A modern hoarder

Questions

1. What's the worst delay you've ever experienced on a flight?
      present perfect simple vs present perfect continuous의 의미상의 차이
     * have been cancelled on  a flight ; 당시 그 특정한 비행기만 취소된것을 의미
       have been canceling the flight all day; all day가 하루 종일을 뜻하므로, 하루 종일 취소되는 것이 반복되었던 것을 의미!(repeated or continuous activity->present perfect continuous)
2. Do you have an exam at the end of the course or does your teacher test your English every week?
3. Do you ever shout when you're angry or do you take a deep breath and count to ten?
     *He was shouting at me, so I got really annoyed.
      -shout at sbd: ~에게 가까이서 소리친다는 의미. (지랄 하는거지)
      -shout to sbd/sth(direction etc): 에게/를 향해 큰 소리로 말한다는 의미. 

     *nag sbd: 잔소리 하다. 바가지 긁다. 
     
4. Would you ever queue overnight for a product you've seen in a sale?

5. When you're cooking, do you weigh everything exactly or do you just make a guess?

6. Is the best cure for a headache to take a pill or just to relax?

7. Do you think people should get a fine for driving too fast or should they lose their license?

8. In a restaurant, do you complain if the service is bad?
    Do you always tip the waiter if it's good?
    * make a complaint. 
      complain about~
      to rant and rage about sth       (rant: 고함치다, 큰소리로 불평하다)
         e.g) He ranted all night about the bad service. 

    * spit at sbd  ~에게 침을 뱉다
      spit in public/the street 거리 또는 공공장소에 침을 뱉다. 
     
     
9. Would you ever lie or do you always tell the truth?
    *to tell a white lie <-> direct person

10. When you compare yourself to other people, are you quite calm or are you often in a hurry?

Useful expressions for answering to the above questions...

1. I tend to~
2. No, I wouldn't.
3. Yes, I think...
4. For me, ~
5. I think...
6. I always/sometimes/rarely/never~
7. It really depends on ~
8. It really gets on my nerves.....
9. It gets on my nerves~(situation)
    He really gets on my nerves, because...(person)
10. people talking loudly(people/situation) drives me up the wall. (=drives me round the bend)
     * up the wall: 미친, 화가 난
       round the bend: 미친, 머리가 돈
        e.g) she's gone completely round the bend. 
               I'll go round the bend. 미쳐 버리겠어 

11. do the washing up: only for the plates
      =do the dishes
      do the washing: clothes(미국식: do the laundry)
 
12. to brag/boast about sth: 자랑하다. 떠벌리다. (negative)
      *his performance is nothing to brag about. 별로 자랑할 만한게 못된다. 
       Don't brag. 재지(째지) 마라. 
       She's always boasting about how wonderful her child are. 애들 자랑하다. 

13. to flap their wings: 날개를 파닥거리다.
       =flutter


     

Vocabulary

raise
(돈의 액수나 요구 등의 정도를) 높이다.
->It has been raising money for over twenty years to fund projects that help poor and vulnerable people in the UK and across the world's poorest countries. 

eye-opening:(adj)
괄목할 만한, 놀랄 만한.
->My first eye-opening experience was in Busan.
   It's been eye-opening.
   It was an eye-opening experience.

hooting cars: 경적을 울리는 자동차들

unaccustomed:(adj)=not used to
~에 익숙하지 않은
*unaccustomed to: ~에 익숙하지 않은.

worn out:(adj)
닳아서 못쓰게 된, 닳고 닳은, 진부한, 낡은, 헌.

Grammar_Present Perfect Simple and Continuous

Present perfect simple(단순현재완료): 예전에 일어났던 일이 지금까지 이르고 있을 때,
또는 종료된 경우.
Present perfect continuous(현재완료진행):예전에 일어났던 일이 지금에도 영향을 미치고 있음을 생생하게 표현하고자 하는 차이.

[Rules]

1. 둘 다 사용 가능한 경우

    ;activity or state which started in the past and continues up to now
   ->I've been working here for a year. (O)
      I've worked here for a year(O)
   ->It has been raising money for over twenty years. (O)
      It has raised money for over twenty years. (O)

2. Use the present perfect simple

    ; (1) with a state verb; 상태동사는 진행의 의미를 가지고 있으므로 진행형 쓰지 않음.
         ->I've had this nose on since 8 o'clock this morning
           *상태동사: 존재- be, become, exist, consist
                             감각- see, hear, smell, feel, sound, taste
                             외관: look, seem, appear, resemble, weigh
                             생각: think, believe, understand, mean, know, doubt, forget, remember, aree, disagree...
                             소유: have, own, possess, belong
                             감정: love, fear, envy, like, dislike, prefer, hate, mind, appreciate
                             소망: want, need, wish, hope
       (2) for a completed action
          ->I've closed the shop.
       (3) for a completed result, in answer to how much/many?
          ->To date, it has raised money over half a billion pounds.

3. Use the present perfect continuous

    ; (1) for a repeated or continuous activity. 
          ->We've been dancing for twelve hours.
       (2) when there is present evidence of a recent activity. 

Vocabulary_social issues

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