On One’s Hands 사용가능한 Become More Comfortable 익숙해지다 Require More Thought 많은 생각을 필요로 하다.
시간이 빨리 지나간다. 시간이 언제 지나갔는지 모르겠다:
I don’t know where the time goes = I lose track of time
나 학교 때부터 수학을 정말 많이 좋아했었다.
I have had a thing for math ever since my school day
Today’s Sentences: 수학 사랑
Loving math
I loved math during my school days.
I always had a math workbook on hand and I felt so satisfied as I solved each problem and got the answers right.
Even at work, I was able to showcase my skills whenever I had to solve problems like I did with math.
I had more free time on my hands after I retired and I reignited my love for math.
I started with the 7th-grade math textbook.
At first, I kept making mistakes with even simple addition and subtraction.
My mental arithmetic was so rusty that I felt like I’d become a fool.
Gradually I became more comfortable with calculations.
I felt an immense sense of accomplishment when I was able to solve problems that required more thought without looking at the answers.
Now I’m working through a 9th-grade math textbook.
I don’t know where the time goes when I’m solving problems.
Writing Practice
- 나는 학창 시절에 수학을 무척이나 좋아했다.
I loved math during my school days.
- 그래서 늘 수학 문제집이 내 가까이에 있었고요. 문제들을 하나씩 풀어가며 답을 맞춰 나갈 때마다 기분이 꽤나 좋았다.
I always had a math workbook on hand and I felt so satisfied as I solved each problem and got the answers right.
- 문제집, 참고서: workbook
- 늘 가지고 있는, 가까이 있는: on hand
- 희열을 느끼다: feel satisfied
- 정답을 맞추다: get the answers right
- 회사 생활을 하면서도요 수학과 같이 해답을 찾아나가는 업무를 맡게 되면 유감없이 나의 실력 발휘를 할 수 있었다.
Even at work I was able to showcase my skills whenever I had to solve problems like I did with math.
- 실력 발휘하다, 유감없이 보여주다: showcase one’s skills, showcase my skills
- 근무상, 회사생활에서: at work
- 퇴직 후에는 여유 시간이 많아지면서 나의 수학 사랑이 다시 시작되었다.
I had more free time on my hands after I retired and I reignited my love for math.
- 수중에, 바로 사용할 수 있는: on one’s hands (on hand 가까이 있는)
- 점화하다: ignite – 재점화하다. 다시 불붙이다: reignite
- 중학교 1학년 수학 책부터 시작을 했다.
I started with a 7th-grade math textbook.
- 처음에는 간단한 더하기 빼기도 계속 틀리고, 머리로 하는 암산이 잘 안 돼서 바보가 된 기분이었다.
At first, I kept making mistakes with even simple addition and subtraction.
My mental arithmetic was so rusty that I felt like I’d become a fool.
- 더하기와 빼기: addition and subtraction
- 계산, 암산: (mental) arithmetic
- 녹슨: rusty
- 바보가 된 기분이었다: I felt like I’d become a fool.
- 계산이 익숙해지고 생각을 필요로 하는 문제들을 해답지를 보지 않고 해결했을 때 엄청난 성취감을 느꼈다.
Gradually I became more comfortable with calculations. I felt an immense sense of accomplishment when I was able to solve problems that required more thought without looking at the answers.
- -계산에 익숙해지다: become more comfortable with calculations
- 엄청난 성취감: an immense sense of accomplishment
- 지금은 중학교 3학년 수학책을 풀고 있다.
Now I’m working through a 9th-grade math textbook.
- –을 해내다: work through –
- 문제를 풀다 보면 시간이 언제 지나갔는지 모를 정도이다.
I don’t know where the time goes when I’m solving problems.
- 시간이 빨리 지나간다. 시간이 언제 지나갔는지 모르겠다: I don’t know where the time goes = I lose track of time
Loving math
I loved math during my school days.
I always had a math workbook on hand and I felt so satisfied as I solved each problem and got the answers right.
Even at work, I was able to showcase my skills whenever I had to solve problems like I did with math.
I had more free time on my hands after I retired and I reignited my love for math.
I started with the 7th-grade math textbook.
At first, I kept making mistakes with even simple addition and subtraction.
My mental arithmetic was so rusty that I felt like I’d become a fool.
Gradually I became more comfortable with calculations.
I felt an immense sense of accomplishment when I was able to solve problems that required more thought without looking at the answers.
Now I’m working through a 9th-grade math textbook.
I don’t know where the time goes when I’m solving problems.
Pattern practice
1. 사용가능한: on my hands
1) 은퇴 후에는 여유시간이 더 많아졌다.
I had more free time on my hands after I retired
2) 나는 여유 시간이 좀 생길 때마다 운동을 하려고 노력한다.
I try to exercise whenever I have some free time on my hands.
2. 익숙해지다: become more comfortable
1) 점점 계산에 익숙해졌다.
Gradually I became more comfortable with calculations.
2) 한동안 사용했더니 그것이 좀 더 익숙해졌다.
I became more comfortable with it after using it for a while
3. 많은 생각을 필요로 하다. Require more thought
1) 답을 보지 않고 생각을 요하는 문제를 풀 수 있게 되었다.
I was able to solve problems that required more thought without looking at the answers.
2) 이렇게 복잡한 문제는 많은 생각이 필요하겠다.
A problem this complicated will require more thought.
Dialogue practice
A: Is that a math workbook?
B: Yes, I started studying math again after I retired just for fun
A: Oh really?
B: Yes I have had a thing for math ever since my school days.
A: I see, math was my worst subject.
B: That’s understandable. Seeing all the problems I can solve in a math book fills me with joy.
A: 그거 수학 문제집인가요?
B: 네, 저는 은퇴 후 다시 수학을 공부하기 시작했어요. 재미로요.
A: 정말요?
B: 네, 학창시절부터 수학을 좋아했어요.
A: 그렇군요, 수학은 제가 가장 싫어하는 과목이었는데.
B: 그럴 만도 하죠. 제가 수학 책에서 풀 수 있는 문제들을 보면 진짜 기뻐요.
- 재미삼아: just for fun
- 많이 좋아하다, 푹 빠지다: have a thing for –
Leftover Time 자유시간 Take Up A Lot Of Time 시간이 많이 들다 Come In Handy 유용하다.