Can you think of a time when you were really scared? What happened?
정말로 두려웠던 적은 언제인가요? 어떤 일이 있었죠?
When I travelled in Africa a couple of years ago, a policeman on the street suddenly asked to see my passport. My passport was in the hotel, and he wouldn’t go with me to the hotel. He told me I would have to stay in jail for two nights. I was so scared. But then he asked me to pay a “fine”, which was really a bribe. He asked me for a lot of money, but I argued and in the end I paid just 5,000 Korean won (in local money) and he let me go home. At first I really thought I would have to stay in an African jail, but then I realised he was just extremely poor and needed money from tourists. Now it’s an interesting story, but at that time I was terrified.
2년전에 아프리카를 여행했을 때, 길에서 경찰이 갑자기 제게 여권을 요구했어요. 제 여권은 호텔에 있었고 그는 저를 따라 호텔에 (여권을 확인하러) 가려고 하지 않았어요. 그 경찰이 제게 이틀간 감옥에 머물러야 한다고 말했고, 전 정말 두려웠어요. 그러나 그는 곧 제게 “벌금”을 지불하라고 요청했죠, 물론 이건 뇌물을 말하는 거였어요. 제게 많은 돈을 요구했지만 논쟁을 벌여서 끝내는 한국돈으로 5,000원 정도에 해당하는 현지 돈을 지불했어요. 그리고 그는 제가 집에 가도록 풀어주었어요. 처음에는 정말로 아프리카 감옥에 머물러야 한다고 생각했는데 단지 그가 극도로 가난해서 여행자들로부터 돈을 요구하는 것이란 걸 깨달았어요. 이제는 재미있는 스토리일 뿐이지만, 그 당시에는 정말 겁이났었어요.
Must remember expressions
- What happened? 무슨일이 있었나요?
- suddenly 갑자기
- passport 여권
- stay in jail 감옥에 머무르다
- I was so scared 너무 무서웠다
- I was terrified 몹시 겁이났다 (무서웠다)
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나는 너무 무서웠다
I was so scared (o)
I was terrified (o)
주체(주어)가 느낀 감정을 설명할 땐 be + pp형을 사용해요.
I was so scaring (x)
I was so terrifying (x)
