[Speaking] Talk about Raising Plants at Home
I happened to receive a small potted plant as a gift. That’s how I first started raising a plant. I had no prior experience, so I was worried that it might die. But I was spending a lot of time at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, so it seemed like a good idea to have a plant at home.
Thankfully, the plant I received was not a high–maintenance plant. It just had to get plenty of sun, and I had to water it regularly. But something felt amiss with just one plant, so I went to a flower shop and bought a few more.
Each weekend, as I wiped down the leaves and saw how green they were, I felt at ease. Then one day, I was held spellbound when I saw new buds emerging. Watching the small potted plants grow, I get a sense of gratification. I can`t put my finger on it, but it`s almost like raising children.
[Pattern]
The plant I received was not a high-maintenance plant.
It’s a kind of high-maintenance job.
It’s a high-maintenance type of job.
My husband is high maintenance.
My husband is very high maintenance.
I was held spellbound when I saw new buds emerging.
I was held spellbound when I was a kid and saw the ocean for the first time.
When I first saw the ocean as a kid, I was held spellbound.
Watching the small potted plants grow, I get a sense of gratification.
As I do some exercise, I get a sense of gratification.
I get a sense of gratification after I work out.
[Dialogue]
A: Do you keep potted plants at home?
B: Of course. We have a mess of them all over our home.
A: I just have a few on the balcony.
B: If you raise plants, they start to feel like your own flesh and blood.
A: That’s right. I shower affection on them every day
B: I am thinking about raising an orchid.
*shower affection on 사랑을 쏟아부어준다.
*orchid 난초
[Composition]2/3
1. 그녀는 신경을 많이 써줘야 하지만, 그래도 나의 가장 절친한 친구다.
Though she is high-maintenance, she is my best friend.
She is high-maintenance, but she is still my best friend.
2. 내가 그걸 처음으로 봤을 때는 정말 신기했어.
I was held spellbound when I first saw it.
3. 나는 너무나 피곤해서 뿌듯한 느낌조차 거의 들지 않았다.
I was so tired that I almost didn’t even feel a sense of gratification.
I was so tired that I barely felt a sense of gratification.
4. 나는 친구들을 위해 파스타를 잔뜩 만들었다.
I cooked a mess of pasta for friends.
I cooked a mess of pasta for my friends.
5. 자기 가족은 결국 용서하게 되어 있어.
People end up forgiving their own flesh and blood.
People eventually forgive their own flesh and blood.
