3/6 High School Days

Dialog>> High school was tough.

A: How were your high school days?
B: Oh, high school was tough.
A: Did you have to study a lot for college?
B: Yeah, I stayed in school for more than 12 hours a day.
A: What? That’s crazy!
B: I know. I don’t think I would be able to do it again.

       
RESPONSE>> Describe your high school days were.

High school was endless hours of studying for school tests and the college entrance exam.
* endless hours of: 끝없는
ex> He spends endless hours of playing computer games.
ex> I studied for my mid-term all week.

We normally arrived at school by seven thirty and got ready for class.
* get ready for: ~을 준비하다
ex> Are you done getting ready for class?

Classes went on after lunch until around four o’clock.

After our regular classes, we took make-up classes until dinner.
* make-up class: 보충수업

After dinner, some students went to cram schools for extra classes while others stuck around for study-hall sessions.
* cram school: 입시 학원
* study hall session: 자율 학습 시간
ex> This neighborhood is filled with cram schools.
ex> Why don’t you stick around for some coffee?

I typically left school around ten at night.

I sometimes went to a private library even after that, especially in my senior year.

Looking back, high school was one of the toughest periods of my life.
* looking back: 돌이켜 보면
ex> Looking back, I really shouldn’t have done that.
ex> My divorce was one of the toughest periods of my life.


@ She didn’t answer back. 응답이 없어.

1. I’m going to get ready for dinner.
2. I used to go to three cram schools a week.
3. Why don’t you stick around a little longer?
4. Looking back, I was foolish at that time.