『Diary of a Wimpy Kid 8』로 배우는 가족 관련 영어 표현 : Hard Luck

 
 

🏠 가족과 같이 산다는 건…?

Episode: 가족은 영원하다는데, 진짜 그래야 해요...?

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🗯 원문 & 해석
Mom's always saying that friends will come and go but family is forever.

엄마는 늘 친구는 왔다 가는 존재지만, 가족은 영원하다고 말씀하셔.
 

Well, if that's true, I could be in for a rough ride.

음, 그게 사실이라면… 난 험난한 여정을 앞두고 있는 걸지도 몰라.

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I mean, I love my family and all, but I'm just not sure we were meant to LIVE together.

물론 가족을 사랑하긴 하지만, 우리가 함께 살도록 운명지어진 건 아닌 것 같아.

 
Maybe it'll be better later on when we're all in different houses and only see each other on holidays,

나중에 각자 따로 살고, 명절에만 만나면 그땐 좀 나아지려나?

 
but right now things are just a little dicey.

근데 지금은… 좀 살벌해.

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💬 오늘의 영어 표현 포인트

1. Friends come and go, but family is forever.

친구는 스쳐가지만 가족은 영원하다

• 이 표현은 실제 영어권에서도 자주 인용되는 속담이에요.

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2. Be in for a rough ride

힘든 시간을 겪을 것 같다

• If you don’t study for the test, you're in for a rough ride.

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3. Meant to ~

~하도록 운명 지어졌다 / ~하기로 되어 있다

• Maybe we weren’t meant to be roommates.

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4. Live together

함께 살다

• I don’t think we can live together peacefully.

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5. Dicey

위험한, 불안한, 살벌한 (informal 표현)

• Things are a little dicey at work these days.
  (※ 회화에서 아주 자주 쓰이는 표현!)

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📝 영어 일기 예시로 써보기

Greg처럼 일기 형식으로 내 상황을 써볼 수 있어요:

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Monday
Mom always says that family is forever, but I’m starting to wonder if we’re supposed to live under the same roof.
We keep fighting over the bathroom, the remote, and even the last cookie.
Maybe it’ll be better when we all have our own houses.

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☕️ 생활 속 회화 예문

• “Do you like living with your siblings?”
  → “Not really. Things are a little dicey these days.”
• “How’s family life?”
  → “We’re in for a rough ride. The holidays are coming.”
• “I thought you liked your family!”
  → “I do! Just… not 24/7.”

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🧩 정리 단어장

표현                                                  의미                                                           예시

be in for a rough ride	힘든 시간을 겪다	You're in for a rough ride if you skip this.
meant to + V	~하도록 되어 있다	Maybe we’re not meant to be roommates.
dicey	불안한, 위험한	The weather looks a little dicey today.
live together	같이 살다	It’s hard to live together with different routines.