170. You had better ~하는 게 낫겠다

[Monica is still examining her bill as Rachel emerges from her room.]

        ◆ Examine 조사하다, 검사하다

        ◆ Emerge (어둠 속에서) 나오다

Rach: Oh, Monica. You are not still going over that thing. 

        ◆ 그대로 해석하면 원래 전달하려는 뜻과 반대의 의미가 된다. 

            ‘아직도 그것을 검토해보지 않은거니.’

            원래는 you are not still going over that thing, are you? 

            ‘아직도 그것을 검토하고 있지 않지, 그렇지?’ ➜ 아직도 보고 있는 건 아니지?

Rach: You’d better get more sleep.

Mon: This woman’s living my life.

Rach: What?

Mon: She’s living my life. And she’s doing it better than me. Look at this, look. She buys tickets for plays that I wanna see. She, she buys clothes from stores that I’m intimidated by the sales people. She spent 300 dollars on art supplies.

        ◆ Be intímidated 윽박지름을 당하다, 압도당하다, 위축되다

        ◆ Spend on ~하는 데 (시간, 돈) 을 소비하다

        예문> We spent too much time watching TV.

                  How do you plan to spend your bonus? 

Rach: You are not an artist.

Mon: Yeah, well I might be if I had the supplies. I mean, I could do all this stuff. Only I don’t.

          해석: 만약 내가 미술용품을 샀다면 예술가가 됐을지도 모르지. 이거 다 할 수 있는 건데. 안한 것 뿐이라고.

Rach: Oh, Monica, come on. You do cool things.

        ◆ 현재형 문장 ➜ 지속적인 습관 : 쿨하게 잘 살고 있잖아.

Mon: Oh, really? Let’s compare, shall we.

Rach: It’s so late for shall we.

Mon: Do I go horseback riding in the park? Do I take classes at the new school?

Rach: No.

Mon: This is so unfair. She’s got everything I want. And she doesn’t have my mother.

 

<오늘의 표현>

You had better ~하는 게 낫겠다

        ◆ Had better는 하나의 조동사로 생각한다. 그럼 바로 뒤에 동사가 와도 된다.

 

<예문>

You’d better be careful.

You’d better wear a coat.

You’d better take my advice. 내 조언을 듣는 게 낫겠어.

You’d better take it easy. 진정하는 게 낫겠어.

You’d better think before you speak.➜You’d better speak after you think.