Welcome to 권주현의 진짜 영어 on EBS radio.
Today is Wednesday the 8th of September. Happy humpday?
Listeners, be happy who you are and what you can do!
Be happy with me today and speak English with me.
Isn't it lovely?
오늘 공상에 잠긴 친구에게 쓸 수 있는 표현은?
A: 뜬구름 잡지마.
Stop building castles in the air.
Stop building castels in the air.
갑자기 all of a sudden 무슨 말 하는 거야?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about all of a sudden?
너 내일 시험이잖아
You're taking the exam tomorrow.
You have an exam tomorrow.
B: 엄마는 이해심이 부족해요.
Mum, you're short of the understanding
You're not very understanding.
그냥 나 좀 내버려둬요
Just leave me alone.
Just leave me alone.
A: 나는 집에 머무르며 그냥 공상에 잠기는 걸 정말 좋아해
I really like to stay home and just build castles in the air.
I really like to stay home just building castles in the air.
B: 무슨 말을 하고 싶은 거야? 시간 낭비 좀 그만해
What do you want to say? Stop faffing around.
What are you getting at? Stop faffing around.
*get at 도달하다; ~을 암시하다
What are you getting at?
무엇을 암시하는 거야?
무슨 말을 하고 싶은거야?
(돌려서 말하는 상대방에서 살짝 짜증날 때 말하는 표현)
[Step by Step]
이 프로젝트에서 성공하기를 원한다면,
If you want to succeed in this project,
If you want to succeed in this project,
넌 뜬구름 좀 그만 잡아야 해
you’ve got to stop building castles in the air.
you should stop building castles in the air.
뜬구름 좀 그만 잡고, 잠시라도 진지하게 좀 해
Stop building castles in the air, and do it seriously for a minute.
Stop building castles in the air, and get real for a second.
엄마는 내게 뜬구름 그만 잡고 진짜 직업을 찾으라고 말씀하셨어
Mum told me to stop building castles in the air and get an actual job.
My mum told me to stop building castles in the air and find a real job.
그것들은 모두 허황된 꿈이야.
They are all castles in the air.
They are all castles in the air.
[Speak Like a Brit]
A: 뜬구름 잡지 마.
Stop building castles in the air.
갑자기 무슨 말이야?
What do you mean all of a sudden?
너 내일 시험이잖아
You have an exam tomorrow.
B: 엄마는 이해심이 부족해요.
You’re not very understanding.
그냥 나 좀 내버려뒀으면 좋겠어요
I just want you to leave me alone.
A: 나는 의자에 앉아서 공상에 잠기는 걸 정말 좋아해
I really like to sit on the chair just building castles in the air.
B: 무슨 말을 하고 싶은 거야 제발 시간낭비 좀 그만해
What are you getting at? Please stop faffing around.
[어휘]
What are you getting at? 무슨 말을 하고 싶은 거야?
=> to ask, specially in an angry way, what somebody is suggesting.
“All these questions, what are you getting at?”
“이 모든 질문들, 무슨 말을 하고 싶은 거야?”
출처 EBS 오디오 어학당 5dang.ebs.co.kr 권주현의 진짜 영국 영어 Stop building castles in the air. 뜬구름 잡지 마.
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