(1221)＜3053＞: Change one's tune / 태도를 바꾸다

[안영득]

                ***** change one's tune *****

                                 ( 태도를 바꾸다)

           Tips=[1]= 이 표현에 들어있는 "tune"은 "곡조, 선률"이라는 뜻이다.

                                            그래서 이 표현은 마치 곡의 분위기가 바뀌듯 "태도를 바꾸다"라는 의미로 쓰인다.

                    (1221)(A) Did you hear that Davied from our

                                   high school class became an eletrician?

                             (B) No!  His parents must be disappointed. 

                                   I know they wanted him to go to college.

                                         (A) Well, once they found out

                                    he was making good money,

                                    they changed their tune.

                                       =electrician:전기기사    =disappointed: 실망한      = find out:알게 되다

                                                                                 [본문   해석]

                                (A) 우리 고등학교 나온 데이비드가 전기기사가되였다는 소식  들었어?

                                           (B) 아니! 그의 부모님게서 실망하셨겠군. 데이브가 대학 가길 바라셨다고 알고 있는데.

                                           (A) 그런데 돈을 잘 번다는 걸 알게 되고나서 태도를 바꾸셨다던데.

                Tips=[2]=English Review

                     [A] How would your friends or family descrive you?

                                (당신의 가족이나 친구들은 당신을 어떤 사람이라고 할까요?)

                         [B] I think my friends and family would describe me

                                   as a reiable person. 

                               I am someone they can always count on to support them

                                    and help them when they need it. 

                               This quality extends to my work as well.

                                 (제 가족과 친구들은 저를 믿을만한 사람이라고 할 겁니다. 저는 언제나 그들에게 필요할 때 지지해주고

                                                    도와줄 거라는 믿음을 주는 사람입니다. 이 점은 일할 때도 변함 없습니다.)