22.02.16.수 Easy Writing 편지: 남편을 향한 레브레터 A love letter for my husband

over the decades 수십년 간
많은 것들이 수십년에 걸쳐 바꿨습니다.
A lot of things have changed over the decades.
Many things have changed over the decades.
수십년에 걸쳐 꾸준한 constant 변화들이 있었습니다.
There have been continuous changes over the decades.
Over the decades, there have been constant changes.
수십년에 걸쳐 그들은 엄청난 양의 세금을 낸 상태입니다.
Over the decades, they have paid a huge amount of tax
Over the decades, they have paid a tremedous amount of tax.

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decade 10년
feed 먹이다; 먹여 살리다.
complain 불평하다. (2음절)
complaint 불평
wrinkle 주름
세린쌤: Oh my gosh, I have so many wrinkles in my shirt. I need to iron my shirt.
exhaustion 지침; 탈진
sacrifice 희생하다
umbrella 우산
rainy 비오는
snowy 눈오는 foggy 안개 낀
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I don’t think [평서문]이 아니라고 생각하다.
난 있잖아, 후라이드치킨이 살 찌는 거라고 생각 안해.
I don’t think fried chicken is a fatty food.
I don’t think fried chicken is fattening.
세린쌤: Is it what you tell yourself as you eat fried chicken?
난 있잖아, 너의 아이디어가 실없다고 생각하지 않아.
I don’t think your idea is silly.
I don’t think your idea is silly.

let [목적어] know = [목적어]에게 알려주다.
더 많은 수건이 필요하시면 저에게 알려주세요.
Please let me know if you need more towels.
Please let me know if you need more towels.
방이 나오면 저에게 알려주실 수 있나요?
Could you please let us know if any room is available?
Could youe let us know if the room becomes available?

break into pieces 산산조각이 나다.
세린쌤: My son’s lego broke into pieces.
그녀의 마음은 산산조각 났어.
Her heart broke into pieces.
Her heart broke into pieces.
엄마가 가장 좋아하는 접시가 산산조각났어.
Mom’s favorite dish broke into pieces.
Mom’s favorite plate broke into pieces.

[Five Golden Sentences]
수십년간 내가 당신을 얼마나 사랑하는지 충분히 알려준 적이 없는 거 같네요.
I don’t think I have let you know how much I love you enough over the decades.
I don’t think I’ve let you know how much I love you enough over the decades.

당신이 우리 가족을 먹여살리려고 엄청 열심히 일하면서도 yet
You have worked so hard to feed our family,
You have worked so hard to feed our family,
단 한번도 불평하지 않았죠.
but at the same never once complained.
—————— yet never once complained.

지난 밤
The other day
The other day
주름과 피곤이 가득한 당신의 얼굴을 봤을 때,
when I saw your face with full of wrinkles and exhaustion,
when I saw your face full of wrinkles and exhaustion,
내 마음은 그냥 산산조각 났어요.
my heart jsut broke into pieces.
my heart jsut broke into pieces.

가족을 위해 항상 당신을 희생해줘서 고마워요.
Thank you for always scrificing yourself for our family.
Thank you for always scrificing yourself for our family.

내 마음 속 당신을 늘 ( ) 그 남자일 거예요.
In my heart you’ll always be the man
In my heart you’ll always be that guy
(40년 전 어느 비오는 날 나를 위해 자기 우산을 포기한)
__ giving up his umbrella for me one rainy day 40 years ago.
who gave up his umbrella for me one rainy day 40 years ago.

[QUIZ]
수십년에 걸쳐 그들은 많은 다양한 곳에서 살았다.
Over the decades, they have lived various places.

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