

1. 게시물 숙제

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2. 녹음 숙제

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