[OPIc] 돌발주제 – 약속 2

이귀숙 강사의 OPIc

 

#119. OPIc ( 돌발주제 – 약속 2 )   

 

안녕하세요 여러분,

이번에는 약속과 관련된 두 번째 질문을 함께 살펴 보겠습니다.

 

[ Q ] Do you have any experience with not being able to keep an appointment? What happened? Why didn’t you keep the appointment?  

 

오늘의 질문은 지키지 못했던 약속의 경험을 이야기하는 것입니다. 무슨 일이 있었으며 왜 지키지 못했는지 구체적인 하나의 사건을 스토리로 답변 해 봅시다. 약속을 지키지 못할 이유는 무엇이 있을까요? 아파서, 혹은 바빠서, 또는 깜박 잊어서 지키지 못했을 수 있겠죠. 이 질문에 대한 답변을 할 때 마무리는 ‘그래서 어떻게 되었는가’ 가 되겠네요. 약속을 지키지 못해서 어떠한 기분이었으며 다시 약속을 잡았는지, 아니면 사과를 했는지 등을 이야기해 보세요.

 

[ 필수 표현 ]

postpone / put off one’s appointment 약속을 연기하다

cancel one’s appointment 약속을 취소하다

reschedule one’s appointment 약속을 다시 잡다

It slipped from my mind 그것을 까맣게 잊었다

 

자, 그렇다면 질문에 대한 체계적인 답변을 만들어 볼까요?

 

[ Model Answer ]

I have an experience that I didn’t keep. About a month ago, I had an appointment with my friend to have dinner together at a nice Italian restaurant. He is my old friend, but we didn’t get together much since we were living in a different city. That night, he came visit me in town and I was excited about seeing him. But, I was too busy that day at work. I had two meetings in my office with clients and also I had to give a presentation to my boss in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the meeting got delayed and delayed, and I ended up not being able to get off work until 9pm! I tried to call me several times, but he didn’t answer. It turned out that he left his phone at his hotel room! As soon as I got off work, I went to the restaurant where we were supposed to meet, and found him sitting at the table all by himself. He had been waiting for me there for 3 hours and he looked pretty upset. I said I was so sorry and explained why I was late. He accepted my apologies and we had late dinner. That night, it was on me of course! I was really sorry about that, and we still talk about that night when we get together.

 

* get off work 퇴근하다