[2021.04.07.Wed] 입이 트이는 영어 Self-Quarantine Measures During Overseas Trips

[Speaking] Talk about Self-Quaranitine in Overseas

Story 1

To travel overseas these days, you need to get tested for COVID-19 72 hours before departure. You need present a negative test result. Each country has different requirements for entry. You will have to prepare paper work accordingly. When you arrive, they take your temperature and check your physical condition. Then they take you to a quarantine facility. At the facility, they take your temperature every other day. You get a Covid test at the beginning and end of your quarantine. The two weeks can be very boring. You should prepare books or games to make the most of your stay.

 

Story 2

Last September, I visited China for business. When I arrived at the airport, a bus was waiting. Everyone got on the bus and we were in quarantine for 14 days at a designated hotel. We couldn't set foot outside hotel rooms. We received boxed meals 3 times a day. But the food didn't sit well with me. I got by eating the instant noodles I had broght with me. To pass the time I had watched a lot of movies and TV shows. Sometimes. I attended videoconferences. When I returned to Korea in December, I had to do it all over again for 2 weeks. 

*get by: 그럭저럭 지내다

 

[Pattern]

You need to present a negative test result.

You can't go to work before getting a negative test result.

I can't go to work until I get a negative test result.

 

The food did not sit well with me..

The news did not sit well with them.

A cold drink doesn't sit well with me.

Cold drinks do not sit well with me.

Coffee does not sit well with me.

 

To pass the time, I watched a lot of movies and TV shows.

To pass the time, I looked around photos on the mobile phone.

To pass the time, I looked at photos on my phone.

 

[Dialogue]

A: Did you self-quarantine when you got back from your business trip overseas?

B: Yes. I went straight to a public health center to get a covid test, and then spent 2 weeks at home

A: I see. 

B: I used the a self-diagosis app daily and sent the results to my case worker at a City Hall.

A: Oh! You had to do that every day.

B: I was really thankful to my wife for cooking me three meals each day.

 

[Composition]

1. 나는 다음 날 음성 검사 결과를 받았다.

 I received a negative test result next day.

 I received a negative test result the next day.

 

2. 난 익히지 않은 해산물이 잘 안 맞아.

 Raw seafood does not sit well with me.

 

3. 나는 시간을 때우려고 휴대폰으로 게임을 했다.

 To pass the time, I played games on my phone.

 I played a game on my phone to pass the time.

 

4. 나는 수업이 끝나고, 대부분의 경우 on most days 곧장 도서관으로 갔다.

  I went straight to a library most of time right after classes.

  After class, I went straight to the library on most days.

 

5. 내 주변에 코로나 바이러스 검사를 받은 사람들이 많다.

 There are many people around me who get a COVID test.

 Many people around me have gotten a COVID test