[기분/감정] (EE-418) 시어머니[장모]님으로부터 조언 받기 (Getting Advice from Mothers-in-Law)

[Write 2 Speak]

Marc: Who was that?

Carla: It was your mother – again. She wanted to give me another piece of unsolicited advice
about housekeeping. She’s called five times this week already.
* unsolicited advice = 청하지도 않은 충고/ housekeeping = 살림, 집안 돌보는 일

Marc: She’s just trying to be helpful.

Carla: I wish she’d do it without being so critical. I feel like she enjoys finding fault with everything I do.
* critical = 비판적인, 비난하는/ find fault with ~ = ~의 흠을 찾다, ~을 나무라다

Marc: She’s a little overeager to help, that’s all. Don’t think of it as her interfering.
Think of it as her giving you support. She isn’t like your mother.
* overeager = 지난치게 열심인/ interfere = 간섭[개입/참견]하다/ support = 도움[힘]; 지원, 지지

Carla: What do you mean?

Marc: What do I mean?! She’s constantly giving me advice on how to be a better husband.
* constantly = 끊임없이; 거듭

Carla: Well, we just got married and she wants our marriage to be the best it can be.

Marc: I know, but your mother has a really sharp tongue and she doesn’t hold back.
She butts in whenever I’m trying to do something to tell me how to do it better.
* sharp tongue = 독설/ hold back = (~하기를) 망설이다/ butt in (on ~) = 불쑥 끼어들다

Carla: Just like your mother, she’s only trying to help.

Marc: With her constant sarcastic comments?
* sarcastic = 빈정대는, 비꼬는

Carla: That’s just her sense of humor. She doesn’t mean anything by it. She likes you.
* sense of humor = 유머 감각

Marc: She has a strange way of showing it.

Carla: All of this talk about mothers-in-law is getting our blood up.
At this rate, we won’t be able to follow the best piece of marriage advice we’ve received so far.
* mother-in-law = 시어머니, 장모/ get[have] one's blood up = 발끈해지다, 흥분하다, 화나게 하나

Marc: Which was?

Carla: Don’t go to bed angry.

Marc: Who’s angry?

Getting Advice from Mothers-in-Law - WTS.mp3