It’s pointless reading hotel reviews!

 

	✦ 2024-02-22
	It’s pointless reading hotel reviews! 호텔 리뷰 읽어봤자 아무 소용 없어!

Sometimes it’s pointless reading hotel reviews!
호텔 리뷰 읽어봤자 아무 소용 없을 때가 있어!

pointless [ˈpɔɪntləs]  무의미한, 할 가치가 없는

 

 

Right. Experiences are so subjective.
맞아. 각자의 경험이란 무척 주관적이야.

experience [ɪk│spɪriəns]  1. (지식과 기능을 쌓게 되는) 경험[경력] (→work experience) 2. (어떤 일을 실제로 겪거나 당한) 경험 3. 겪다, 경험하다   subjective  주관적인

 

 

Some reviewers loved this hotel and others absolutely hated it!
이 호텔을 좋아한 사람도 있었지만 정말 싫어한 사람들도 있었어!

absolutely [ˈæbsəluːtli]  1. 전적으로, 틀림없이(사실임을 강조함) 2. 전혀(부정의 의미를 강조) 3. 극도로, 굉장히

 

I guess it comes down to expectations and personal taste.
결국 기대 수준과 개인 취향에 따라 다르나 봐.

come down to  결국 ~이 되다, ~에 이르다   expectations  예상, 기대   taste [teɪst]  1. 맛 2. 미각, 입맛 3. 맛이 …하다, … 맛이 나다

 

 

But this hotel ticks all the boxes for us in terms of location, price, and amenities.
그런데 이 호텔은 위치, 가격, 편의시설 면에서 우리의 요구사항을 모두 충족하는 곳이야.

tick/check all the boxes  모든 요구사항을 충족하다   in terms of  … 면에서[…에 관하여]   amenities  오락시설

 

 

So, shall we book it?
그러면, 여기 예약할까?


Yeah. Let’s grab it while they still have rooms available.
그래. 방이 남아있을 때 얼른 잡자.

grab  1. (와락·단단히) 붙잡다[움켜잡다] 2. ~을 잡으려고[잡아채려고] 하다 3. 와락 잡아채려고[움켜잡으려고] 함   available [əˈveɪləbl]  1. 구할[이용할] 수 있는 2. (사람들을 만날) 시간[여유]이 있는

 

 

독해 테스트

Sometimes it’s pointless reading hotel reviews!

Right. Experiences are so subjective.

Some reviewers loved this hotel and others absolutely

hated it!

I guess it comes down to expectations and personal

taste.

But this hotel ticks all the boxes for us in terms of

location, price, and amenities.

So, shall we book it?

Yeah. Let’s grab it while they still have rooms available.

 

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