Easy english - 13.04.01 학습

1. Speaking Drill

be just around the corner : ~가 머지않다, 코앞이다

Midterms are just around the corner.

Your birthday is just around the corner.

Our anniversary is just around the corner.

Final exams are just around the corner.

be canceled : ~가 취소되다

The midterms are canceled.

The plan is canceled.

Our meeting is canceled.

The family get-together is canceled.

I'll go ~. : 내가 가서 ~할래.

Oh, then I'll go catch up  on some sleep.

I'll go get it.

I'll go pick it up.

I'll go find out why.

2. Model Dialogue

Taylor: Hi, John, where are you headed?

John: To the library. Midterms are just around the corner.

Taylor: Didn't you hear? The midterms are canceled.

John: Are you serious? Oh, then I'll go catch up on some sleep.

Taylor: April Fool's!

John: Oh, no!!

3. Vocabulary & Expressions

be headed: ~로 향하다

midterms: 중간고사

cancel: 취소하다

serious: 진짜인, 진심인

catch up on: 만회하다

April Fool's Day: 만우절

final exams: 기말고사

family get-together: 가족모임

4. Pronunciation & Listening Tips

> '듣다' 라는 뜻의 hear와, '여기'를 가리키는 here는 철자는 다르지만 발음은 똑같음

> 소리로 구분하기 어려운 경우로, 문맥상으로 어떤 단어인지 잘 듣고 판단하는 연습 필요

I can't here you.

Will you wait here?

I didn't hear that.

I'm here.

What did you hear?
Here you are.

5. Making Up Longer Sentences

Step 1: ~에 가는 중이야.

Step 1: I'm headed...

Step 2: 도서관에 가는 중이야.

Step 2: I'm headed to the library.

Step 3: 중간고사가 코앞이라 도서관에 가는 중이야.

Step 3: I'm headed to the library because midterms are just around the corner.

Step 4: 아들 생일이 곧 다가와서 제과점에 가는 중이에요.

Step 4: I'm headed to the bakery because my son's birthday is just around the corner.

6. 짤막 Tip

catch up on의 쓰임

> catch up: 밀린 일을 하거나 오랫동안 만나지 못한 친구를 만나서 그동안 하지 못한 이야기를 할 때도 쓰는 표현

> catch up on sleep

(밀린 잠을 보충하다, 밀린 잠을 자다)

> catch up on my work

(밀린 일[다 하지 못한 일]을 하다)
> We've got a lot of things to catch up on.

(우리 그동안 못했던 말들, 할 말이 참 많구나)

7. Comments & Practice

8. 외워야 할 표현

The family get-together is canceled.

Oh, then I'll go catch up  on some sleep.

I'll go find out why.

Are you serious?

I can't here you.

(안 들려요.)

Here you are.

9. Homework