EBSe 생활영어 시즌4 - 613

Unit 613. I wish I could eat out more.

< 본문 >

I love eating out, but it's too expensive for me to do every day.

English On The Go

I love eating out, and if I could, I would do it every single day, maybe even two or three times a day.

But I'm a poor college student, so my wallet dictates my decisions and I can't do that.

It's so tiring because I live in Southern California

and we have so many great restaurants with food from all over the world that's really good and authentic and great.

But I can't do it. I just don't have the money for it.

So I've actually recently forced myself to start cooking more at home

and making the food that I love to get at restaurants in my house.

And it's been going good so far, and I really enjoy cooking.

But there's nothing like being able to go out and sit in a cool restaurant that's got nice ambience and have your food set brought to you.

It's just one of my favorite things in the world to do, especially with people who I love spending time with.

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dictate 좌우하다, 영향을 주다

authentic 진짜인, 정통의

ex) I’ve never had authentic Mexican food.

ambience 분위기

ex) I love the cozy ambience of this coffee shop.

 

< Pattern Practice >

* if I could, I would ~  :  할 수만 있다면, ~하겠어요.

1) 할 수만 있다면 저는 그걸 지우겠어요.

If I could, I would delete it.

2) 할 수만 있다면 저는 뭔가 말하겠어요. 

If I could, I would say something.

 

* There's nothing like -ing  :  ~만한 게 없다, ~만큼 좋은 게 없다

1) 숙제를 끝내는 것만큼 좋은 게 없죠.

There's nothing like finishing your homework.

2) 토요일에 늦게까지 자는 것만큼 좋은 게 없죠.

There's nothing like sleeping in on a Saturday.

 

< 알쏭달쏭 한마디 >

요즘에 그럴 시간이 안 나요.

I don’t have the time for it these days.