Korean–English parallel text
몸치
Two Left Feet
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베아트리스는 상파울루의 치과에서 일했다. 그녀는 하루 종일 전화를 받고, 예약을 잡고, 긴장한 사람들에게 미소를 지었다.
Beatriz worked at a dentist’s office in São Paulo. She answered the phone, made appointments and smiled at nervous people all day.
그녀는 서른일곱 살이었고 이혼했다. 남편은 2년 전에 떠났다. 그는 지금 리오에서 새 아내와 살았다.
She was thirty-seven and divorced. Her husband left two years ago. He lived in Rio now, with a new wife.
저녁마다 베아트리스는 집에 가서, 저녁을 만들고, 고양이와 함께 텔레비전을 보았다.
Every evening, Beatriz went home, made dinner and watched TV with her cat.
금요일에 친구 카를라가 점심시간에 병원에 왔다. 둘은 길 건너 공원에서 샌드위치를 먹었다.
On Friday, her friend Carla came to the office at lunchtime. They ate sandwiches in the park across the street.
“지난 주말에 뭐 했어?” 카를라가 물었다.
“What did you do last weekend?” asked Carla.
“집을 청소했어. 드라마를 봤어. 고양이를 목욕시켰어.”
“I cleaned the flat. I watched a series. I washed the cat.”
“고양이를 목욕시켰다고?”
“You washed the cat?”
“고양이가 싫어했어.”
“He didn’t like it.”
카를라는 샌드위치를 내려놓았다. “비아, 밖으로 더 나가야 해. 넌 서른일곱 살이지 여든 살이 아니잖아.”
Carla put down her sandwich. “Bia, you should go out more. You’re thirty-seven, not eighty.”
“나 밖에 나가. 매일 일하러 가잖아.”
“I go out. I go to work every day.”
“그건 밖으로 나가는 게 아니야. 들어봐. 우리 동네 거리에 댄스 학원이 있어. 초급자를 위한 포호 강습이 있어. 한번 해보는 게 어때?”
“That’s not going out. Listen. There’s a dance school on my street. They have a forró class for beginners. Why don’t you try it?”
“포호? 내가? 난 춤을 못 춰. 완전 몸치야.”
“Forró? Me? I can’t dance. I have two left feet.”
“초급자 반에서는 누구나 다 몸치야. 그래서 초급자 반이지.”
“Everybody has two left feet in a class for beginners. That’s why it’s a class for beginners.”
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