상황을 잘 파악하다
Jason: I’m gonna need help organizing all these packages coming in. If I don’t stay on top of it, I’m going to lose track of which packages came from who.
Alice: Sure. I will help you stay on top of it.
Jason이 Alice에게 도움을 요청합니다. “I’m gonna need help organizing all these packages coming in. 이 모든 소포들을 들어오는 대로 정리해야 하는데, 좀 도와줘. If I don’t stay on top of it, I’m going to lose track of which packages came from who. 제대로 파악하고 있지 않으면, 어떤 소포를 누가 보냈는지 모르게 될 거야.”라고 했습니다.
Alice도 “Sure. I will help you stay on top of it. 그럼, 네가 잘 파악할 수 있도록 도와줄게.”라고 대답했습니다. Now keep today’s expression ‘stay on top of it’ in mind and let’s hear the conversation again. 그럼 다시 한번 대화를 들어볼까요?
Jason: I’m gonna need help organizing all these packages coming in. If I don’t stay on top of it, I’m going to lose track of which packages came from who.
Alice: Sure. I will help you stay on top of it.
Today’s expression is stay on top of it. If you stay on top of it you are keeping well informed about someone or something.
Stay on top of something은 어떤 일이나 상황을 잘 파악하거나 혹은 관리, 통제하고 있다는 뜻입니다. 어떤 상황을 완전히 장악하고 있다는 의미로도 쓰입니다.
In today’s conversation, Jason needs help tracking all the packages coming in. He says to Alice that if he doesn’t stay on top of it, he will loose track and not be organized. So this basically means that he needs to know and control what’s happening in that situation.
오늘 본문에서 Jason은 소포가 들어오는 대로 기록을 해서, 잘 파악하고 있어야 한다고 말했습니다. 그렇지 않으면 정리가 안 된다는 거죠.
영어로 “If I don’t stay on top of it, I’m going to lose track of which packages came from who.”라고요. 이렇게 무엇에 대해 잘 알고 있어야 할 때, 또는 상황을 잘 통제해야 할 때 쓸 수 있는 표현이 바로 ‘stay on top of it’ 입니다.
Now let’s listen to the conversation for the last time.
Jason: I’m gonna need help organizing all these packages coming in. If I don’t stay on top of it, I’m going to lose track of which packages came from who.
Alice: Sure. I will help you stay on top of it.
Let’s review. If you stay on top of it you keep well informed about someone or something. STAY ON TOP OF IT.