EBSe 생활영어 시즌4 - 618

Unit 618. Manners can cause problems.

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Manners can cause problems sometimes.

English on the go

Manners can cause problems sometimes.

So in England, we're very famous for being very polite and having a lot of manners.

We're also famous for the phrase "keep a stiff upper lip,"

which means that you shouldn't show your suffering you need to hang in there and keep going.

Because of this mix of being polite and not showing your suffering, we don't like to complain 

even if there is a problem.

So quite often if you're in a restaurant, for example, a waiter will ask, "How is your meal?"

And even if we hate the meal, we are too polite to say that we didn't enjoy it, and we will say, "It's fine."

Then we'll just leave, and we won't return to that business.

And then the people working there never know what went wrong.

And actually it causes quite a lot of shock between Americans and British people 

because we're very surprised at how much Americans will just complain if there's something wrong,

whereas we are just too polite.

We will not say anything.

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stiff 뻣뻣한

ex) The window was very stiff and I couldn't get it to open.

suffering 고통, 괴로움

ex) He doesn't understand other people's pain and suffering.

you shouldn't show your suffering = you shouldn't show (that) you are suffering

hang in there 견디다 

 

< Pattern Practice >

* be too ~ to ~  :  너무 ~ 해서 ~ 하지 못해요.

1) 그들은 너무 어려서 운전을 하지 못해요.

They are too young to drive.

2) 저는 너무 긴장해서 그녀에게 다가가지 못했어요.

I was too nervous to approach her.

 

* be surprised at how much ~  :  얼마나 ~하는지를 보고 놀라다.

1) 저는 그들이 얼마나 많이 기억하는지 보고 놀랐어요.

I was surprised at how much they remembered.

2) 그는 도시가 얼마나 많이 변했는지를 보고 놀랐어요.

He was surprised at how much the city had changed.

 

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