4/11(Thur) 41-45p

Question 1

This video game ban is a whole lot tougher than I thought it would be.

Answer 1

*ban : 금(지)하다 (=prohibit), 금지(법[법령])
*a whole lot : 아주 많이
*it would be : ~일 것이다

Question 2

Rodrick’s in some hot water with Mom right now, too. Manny got ahold of one of Rodrick’s heavy metal magazines, and one of the pages had a picture of a woman in a bikini lying across the hood of a car. And then Manny brought it into day care for show-and-tell.

Answer 2

*be in hot water : 곤경, 말썽, 걱정거리에 처하다
*get ahold of : ~을 입수하다, ~을 잡다, ~와 연결짓다
*show-and-tell : (수업 활동의 하나로) 각자 물건을 가져 와서 발표하기

Question 3

I saw the magazine myself, and it honestly wasn’t anything to get worked up over. But Mom doesn’t allow that kind of stuff in the house.

Answer 3

*get worked up (over something) : 흥분하다, ~에 대해 소동을 부리다, ~에 대해 흥분하거나 감정적으로 괴로워하다

Question 4

Do you have anything you want to say to women for having owned this offensive magazine?

Answer 4

*offensive : 모욕적인, 불쾌한, (냄새 등이) 역겨운[극도로 불쾌한], 공격(용)의, 공격적인

Question 5

Mom went out and brought a whole bunch of educational video games, and watching Manny play them is like torture.

Answer 5

*torture [ ‘tɔːrtʃə(r) ] 고문, 고문하다

Question 6

The good news is that I finally figured out how to get some of my games past Rowley’s Dad.
That’s all it takes.

Answer 6

*get past : (~의) 곁을 지나가다, [사람·물건]에 ~을 통과시키다, (~을) 추월하다, 들키지 않다
*that’s all it takes : 필요한 건 그게 다야. 그거면 충분해

Question 7

At school today, they announced that student government elections are coming up.

Answer 7

*be coming up : 목전에 닥치다
*treasurer : (클럽·조직의) 회계 담당자

Question 8

Nobody ever thinks about running for Treasurer, because all anyone ever cares about are the big-ticket positions like President and Vice President.

Answer 8

*run for : ~에 입후보하다, ~을 부르러 달려가다
*care about : ~에 마음을 쓰다, ~에 관심을 가지다
care for somebody : ~를 보살피다[돌보다] (=take care of), ~를 (대단히) 좋아하다[사랑하다]