[집안일/식구] (EE-430) 출생 순위와 형제자매간의 경쟁 (Birth Order and Sibling Rivalries)

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Nancy: Isn’t this a great time of year? Families get together over the holidays.

Yasmani: Maybe it’s nice for some families, but I dread my family get-togethers.
* dread = 몹시 두려워하다/ get-together = 모임, 파티

Nancy: How come?

Yasmani: I have a big family and there has always been a lot of sibling rivalry.
* sibling rivalry = 형제자매간 경쟁

Nancy: I’m sure that was true when you were growing up, but you’ve all grown out of it, haven’t you?
* grow out of ~ = 나이가 들면서 ~을 그만두다

Yasmani: Not us. The firstborn still thinks he’s in charge, the middle children still
act up to get attention, and the baby of the family is still rebellious.
* firstborn = 맏이, 첫째/ in charge = ~을 맡은, 책임자/ middle child = 둘째 아이/ act up = 버릇없이 굴다/ baby of the family = 막내/ rebellious = 반항적인

Nancy: That’s true in a lot of families.

Yasmani: Yes, but when we get together, we compete to show up the others.
We brag, argue, and nitpick. It’s rather pathetic, actually.
* show ~ up = ~를 당황하게 만들다/ brag = 자랑하다/ nitpick = 트집[흠]을 잡다/ pathetic = 한심한, 불쌍한

Nancy: How do your parents handle all that?

Yasmani: They’ve always left us to our own devices. We just fight it out amongst ourselves.
* leave sb to one's own devices = ~를 자기 뜻대로 하게 내버려 두다

Nancy: So, there’s no loving bond between the siblings.
* bond = 유대, 끈

Yasmani: Oh, we love each other, but we compete with other, too. It’s complicated.

Nancy: Then I should be glad to be an only child?
* only child = 외동(딸, 아들)

Yasmani: That’s right. Count your blessings!
* count one's blessings = (불행한 때에, 힘들 때) 좋은 일들을 회상하다

Birth Order and Sibling Rivalries - WTS.mp3