오늘의 영어 표현은: Get out of your comfort zone 입니다.

자신의 생활 방식은 하루 아침에 바꾸기 참 힘든데요, 자기가 좋아하는 스타일이 있고, 그게 익숙하기 때문이죠.

Comfort is easy isn’t it? We do things the same old way because it’s comfortable and we’re used to it. But perhaps now is the time to stretch those limits and try something new and get out of your comfort zone.

That’s what Lindsey has been trying to do for her husband. Lindsey의 남편분도 늘 자신이 원래 해오던 생활 방식에서 벗어나는 것을 좋아하지 않는다고 하는데요, 그럼 먼저 제가 Lindsey와 나눈 대화 내용을 들어보시겠습니다.

오늘의 영어 표현은: Get out of your comfort zone 입니다. 잘 들어보세요!

Lindsey: So I’ve had to buy him more modern jeans, you know…I’ve had to buy him shoes.
Jen: That must be hard because that’s actually having him get out of his comfort zone.
Lindsey: It is for him. Exactly!
Jen: It’s hard.
Lindsey: He is doing well, so I just do little by little. If I bring him in a tie, he has to get rid of like four because his ties look kind of scary.

Jen: But you’re so kind though, to be really gentle and be patient.
Lindsey: You have to, you have to…

Lindsey씨의 남편 분은 새로운 스타일 보다는 자신이 예전에 입던 옷이나 신발, 넥타이를 하는 것을 더 좋아한다고 하는데요, 그것들이 더 편하고 익숙하기 때문인 것 같다고 했습니다.

그래도 Lindsey씨는 ‘I’ve had to buy him things like more modern jeans, you know…I’ve had to buy him shoes.’ 남편을 위해 새로운 스타일의 바지나 신발을 사주려고 노력하고 있다고 하는데요.

그래서 저는 "That must be hard because that’s actually having him get out of his comfort zone." 이라고 했죠. "남편분에게는 get out of his comfort zone 해야 하기 때문에 힘들 수 있겠네요."라는 말이죠.

오늘의 영어 표현, Get out of your comfort zone 인데요, get out of ‘~에서 나오다’, your comfort zone, '편안한 지역에서, 즉 말 그대로 하면, 편안한 곳에서 나오다’는 뜻이죠. 다시 말해 ‘안전지대에서 벗어나다, 편안한 상황에서 벗어나다’는 뜻입니다.

Get out of your comfort zone, ‘편안한 상황에서 벗어나다’라는 뜻 있다는 것 꼭 기억해 두세요. 그럼 여기서 오늘의 대화를 다시 한 번 들어보시겠습니다.

Lindsey: So I’ve had to buy him more modern jeans, you know…I’ve had to buy him shoes.
Jen: That must be hard because that’s actually having him get out of his comfort zone.
Lindsey: It is for him. Exactly!
Jen: It’s hard.
Lindsey: He is doing well, so I just do little by little. If I bring him in a tie, he has to get rid of like four because his ties look kind of scary.

Jen: But you’re so kind though, to be really gentle and be patient.
Lindsey: You have to, you have to…

오늘의 영어 표현, get out of your comfort zone, 안전지대에서 벗어나다, 편안한 상황에서 벗어나다. Get out of your comfort zone. 꼭 기억해 두세요.