(1007)＜2720＞ miss the boat / 기회를 놓치다

[williamahn]

                ***** miss the boat *****

                               (기회를 놓치다)

        Tips=[1]= 우리 말에서 "기회를 놓치다"라는 의미로

                                    "떠난 버스는 돌아오자ㅣ않는다"라는 표현을 쓰기도한다.

                                    비슷하게 버스를 배로 대신해서 "miss the boat라고하면

                                    "기회를 놓치다"라는 의미가된다.

             (1007)(A) Hey, Mike.  It's been three days

                               since you last attended class. 

                               What happened to you?

                         (B) Well, I had the flu,

                                but I'm feeling better now                             

                                I'm not going to be absent from now on.

                         (A) I hope so.

                               You only have one chance to get the score

                               you want. 

                               If you don't study hard, you'll miss the boat.

                             =flu ; 독감        = absent : 결석한    = from now on : 이제부터

                                                                                [본문  해석]

                                  (A) 저, 마이크. 당신 3일 동안 수업에 참석을 않했넹ㅛ. 무슨 일이 있어요?

                                              (B) 음, 독감에 걸렸어요. 근데 지금은 많이 나았어요. 이제부터 결석을 안할거예요.

                                              (A) 저도 그렇게 하길 바래요. 원하는 점수를 받을 기회는 딱 한번 뿐이예요.

                                                    열심히 공부하지 않으면 기회를 놓칠거예요!

                Tips=[2]= English Review

                    [Run over / 넘기다]

                         (A) That meeting was so long. 

                                  I almoust thought it would never end.

                                   (이 회의는 노무 길었어요.절대 끝나지 않을 거라는 생각이 들 정도 였어요.)

                            (B) Yeah, the meeting ran over its scheduled time by an hour.

                                   (네, 회의가 예정된 시간보다 한 시간을 넘겼어요.)

                            (A) I hope our next meeting isn't going to be as long as this one.

                                   (다음 회의는 이번만큼 길어지지 않았으면 좋겠어요.)

                          [Similar and related expressins]

                   ** Yeah, the meeting exceeded its scheduled time by an hour.**

                               ( 네, 회의가 예정된 시간보다 한 시간이나 늦어졌어요.)