[Daily Speaking] Preply 1213

 

 

• Original:
  Like you said, he looks like a uncle.
• Revised:
  Like you said, he looks like an uncle.

 

• Original:
  Because these days I am also struggling to fear of missing out.
• Revised:
  These days, I’m also struggling with the fear of missing out.

 

• Original:
  So because I am now I'm a middle of my middle of shift, shift of my career.
• Revised:
  I’m currently in the middle of a career shift.

 

• Original:
  So I am like I sometimes feel anxious or frustrated by myself because whenever I, whenever I see the LinkedIn or Instagram, everyone looks like nice and have a great track record.
• Revised:
  I sometimes feel anxious or frustrated because whenever I look at LinkedIn or Instagram, everyone seems so accomplished and has a great track record.

 

 

• Original:
  Yeah but I feel like I'm not idone.
• Revised:
  Yeah, but I feel like I’m not doing enough.

 

• Original:
  So this day like very recently I bought a new gazet and that is I, I named them Mobile Phone Jail, Jail of Morph.
• Revised:
  Recently, I bought a new gadget, which I named "Mobile Phone Jail."

 

• Original:
  So this gadget just locked my phone like until, until I want to.
• Revised:
  This gadget locks my phone until I choose to unlock it.

 

• Original:
  So and also like now I'm also my phone is locked on that gcet as well.
• Revised:
  Right now, my phone is locked in that gadget too.

 

• Original:
  So I try to enjoy of missing out these days and this is sometimes like this makes me feel this gives me free I think.
• Revised:
  I’m trying to enjoy the joy of missing out these days, and it sometimes makes me feel free.

 

• Original:
  And I am really surprised like the first day of using this gadget I was surprised without this mobile phone I couldn't do anything like there is nothing to do there is nothing I can do on a daily life.
• Revised:
  I was really surprised the first day I used this gadget. Without my mobile phone, I realized I couldn’t do anything—it felt like there was nothing I could do in my daily life.

 

• Original:
  Oh when I use first time at the beginning I was determined I can do anything.
• Revised:
  When I used it for the first time, I was determined and felt like I could do anything.

 

• Original:
  So I set up the clock like for two hours and like first day it was okay but the next day I kept checking the time the remain time remained time like how many, how much time I should need I should wait?
• Revised:
  I set the lock for two hours. On the first day, it was okay, but the next day, I kept checking how much time remained and how long I needed to wait.

 

• Original:
  But the disadvantage is like I found myself kept using mobile phone because I wanted to receive promotion because I stand alone like I stand alone without a mobile phone for two hours.
• Revised:
  The disadvantage is that I found myself using my phone more because I wanted to reward myself for going two hours without it.

 

• Original:
  So I'm a good kid and I, I need more time. So rewards I need rewards.
• Revised:
  I felt like I deserved rewards and more time because I was doing well without my phone.

 

• Original:
  In university was psychology and also my research focused on like suicide and I believe the reason why Korean
• Revised:
  In university, I studied psychology, and my research focused on suicide. I believe one reason why Koreans...

 

• Original:
  So that's why people are easily like people easily feel anxious like fear of missing out.
• Revised:
  That’s why people easily feel anxious and experience the fear of missing out.

 

• Original:
  So yeah so we need a joy of missing out.
• Revised:
  So yeah, we need to experience the joy of missing out.

 

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• "Okay so this guy, everyone else is using special equipment like protection, and he just puts a hand in his pocket and ends up winning silver."
  (상황 묘사와 결과를 연결하는 유용한 표현)
• "I think it's really cool because it shows that it's not bad to use equipment, but some people are just naturally talented."
  (대조와 의견 표현에 유용한 구조)
• "Yeah, he's like 'Mission Impossible,' but I think it’s really cool because it shows…"
  (유명 영화나 상황을 빗대어 설명하는 표현)
• "Let’s switch to this one. Way back, we began doing this activity workbook, and I believe we finished the second."
  (과거 활동을 상기시키며 다음으로 넘어가는 자연스러운 전환 표현)
• "I would like to invite you to rethink the fear of missing out and encourage you to think about missing out as something joyful."
  (초대하거나 설득할 때 유용한 문장 구조)
• "What are your thoughts? How do you feel about this idea?"
  (상대방의 의견을 물을 때 간단하지만 효과적인 표현)
• "So the first factor is social media, where we compare ourselves to others and their lives."
  (정보를 요약하거나 개념을 설명할 때 유용한 구조)
• "I think it’s important that people talk about these types of issues more because unless you personally experience them, they’re just statistics."
  (사회적 이슈에 대한 논의의 중요성을 표현하는 고급스러운 문장 구조)
• "He mentions how to be human is to think about your life in relation to others, like your obligations and being part of a community."
  (스피커의 말을 인용하며 요약하는 구조)
• "Basically, Nero had limitless power, so he could do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted, however he wanted."
  (강조와 반복을 통해 의미를 명확히 전달하는 표현)
• "In your head, people think, 'Oh, if I can do whatever, I’ll be so happy.' But for him, it was the opposite."
  (가정법과 대조를 활용한 표현)
• "We’ll leave it here and next time we’ll start off with these sorts of questions as our conversation starter."
  (미팅을 마무리하거나 다음으로 이어지는 자연스러운 표현)