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Session 6

였늘의 μ—ν”Όμ†Œλ“œλ₯Ό λ“£κ³  자주 μ‚¬μš©ν•˜λŠ” μ˜μ–΄ ν‘œν˜„μ„ λ°°μ›Œλ³΄μ„Έμš”.

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A can of worms

였늘의 μ—ν”Όμ†Œλ“œλ₯Ό λ“£κ³  자주 μ‚¬μš©ν•˜λŠ” μ˜μ–΄ ν‘œν˜„μ„ λ°°μ›Œλ³΄μ„Έμš”.

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Listen to the audio and take the quiz. μ˜€λ””μ˜€λ₯Ό λ“£κ³  ν€΄μ¦ˆλ₯Ό ν’€μ–΄λ³΄μ„Έμš”.

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μ—¬λŸ¬λΆ„ μ•ˆλ…•ν•˜μ„Έμš” English Expressions 에 μ˜€μ‹ κ²ƒμ„ ν™˜μ˜ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희 ν”„λ‘œκ·Έλž¨μ€ μ—¬λŸ¬λΆ„λ“€μ—κ²Œ μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ μ˜μ–΄ν‘œν˜„λ“€μ„ μ†Œκ°œν•΄λ“œλ¦¬κ³  μ‰½κ²Œ 배울 수 μžˆλ„λ‘ λ„μ™€λ“œλ¦¬κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €λŠ” μ΅œμŠΉν›ˆ μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

였늘 이 μ‹œκ°„μ—λŠ” ‘a can of worms’ ‘지렁이 ν•œ 톡’μ΄λΌλŠ” ν‘œν˜„μ„ λ°°μš°κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 지렁이가… ν•œ 톡?? λ„λŒ€μ²΄ 무슨 뜻 κ°™λ‚˜μš”? 자 그럼 더 λ“€μ–΄λ³΄λ©΄μ„œ ν•œλ²ˆ μ•Œμ•„λ³΄κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

Finnκ³Ό FeiFei의 λŒ€ν™”λ₯Ό ν•œ 번 λ“€μ–΄λ³΄μ„Έμš”. Finn이 지렁이 ‘worms’에 λŒ€ν•΄ μ—΄μ‹¬νžˆ 쑰사λ₯Ό ν•΄μ„œ FeiFeiμ—κ²Œ 이야기해주고 μžˆλŠ”λ°μš”, κ·Έκ°€ 무엇을 μƒˆλ‘œ λ°°μ› λŠ”μ§€ λ“€μ–΄λ³ΌκΉŒμš”?

Finn
Worms are great – don't you think they're really interesting?

Feifei
Erm, yeah, kind of. But what's today's phrase?

Finn
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll come to that in a minute. But, did you know earthworms, the kind
you normally find in the soil, are both male and female in one body?

Feifei
That is quite interesting.

Finn
And if you cut a worm in half – only one part of the worm will die!

Feifei
Yes, the part with the fat little bump on it will survive. I knew that.

Finn
Fascinating, isn’t it? And earthworms can be really short – from only one millimetre – to a massive three metres!

Presenter
Finn은 흙지렁이 ‘earthworms’에 λŒ€ν•΄ μ΄μ•ΌκΈ°ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·ΈλŠ” 지렁이듀이 수컷 ‘male’인 λ™μ‹œμ— μ•”μ»· ‘female’일 수 μžˆμŒμ„ λ°œκ²¬ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 지렁이λ₯Ό 반으둜 μž˜λΌλ„ 그듀은 survive 생쑴할 수 있으며, μ΅œλŒ€ three metres 3λ―Έν„°κΉŒμ§€ μžλž„ 수 μžˆλ‹€κ³  ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ„λŒ€μ²΄ κ·Έκ°€ μ™œ 지렁이에 λŒ€ν•΄ 이토둝 μ΄μ•ΌκΈ°ν•˜λŠ” 것인지 λ“€μ–΄λ³ΌκΉŒμš”?

Feifei
Finn, hang on a second, why are we talking about worms so much?

Finn
Sorry, yes, I was doing some research for today's programme. The phrase, today, is: a can of
worms!

Feifei
Right. Well 'a can of worms' is a phrase we use to describe a situation that causes a lot of
problems when you start to deal with it.

Finn
Yes, sometimes you want to deal with a problem, but you realise that by dealing with that problem, it will open up a whole set of new problems.

Presenter
Finn은 지렁이에 λŒ€ν•΄ μ—΄μ‹¬νžˆ μ½μ–΄μ„œ ν₯미둜운 사싀듀을 많이 μ•Œμ•„λƒˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ FeifeiλŠ” λ„λŒ€μ²΄ μ™œ 지렁이에 λŒ€ν•΄ κ·Έκ°€ 그토둝 열변을 ν† ν•˜λŠ”μ§€ 이해할 수 μ—†μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 였늘 μš°λ¦¬κ°€ 배울 μ˜μ–΄ ν‘œν˜„μ΄ ‘a can of worms’ ‘지렁이 ν•œ 톡’μ΄λΌλŠ” κ±Έ μ•ŒκΈ° μ „κΉŒμ§„ λ§μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. FeifeiλŠ” ‘a can of worms’λΌλŠ” ν‘œν˜„μ΄ μ—¬λŸ¬κ°€μ§€ 문제λ₯Ό μΌμœΌν‚¬ 수 μžˆλŠ” 상황을 μΌμ»«λŠ”λ‹€κ³  μ•Œλ €μ€λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ–΄λ– ν•œ 상황이 μΌμ’…μ˜ ‘can’ ‘톡’이고 λ¬Έμ œλ“€μ΄ 지렁이 ‘worms’라고 상상해 λ³΄μ‹­μ‹œμš”. 톡을 μ—¬λŠ” μˆœκ°„, 즉, κ·Έ 상황에 μ–½νžˆλŠ” μˆœκ°„, 지렁이듀은 νŠ€μ–΄λ‚˜μ™€ λ‹€μ‹œ μ§‘μ–΄λ„£κΈ° μ–΄λ ΅κ²Œ 될 κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·Έλž˜μ„œ μš°λ¦¬λŠ” ν•΄κ²°ν•˜κΈ° μ–΄λ €μš΄ μ—¬λŸ¬κ°€μ§€ 문제λ₯Ό μΌμœΌν‚€λŠ” 상황을 일컬어 이 ν‘œν˜„μ„ μ‚¬μš©ν•˜λŠ” 것이죠.

이 μˆ™μ–΄λ₯Ό μ‚¬μš©ν•œ λ‹€μŒ μ˜ˆλ¬Έλ“€μ„ λ“€μ–΄λ³΄μ„Έμš”.

Examples
When Frank asked why his brother arrived late to the party, his brother started telling Frank all about the problems in his life: his car, his health, problems with his friends… Frank realised he'd opened a can of worms.

A: Charles, have you finished writing that report about our fantastic sales figures this month?
B: No, because actually I realised our sales figures are all wrong. Someone has been giving us false information for months…
A: Oh no, what a can of worms.

Finn
Yes, well anyway – I hope everyone listening understands the phrase now. I think I'll get back
to my reading. 34,000 different kinds of worm, wow… They can live for up to 10 years!
Fascinating… They eat their own weight every day…

Feifei
OK, well I think we've lost Finn there. I think I've had enough of worms for one day.

Presenter
Finn은 μ—¬μ „νžˆ 지렁이에 λŒ€ν•΄ κΆκΈˆν•œ 것이 λ§Žμ€κ°€ λ΄…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ—¬λŸ¬λΆ„μ€ ‘can of worms’λ₯Ό μ—΄μ–΄ λ³Έ 적이 μžˆμœΌμ„Έμš”? μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ λλ‚˜μš”? ν˜Ήμ‹œ 예기치 λͺ»ν•˜κ²Œ λ‚œμ²˜ν•΄μ§„ 것은 μ•„λ‹ˆμ—ˆλ‚˜μš”? 그럼 λ‹€μŒ μ΄μ‹œκ°„μ— ‘English Expressions’ μ—μ„œ λ‹€μ‹œ λ§Œλ‚˜κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. See you next time!

μ£Όμ–΄μ§„ μ§ˆλ¬Έμ„ 풀어보며 배운 λ‚΄μš©μ„ 확인 ν•΄ λ³΄μ„Έμš”.

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A can of worms

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λ§žλŠ” 닡을 μ„ νƒν•˜μ„Έμš”.

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λ‹€μŒ English Expressions μ—ν”Όμ†Œλ“œμ—λ„ μ°Έμ—¬ν•΄μ£Όμ„Έμš”. 보닀 μ‹€μš©μ μ΄κ³  μžμ£Όμ“°μ΄λŠ” ν‘œν˜„μ„ λ°°μ›Œλ³΄κ³ , λ¦¬μŠ€λ‹ μ‹€λ ₯도 ν–₯상 λ˜λ„λ‘ μ—°μŠ΅ν•΄ λ³΄κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

저희 Facebook 그룹에 κ°€μž…ν•˜μ…”μ„œ 맀일 μ˜μ–΄ 곡뢀λ₯Ό ν•˜μ„Έμš”.

그럼 λ‹€μŒ μ—ν”Όμ†Œλ“œ μ—μ„œ λ‹€μ‹œ λ΅™κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

Session Vocabulary

  • earthworm
    지렁이

    soil
    흙

    can
    톡

    survive
    μƒμ‘΄ν•˜λ‹€

    deal with
    ~을 닀루닀

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