04/07/26

[민수라이프~★]

1. BBW
▷ Headline
Clear Channel to trim radio commercial minutes. Clear Channel이 라디오 상업 광고 시간을 줄이다.

▶ Contents
The nation’s biggest radio station chain says it’s cutting back on its spot load, the number of minutes taken up by commercials.

▶ Translation
국내 가장 큰 라디오 방송국 체인이 / 밝힙니다 / 스팟 방송의 할당량을 줄이겠다고 / (스팟 방송이란...) 상업광고가 차지하는 시간을
→ 국내 가장 큰 라디오 방송국 체인이 상업 광고로 할당된 시간을 줄이겠다고 밝혔습니다.

* trim: 줄이다. 다듬다. (cutting back on = reducing = trimming)
- to remove parts of a plan to reduce its cost
- cut back on: 줄이다. 자르다. 삭감하다.
- reduce: v. 줄이다. (=lessen, diminish, decrease)
- Give me a trim. 머리 좀 다듬어 주세요. (trim is not a very bigger hair cut, it's just a little bit off the end.)

* spot: (broadcast language) advertising, advertise minute 메인방송 중간에 짧은 시간동안 광고나 안내방송.
- a short radio or television advertisement, especially one for a politician: eg. a 30-second spot on the local radio station
- cf. CF; Commercial Film

* load: portion(할당량), amount... 적재물. 짐...
* take up: 차지하다, 올리다.
- if something takes up a particular amount of time or space it fills it: eg. Writing the paper took up most of the weekend

+ zero sum game

2. Pops English
☆ The world stops for nothing and no one. 세상은 아무런 이유도 없이, 또, 아무도 위하지 않고 멈추어요.
- for nothing: without paying for something or being paid for something 공짜로, without having a good reason or purpose 이유 없이

3. Screen English
☆ School policy is very difficult to get around in this situation. 거기에 관해서는 학교 교칙이 워낙 엄격해서요.
- when we have policies, regulations or rules... things that perhaps maybe important but sometimes they're inconvenient. they block you and stop you. You can't get through them, you can't go over or under them. In fact, they're even difficult to get around as well.
- get around: 대충 대충하다

☆ I've got it all covered. 준비는 제가 다 했습니다.
- assure 확신을 주다 (to make sure, to give a assurance) / reassure (재차 강조 하면서) 확신을 주다 / I reassure you, I guarantee it. 내가 보장해, 걱정마~

+ 가는 날이 장날이다... Unfortunate circumstances often arise at the most inconvenient time. (inconvenient time = wrong time)
- Wrong place, wrong time, wrong thing's happening.

* I'm just a little stressed out. 제가 좀 긴장 했나봐요.
- stressed out: so worried and tired that you cannot relax
- eg. 나라 looks so stressed out since he started this new job.

♠ I'm so stressed out. (Don't stress out. 스트레스 받지마~)
- stress : 강제, 압박, 강압,
- I'm stressed. 스트레스 받아.
- I'm stressed out (over the finals). (기말 셤 때문에) 나 스트레스 받아 죽겠어.
- I'm so stressed out. 나 너무 스트레스 받아서 죽을 지경이야.
- I'm not stressed. 나 스트레스 안 받아.
- I'm not stressed out. 스트레스 안 받는데.
- I'm under pressure. 압력 아래에 있다.. 즉, 스트레스 받는다는 뜻.
- I'm under a lot of pressure. 스트레스 많이 받고 있어요.

4. Speak & Listen
° 원구: I'd like to talk to someone about my bank statement.
- statement: a list showing amounts of money paid, received, owing etc and their total 대차표
- bank statement (=sent regularly from your bank about your account) 입출금 거래 내역서

° 태희: I can help you.
° 원구: It says I'm being charged $30.00 for NSF (Non Sufficient Funds 부족금)
° 태희: That's because there wasn't enough money to cover your payment.
- cover: money that covers a cost is enough to pay for it 지불하다

° 원구: But there's still fifty dollars in my account.
° 태희: Yes, but GMP Tel tried to withdraw $75.00.

5. Q & A
° 더위 먹었다...
→ I'm crazy from the heat. 더위 때문에 미치겠어.
- I'm baking. 익는다 익어. I'm in the oven. 오븐 속에 있는 것 같아.
- sticky 끈적 끈적한... (making you feel uncomfortable and very hot, wet, and dirty: a hot sticky day in August)
- How do you beat the heat? 넌 어떻게 더위를 이기니?

6. L.T.C
* Why should you and I bother studying? 왜 이렇게 힘들여 공부를 해야하지?
- bother ~ing/to~ : take the time, even though it's inconvenience and troublesome to you to do something 일부러 ~하다, 수고하다

* I don't think it's a bother at all.
- bother: a problem, inconvenience to me 귀찮은, 괴로운 존재

* Studying can be tedious.
- tedious: very difficult and very time-consuming (시간이 많이 들어가고, 지겨운 것..) 지루한