English with Yoo! 는 일상생활에서 자주 쓰이는 다양한 표현들을 익히는 시간입니다.
I’ll give you a daily introduction to some meaningful and useful everyday English words and phrases! So let’s get started today!
Hi everyone, this is Jennifer Yoo with ENGLISH WITH YOO! 안녕하세요 English with Yoo!의 Jennifer Yoo입니다.
오늘의 영어 표현은 Be cooped up입니다.
Let’s find out what it means to be cooped up, but first we will begin by listening to today’s conversation. 그럼 오늘의 대화를 들어보면서 ‘be cooped up’이 무슨 뜻인지 알아 보겠습니다. 잘 들어보세요.
Be cooped up
Mike: Hey, are you feeling any better?
Jason: Yes, much better.
Mike: That’s good to hear. Then let me take you out for some fresh air and grab some lunch outdoors. I just feel like you’ve been stuck and cooped up at home all week from the cold.
Jason: That would be great! I did feel cooped up at home being sick and not being able leave the house. Thanks buddy!
Mike: My pleasure!
Mike가 Jason에게 “Hey, are you feeling any better? 몸 좀 괜찮아졌니?” 라고 하자 Jason이 “Yes, much better. 응, 많이 좋아졌어.”라고 대답합니다. Mike가 “That’s good to hear. 다행이다. Then let me take you out for some fresh air and grab some lunch outdoors. 같이 나가서 바람도 쐬고 점심도 먹자. 내가 살게. I just feel like you’ve been stuck and cooped up at home all week from the cold. 감기 걸리고 나서 일주일 내내 집에만 있었잖아.”라고 하네요. 이어Jason이“That would be great! 좋지! I did feel cooped up at home being sick and not being able leave the house. 감기 때문에 꼼짝도 못 하고 집에만 있으려니까 아주 답답했어. Thanks buddy! 고마워!”라고 대답합니다. Keep today’s phrase ‘be cooped up’ in mind and let’s hear the conversation again. 그럼 다시 한번 대화를 들어볼까요?
Be cooped up
Mike: Hey, are you feeling any better?
Jason: Yes, much better.
Mike: That’s good to hear. Then let me take you out for some fresh air and grab some lunch outdoors. I just feel like you’ve been stuck and cooped up at home all week from the cold.
Jason: That would be great! I did feel cooped up at home being sick and not being able leave the house. Thanks buddy!
Mike: My pleasure!
오늘 영어표현은 be cooped up입니다. Cooped up means that someone or something is kept inside, or kept in a tight and small place for a period of time. It basically means that one is confined or placed in a small space, unable to leave somewhere. Coop 은 명사로 ‘우리, 새장, 닭장, 비좁은 장소’이라는 뜻이고요, be cooped up은 ‘좁은 곳에 갇혀있다. 꼼짝 못하고 들어앉아 있다’ 라는 의미입니다. 일정 기간 아무 데도 가지 못하고 좁은 곳에 묶여 있는 경우에 쓸 수 있습니다. 이제 예를 들어 볼까요? Let me give you some examples. “ I hate being cooped up in the house all day long.” 라고 하면 “나는 온종일 집 안에만 있는 건 싫어.”라는 뜻이 됩니다. 또 다른 예를 들어 보겠습니다. “It’s hard to go on a road trip with all my three kids in one car because they don’t like being cooped up.”라고 하면 “우리 아이들은 좁은 공간에 있는 걸 싫어하기 때문에 차 한 대로 먼 데 가는 건 힘들어.”라는 뜻이 됩니다. Now you know what it means to be cooped up right? Then we will listen to the conversation for the last time.
Be cooped up
Mike: Hey, are you feeling any better?
Jason: Yes, much better.
Mike: That’s good to hear. Then let me take you out for some fresh air and grab some lunch outdoors. I just feel like you’ve been stuck and cooped up at home all week from the cold.
Jason: That would be great! I did feel cooped up at home being sick and not being able leave the house. Thanks buddy!
Mike: My pleasure!
Let’s review. ‘Be cooped up’ means to be enclosed in a small place, unable to leave somewhere. BE COOPED UP. Now try using the phrase on your own. 그럼 다음 시간에 다시 뵙겠습니다. 지금까지 ENGLISH WITH YOO에 Jennifer Yoo입니다. Bye Bye!