No pain, no gain

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[오디오 듣기] No pain, no gain


오늘의 영어 표현은: No pain, no gain입니다.

Like most people, Americans want to look good. And many people exercise every day and there is an exercise motto No pain, no gain.

Let’s listen closely to today’s conversation and find out what this phrase means. 오늘의 영어 표현은No pain, no gain입니다.

No pain, no gain
Alicia: Hey, you look great. Have you been exercising?
Mike: Yeah, every day for the last three months.
Alicia: Well, it must be so hard to exercise for so long.
Mike: Yeah. But I want to look good. And you know - no pain, no gain.

Alicia는 Mike에게 “Hey, you look great. 야, 너 좋아 보이는데?” “Have you been exercising? 요즘 운동하니?”라고 물어보네요. Mike이 예전과 달리 멋지게 보여서 그런 질문을 한 모양입니다. 그러자 Mike은 “Yeah, every day for the last three months. 응, 날 마다 운동 한지가 벌써 석 달째야 ” 라고 하네요. 그러자 Alicia는 “Well, it must be so hard to exercise for so long 글쎄 그렇게 오랫동안 운동 하는 게 쉽지 않았을 텐데”라고 했습니다. Mike은 “Yeah, but I want to look good. 그렇긴 하지만 좀 더 멋져 보이고 싶어서 그랬던 거지.” “And you know- no pain, no gain” “그리고 말이야 고통을 이겨내야 좋은 결과가 생기는 거 아니겠니?”라고 말하네요.
Now let’s listen to a portion of today’s conversation.

No pain, no gain
Alicia: Well, it must be so hard to exercise for so long.
Mike: Yeah. But I want to look good. And you know - no pain, no gain.

is an exercise motto that promises greater value rewards for the price of hard and even painful work. Under this conception competitive professionals such as athletes and artists are required to endure pain and pressure to achieve professional excellence.

오늘의 영어 표현은 no pain, no gain / no N O / pain, P A I N / no N O / gain G A I N / No pain, no gain.입니다. 영어에서 ‘gain’이라는 단어는 무언가를 얻는다는 뜻인데요, In American English, to “gain” something means to get something so in our example, although it might be hard to exercise so much, in the end Mike gained the look he wanted 그렇게 운동을 많이 하는 게 쉽지는 않지만 앤은 잘 참아내고 결국 자기가 원하는 몸매가 댔죠. 역시 말 그대로 , no pain, no gain 고통에는 그만한 보상이 따르는 법이죠.

‘No pain, no gain.’ 꼭 기억해두시고요, 그럼 여기서 오늘의 대화를 다시 한번 들어보시겠습니다. Listen carefully.

No pain, no gain
Alicia: Hey, you look great. Have you been exercising?
Mike: Yeah, every day for the last three months.
Alicia: Well, it must be so hard to exercise for so long.
Mike: Yeah. But I want to look good. And you know - no pain, no gain.

오늘의 영어 표현, ‘No pain, no gain. 무언가를 얻으려면 노력해야 한다’ No pain, no gain!꼭 기억해두세요!

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