안녕하세요. 수강생 여러분들은 일을 빨리 처리 하거나 부주의 하게 진행해서 실수를 한적이 있으신가요? 오늘의 표현은 부주의 하여 실수를 할 것 같을 때와 실수를 안 만들게 하기 위해 미리 주의를 줄 때 있는 표현입니다.

오늘의 표현: It’s(better) to be safe than sorry

뜻: 나중에 후회하는 것보다 조심하는 것이 낫다

예시: Make sure to take your vitamins before going to school; (it’s) better to be safe than  sorry.

일상 생활 속 대화문

상황 #1 Jim talks to his groupmates and reminds them about saving their research files on cloud

Jim: I’m reminding everyone to save a copy of our research files on  cloud.

Hailey : I have already saved it on my hard drive.

Rose: I made copies as well on email.

Ben: It’s on my memory stick (USB/ flash drive) as well.

Jim : I understand that most of you would like to use your cloud storage for videos and photos, but then it’s also nice if we save our group files there. It’s better safe than sorry.

Mikko: Yes, I totally agree with Ben. Sometimes,  memory sticks and hard drives stop working because of virus.

상황 #2 Kyle talks to Ben about the importance of wearing life vest while kayaking 

Kyle: Hey Ben~ Don’t forget to wear your life vest before you go kayaking.

Ben: Wearing life vest will ruin my Instagram post

Kyle: I know that you know how to swim and that life vest doesn’t look good photos, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. The current’s strong right now.

Ben:Thanks for the concern Kyle. I will wear it later on.