EBSe 생활영어 시즌4 - 611

Unit 611. I don’t watch as much TV anymore.

 

< 본문 >

I don’t watch as much TV anymore.

As a child, I used to spend hours in front of the television, but now I wonder whether it perhaps may be a thing of the past.

English On The Go

When I was a child, one of my favorite parts of the day was coming home from school and getting to watch television.

I could spend hours in front of the TV because I had so many cartoons that I loved to watch.

But I was thinking recently that this has changed drastically because I barely ever watch TV anymore.

And in fact, in the flat that I'm currently living in, I don't even own a TV.

And most of my friends actually don't watch TV anymore

because everything is available online to stream onto your laptops.

And, if anything, TV is just used to play in the background so that some noise is going on.

And it made me wonder whether television perhaps is a thing of the past,

because even kids nowadays seem to have many other activities they would rather be doing than watching TV.

And it makes me think how much more technology is going to develop and what we're going to see in the near future.

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a thing of the past 과거의 산물

as much TV (as before)

drastically 급격히, 많이

ex) The exchange rate fell drastically.

own 소유하다

ex) This company currently owns ten of these machines.

 

< Pattern Practice >

* I barely ever ~  :  저는 거의 ~하지 않아요.

1) 저는 거의 울지 않아요.

I barely ever cry.

2) 저는 거의 디저트를 주문하지 않아요. 

I barely ever order dessert.

 

* would rather ~ than ~  :  ~보다는 차라리 ~를 하겠다.

1) 저는 공부하기보다는 차라리 잠을 자겠어요.

I would rather sleep than study.

2) 우리는 여기 앉아 있기보다는 산책을 하겠어요.

We'd rather take a walk than sit here.

 

 

< 알쏭달쏭 한마디 >

저는 모든 걸 스마트폰으로 해요.

I do everything on my smartphone.