2024 1028 EBS easy writing

2024 1028 EBS easy writing

일기: 마스터유진의 다이어리

This is based on a true story, first Halloween in America

 

핵심표현

- 명사를 두드리다 : knock on 명사 (pound on~) ex.pound on the door

     Someone is knocking on the door.

     He kept knocking on her door

     The scared neighbor pounded on my door

 

핵심단어

- 전통 : tradition

- 겁먹은 : scared

- 겁나게하다 : scare

- ~인척 하다 : pretend

- 아주 많은 : a ton of~ (a lot of~ 보다 강한 느낌)

- 대접 다과 한턱 ; treat

- 슈퍼마켓 : super market

 

 

주요표현

- 명사에 익숙하다 : be accustomed to 명사 또는 ~ing (유 be used to ~)

     The employees are accustomed to working overtime

     His daughters were not accustomed to Korean culture

 

- 집집마다 돌아다니다 : go door-to-door

     The girl went door-to-door and sold the cookies.

     The kids are going door-to-door trick or treating

 

- 나머지는 말할 것도 없다. : and the rest is history.

     The two rappers decided to collaborate, and the rest is history.

     Mayu launched his own clothing brand and the rest is history

 

1. The first year I moved to America, I wasn’t really accustomed to Halloween traditions.

2. I was confused and scared by why people went to door-to-door knocking.

3. every time someone knocked on my door, I would just stay inside pretending no one was home.

4. but the following year, I decided to embrace it and bought a ton of candy and treats from a Korean supermarket.

5. I decided to embrace it and bought a ton of candy and treats from a korean supermarket

6. when the kids knocked on my door, I opened it with a smile and the rest is history.