4/23(Tue) 101-105p

Question 1

Rodney James tried out to be the Tin Man, but he got stuck with being the Shrub.

Answer 1

*Tin Man : 양철나무꾼
*be[get] stuck with : 싫은 일을 강요당하다
The key has stuck in the lock. 열쇠가 자물쇠에 끼여 꼼짝을 하지 않는다. / We were stuck in a traffic jam. 우리는 교통 체증 속에 갇혀 있었다.

Question 2

He found a way to sneak a video game into his costume, and I’ll bet that really makes the time go by.

Answer 2

*sneak : 살금살금[몰래] 가다, I sneaked up the stairs. 나는 살금살금 계단을 올라갔다.
(흔히 허락을 받지 않고) 몰래 하다[가져가다] We sneaked a look at her diary. 우리는 그녀의 일기장을 몰래 보았다.
(하찮은 것을) 몰래 챙기다[가져가다] I sneaked a cake when they were out of the room. 나는 그들이 방 밖에 있을 때 케이크 하나를 몰래 챙겼다.
*time goes by : 세월이 흐르다, 시간이 지나다.

Question 3

The play is only a couple of days away, and I have no idea how we’re going to pull this thing off.

Answer 3

*pull something off : (힘든 것을) 해내다[성사시키다] We pulled off the deal. 우리가 그 계약을 성사시켰다.

Question 4

First of all, nobody has bothered to learn their lines, and that’s all Mrs. Norton’s fault.

Answer 4

*bother : 신경 쓰다, 애를 쓰다, 괴롭히다, 귀찮게하다

Question 5

Today, the kid’s mom came in and said she wanted her child to walk around on two legs, because crawling around on all fours would be too “degrading”

Answer 5

*walk on tiptoe : 발끝으로 걷다, 까치발로 걷다
*crawl : (엎드려) 기다, (곤충이) 기어가다, 몹시 느리게 가다
*degrade : 비하[모멸]하다 This poster is offensive and degrades women. 이 포스터는 저속하고 여성을 비하한다. / (화학적으로) 분해되다[하다], (특히 질적으로) 저하시키다

Question 6

She said everyone “deserves” a chance to sing in the play.
So today we spent an hour learning the worst song that’s ever been written.

Answer 6

*deserve : ~을 받을 만하다[누릴 자격이 있다], ~을 (당)해야 마땅하다 You deserve a rest after all that hard work. 그렇게 힘든 일을 했으니 당신은 쉴 자격이 있어.
*ever been written : 지금까지 쓰여진 것 중에서

Question 7

Thank God Rodrick won’t be in the audience to see me humiliate myself.

Answer 7

*humiliate : 굴욕감을 주다 I didn’t want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues. 나는 그녀에게 동료들 앞에서 굴욕감을 주고 싶지는 않았다.
*humiliate oneself : 면목을 잃다, 창피를 당하다

Question 8

Mrs. Norton said the play is going to be a “semiformal occasion” and I know there’s no way Rodrick is going to wear a tie for a middle school play.

Answer 8

*semiformal : <복장이> 반정장
formal : 격식을 차린, 공식적인, 정규적인
*occasion : (어떤 일이 일어나는 특정한) 때[기회/경우], (특별한) 행사[의식/축하], 이유, 원인, 일</복장이>

Question 9

But today wasn’t all bad. Toward the end of practice, Archie Kelly tripped over Rodney James and chipped his tooth because he couldn’t stick his arms out to break his fall.

Answer 9

*trip over : ~에 발이 걸려 넘어지다
*trip : 여행, 발을 헛디디다, ~를 넘어뜨리다
*chip : 이가 빠진 흔적, 이가 빠지다, 쪼다(깍다)
*stick out : (~에서[보다]) (툭) 튀어나오다, ~을 내밀다[튀어나오게 하다]