🧏♀️ Must-Know Expressions from “Learning Sign Language” | 입이 트이는 영어
Discover essential English expressions from the EBS episode “Learning Sign Language” aired on May 21, 2025. Learn how to describe curiosity, emotional growth, and inclusive values in fluent English. Perfect for learners who want to speak naturally about volunteer work and meaningful personal development.
📘 Memorization Sentences of the Day
It has opened my eyes to a whole new world.
→ 그것은 내 눈을 완전히 새로운 세상으로 열어주었습니다.
I think building a more inclusive world starts with understanding and caring for one another.
→ 포용적인 세상을 만드는 일은 서로를 이해하고 배려하는 것에서 시작된다고 생각합니다.
📝 Full English Script
Sign language is a visual language used by people who have hearing impairments. Korean sign language is an independent language, just like Korean or English. I’ve been learning sign language since March this year. At first, it was just out of personal curiosity. But as I continued learning, I began to realize and feel so much more.
Sign language relies on hand and finger shapes and the direction, position, and movement of the hands. It also depends heavily on the speaker’s facial expressions. Each element changes the meaning.
As I learn sign language, I sometimes also do volunteer work. It felt awkward at first, but now I know how warm-hearted everyone is. It has opened my eyes to a whole new world.
I think building a more inclusive world starts with understanding and caring for one another.
📚 Writing Practice & Expression Study
1. Sign language is a visual language used by people who have hearing impairments.
→ 수어는 청각 장애인들이 사용하는 시각적인 언어입니다.
▪️ visual language = 시각 언어
▪️ hearing impairments = 청각 장애
2. Korean sign language is an independent language, just like Korean or English.
→ 한국 수어는 한국어나 영어처럼 독립된 언어입니다.
▪️ independent language = 독립된 언어
3. I’ve been learning sign language since March this year.
→ 저는 올해 3월부터 수어를 배우고 있습니다.
▪️ have been ~ing since = ~이래로 계속 ~하고 있다
4. At first, it was just out of personal curiosity.
→ 처음에는 단지 개인적인 호기심에서 시작했어요.
▪️ out of personal curiosity = 개인적인 호기심에서
5. But as I continued learning, I began to realize and feel so much more.
→ 계속 배우다 보니 더 많은 것을 깨닫고 느끼게 되었어요.
▪️ realize and feel = 깨닫고 느끼다
6. Sign language relies on hand and finger shapes and the direction, position, and movement of the hands.
→ 수어는 손과 손가락의 모양, 방향, 위치, 움직임에 의존합니다.
▪️ rely on = ~에 의존하다
7. It also depends heavily on the speaker’s facial expressions.
→ 또한 화자의 얼굴 표정에도 크게 의존합니다.
▪️ depend heavily on = ~에 크게 의존하다
8. Each element changes the meaning.
→ 각 요소가 의미를 바꿉니다.
9. As I learn sign language, I sometimes also do volunteer work.
→ 수어를 배우면서 가끔 봉사활동도 합니다.
10. It felt awkward at first, but now I know how warm-hearted everyone is.
→ 처음엔 어색했지만, 이제는 모두가 얼마나 따뜻한 사람들인지 알게 되었어요.
▪️ awkward = 어색한
▪️ warm-hearted = 마음이 따뜻한
11. It has opened my eyes to a whole new world.
→ 그것은 내 눈을 완전히 새로운 세상으로 열어주었습니다.
▪️ open one’s eyes to = ~에 눈을 뜨게 하다
12. I think building a more inclusive world starts with understanding and caring for one another.
→ 포용적인 세상을 만드는 일은 서로를 이해하고 배려하는 것에서 시작돼요.
▪️ inclusive world = 포용적인 세상
▪️ care for one another = 서로를 배려하다
🧩 Pattern Practice: 3 Key Expressions
📌 out of (personal) curiosity
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Just out of curiosity, how much did it cost?
→ 그냥 궁금해서 그런데, 이거 얼마였어요? -
Just out of personal curiosity, how did you learn about it?
→ 단순히 개인적인 호기심인데요, 그걸 어떻게 알게 되었나요?
📌 feel awkward at first
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Speaking in front of so many people felt awkward at first.
→ 많은 사람들 앞에서 말하는 것이 처음에는 어색했어요. -
The new job felt awkward at first, but I got used to it.
→ 새 직장은 처음에는 어색했지만, 익숙해졌어요.
📌 open one’s eyes to ~
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The trip opened my eyes to new cultures.
→ 그 여행은 나에게 새로운 문화에 눈을 뜨게 해줬어요. -
My friend opened my eyes to jazz music.
→ 내 친구가 재즈 음악의 세계를 알려줬어요.
🎭 Dialogue Practice with Translation
A: What’s that video?
→ 저건 무슨 영상이야?
B: Oh, it’s a video teaching sign language.
→ 아, 수화를 가르쳐주는 영상이야.
A: Really? You’re learning something? Sign language?
→ 정말? 뭔가 배우고 있어? 수화를?
B: Yeah, I’ve started doing volunteer work, and I make use of it there.
→ 응, 봉사활동을 시작했는데 거기서 수화를 활용하고 있어.
A: Wow, good for you!
→ 와, 멋지다!
B: I feel like I am growing as a person. So I get a lot out of it.
→ 한 인간으로서 성장하고 있다는 느낌이 들어. 그래서 보람도 커.
📘 표현 정리:
▪️ make use of = ~을 활용하다
▪️ grow as a person = 인간적으로 성장하다
▪️ get a lot out of ~ = ~에서 많은 것을 얻다, 보람을 느끼다
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