EBS 파워잉글리쉬 2014년 9월 19일 금요일 What do you actually do all day?

What do you  actually do all day?

Carley : I'm just so tired today! I feel like my work never ends, you know?

Bruce : Well, of course I know. But that's because I have a job. You're just a housewife, sis. I mean, do you really have room to talk?

Carley : Wow! If you were my husband and not my brother, I would divorce you for that comment! But since you're obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed, I'll tell you what I do all day.

Bruce : Hey, I didn't mean to upset you. I just really never understood how women who don't work could possibly stay busy all day. 

Carley : Well, I get up before everyone else and make breakfast. Then I clean up the breakfast dishes and make sure Mike and three kids are out the door on time. Somehow, they manage to make a mess in the morning, so I clean that up next.

Bruce : So far, so good. Sounds easy enough.

Carley : Right, sounds easy. But that's just a warm-up. Next I go around the house collecting laundry from all the various places people leave it.

Bruce : Okay, it's starting to sound a little bit more like work.

Carley : Let me cut to the chase: I cook, clean, clean some more, do laundry, organize the kids' activities and drive them to and from said activities, shop for groceries, get repairs taken care of if something in the house breaks, and about a dozen other things. Oh, and I even make time to meet my dumber, younger brother for lunch sometimes.

Bruce : I think I'll stick to my job as a corporate lawyer. It's way easier than what you do.

Carley : I'll take that as an apology and a compliment, Bruce. Oh, and lunch is on you.

[Vocab Tips]

* manage -  (어떻게든) ~하다, 해내다

* dozen - 십여 개의, 12개짜리의

* mess -  엉망, 엉망진창인 상태

* compliment - 칭찬

[Expression of the day]

Let me cut to the chase.

내가 본론으로 들어갈게.

Let me get right to the point.

Let me get on with it.

Let me say this directly.