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새로운 사무실에 만족하는 폴라



[Try it in English]


숀  : 그래, 새 사무실은 마음에 들어요, 폴라?

폴라 : 아주 좋아요, 숀. 이 새 가구 덕분에 일을 더 능률적으로 할 것 같아요.

숀 : 사실, 당신의 사무실이 내 예전 사무실보다 훨씬 좋아요.

폴라 : 예전 사무실이 어땠는데요?

숀 : 작은 창문이 두 개뿐이었고, 공기가 좋지 않았죠.

폴라 : 정말요? 전 이 사무실이 아주 깨끗해서 좋아요.

숀 : 맞아요. 저도 훨씬 더 건강해진 느낌이에요.



[Model Dialogue]


Sean :  So do you like your new office, Paula?

Paula : It's very good, Sean. This new furniture helps me work more efficiently.

Sean : Actually, your office is much better than my old one.

Paula : What was your office like in the past?

Sean : It only had two small windows, and the air was never fresh.

Paula : Really? I love my office because it's very clean.

Sean : Yes. I feel much healthier now.



[Vocabulary & Expressions]


* furniture 가구

* fresh 신선한

* efficiently  능률적으로



[Speaking Drills]


* ~ help(s) me work more efficiently.  ~ 덕분에 일을 더 효율적으로 하게 돼요.

This new furniture helps me work more efficiently.


- Deadlines help me work more efficiently.

- Stress helps me work more efficiently.

- Thinking about my pay day helps me work more efficiently.



* ~ is much better than...  ~가 ...보다 훨씬 더 좋다.

Your office is much better than my old one.


- Your house is much better than mine.

- Your idea is much better than his.

- This restaurant is much better than that one.



* I feel much -er.  저는 기분이 훨씬 더 ~해요.​

I feel much healthier now.

 

- I feel much happier being with you.

- I feel much better after taking some medicine.

- I feel much safer at home now.


[Easy & Useful Expressions]


"furniture"


'가구'를 가리키는 furniture는 가구가 한 점이든 여러 점이든 -s를 붙여서 말하지 않고, 단수형, 복수형 모두 furniture라고 합니다. 가구 한 점을 가리킬 때는 앞에 a piece of를 붙여서 a piece of furniture라고 할 수 있습니다.

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