11/30 Adolescences

DIALOG>> How were you in your adolescent years?

How were you in your adolescent years?

I always broke my curfew.
* break one's curfew: ~의 통금을 어기다.

I sometimes got into fights and my mom had to come down to my school.

My grades started to drop.

Those were some of our toughest years!


RESPONSE>> Talk about what your adolescent years were like.

My adolescent years were quite rough.
* adolescent year: 사춘기
ex> My adolescent years went by very fast.

I was very rebellious and always butted heads with my parents.
* rebellious: 반항적인
* butt heads with: ~와 싸우다.
ex> My older brother was very rebellious in his 20's.
ex> I've been butting heads with my coworkers for weeks.

I started to hang out with my friends more.
* hang out with: ~와 어울리다.

That made me keep secrets from my parents all the time.
* keep secrets from: ~에게는 비밀로 하다.
ex> We had to keep secrets from him to plan his surprise birthday party.

I also started to develop strong feelings for girls.
* develop strong feelings for: ~에 대한 강한 감정을 갖게 되다.

The biggest problem was that my grades were falling.
ex> His grades fell when he started dating.

I think I gave my parents a hard time during my teenage years.
ex> My friends gave me a hard time about my new haircut.

I feel sorry for how I behaved.

I'm trying to make it up to them now that I'm in college.
* make up to: ~에게 신세를 갚다, 잘못을 만회하다.


@ I can't nail down where.  정확히 어딘지 말을 못하겠네요.

1. Students have become more rebellious.
2. He started to butt heads with his boss on every issue.
3. It wasn't easy to keep secrets from my mom.
4. They gave their teacher a hard time.