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Fish or Cut Bait

Fish or cut bait, fish or cut bait.. ¹°°í±â¸¦ Àâ°Å³ª °í±â¹äÀ» ÀÚ¸£°Å³ª¡¦ fish or cut baitÀÌ ¸»Àº ¾ç´Ü°£¿¡ ¸¶À½ÀÇ °áÁ¤À» ³»¸°´Ù¶ó´Â ¶æÀÔ´Ï´Ù. °íµî Çб³¸¦ Á¹¾÷Çϰí ÇÏ´ÂÀϾøÀÌ Áý¾È¿¡¼­ ºóµÕ ºóµÕ ³î°í ÀÖ´Â ¾ÆµéÀÌ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ¾ó¸¶³ª ´ä´äÇϰڽÀ´Ï±î, ¾Æ¹öÁö¶ó¸é ºÐ¸í ÀÌ·¸°Ô ¸»Çß°ÚÁÒ?

¡°Son, make up your mind and either go on to college or else go out and find yourself a job. You can¡¯t stay at home the rest of your life ? it¡¯s high time to fish or cut bait!!¡±

¹«½¼¶æÀԴϱî? ¾Æµé¾Æ, ¾ê¾ß, make up your mind ¸¶À½ÀÇ °áÁ¤À» ÇØ¶ó, ¿©±âµµ ¼÷¾î°¡ Çϳª ³ª¿ÀÁÒ. Make up one¡¯s mind´Â ¸¶À½ÀÇ °áÁ¤À» ³»¸°´Ù ¶ó´Â ¶æÀÔ´Ï´Ù. °áÁ¤À» Çϰí, ±×¸®°í either go on to college´ëÇп¡ °¡´øÁö or..find yourself a job, Á÷ÀåÀ» ±¸ÇÏ´øÁö either A or B´Â, A ¾Æ´Ï¸é B ¶ó´Â ¸»ÀÌÁÒ. Either go on to college´ëÇп¡ ÁøÇÐÇÏ´øÁö or go out and find yourself a job, ³ª°¡¼­ ÀÏÀÚ¸®¸¦ ±¸ÇÏ´øÁö. ±×·¸°Ô Æò»ý Áý¿¡ ÀÖÀ» ¼ö´Â ¾ø´Â°Í ¾Æ´Ï³Ä. You can¡¯t stay home, the rest of your life, the rest of your life´Â »îÀÇ ³²Àº ºÎºÐÀÌ´Ï±î ³²Àº Æò»ýÀÌÁÒ. ±×¸®°í ¸»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. It¡¯s high time, high timeÀº ½Ã±â°¡ ¾ÆÁÖ ¹«¸£À;úÀ»¶§, ¾ÆÁÖ Àû±â¸¦ ¸»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. It¡¯s high time, to fish, or cut bait! ¹°°í±â¸¦ Àâ´øÁö °í±â¹äÀ» ÀÚ¸£´øÁö ¾ç´Ü°£¿¡ °áÁ¤À» ³»·Á¾ßÇÒ ¶§´Ù ¶ó´Â ¸»ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. µû¶óÇϼ¼¿ä. ÀÌ ¶æÀ» »ý°¢Çϸ鼭 ¾Õ¿¡ ¿¹¹® ´Ù½Ã Çѹø Àо¼¼¿ä.

Son, make up your mind and either go on to college or else go out and find yourself a job. You can¡¯t stay at home the rest of your life ? it¡¯s high time to fish or cut bait!!

¾ð¾î ÇÐÀÚµéÀº ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀ» Á¦ÀÏ ¸ÕÀú »ç¿ëÇÑ »ç¶÷Àº ¾îºÎ°¡ ¾Æ´Ï¾ú´Ù ÃßÃøÇϰí ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ·± Àå¸éÀ» Çѹø »ó»óÇØ º¸¼¼¿ä. : ¾î¶² ¾îºÎ°¡ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·±µ¥ °°Àº ¹è¿¡ Ÿ°í ÀÖ´Â »ç¶÷Áß¿¡ °í±â¸¦ ¿­½ÉÈ÷ Àâ´Â °Íµµ ¾Æ´Ï¸é¼­, ´Ù¸¥ »ç¶÷µéÀ» µ½´Â´ä½Ã°í °í±â¹ä¸¸ ÀÚ¸£°í ÀÖ´Â »ç¶÷ÀÌ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. º¸´Ù ¸øÇÑ ÀÌ ¾îºÎ°¡ ÇѸ¶µð ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. °í±â¸¦ ÀâµçÁö °í±â¹äÀ» ÀÚ¸£´øÁö µÑÁß¿¡ ÇѰ¡Áö¸¸ ÇϰÔ, µÑ ´Ù ÇÏ´Âô Çϸ鼭 Çϳªµµ Á¦´ë·Î ¸øÇÏÁö ¸»°í. Fish or cut baitÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀº 1876³â À̰÷ ¿ö½ÌÅϵð¾¾ÀÇ ±¹È¸ÀÇ»ç´ç¿¡¼­ óÀ½ ¾²¿´´Ù°í ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ¾î¶² ¹ý¾È¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼­ ¹ÎÁÖ´ç ÀÇ¿øµéÀÌ °áÁ¤À» ³»¸®Áö ¸øÇÏ°í ½Ã°£À» ²ø¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×·¨´õ´Ï º¸´Ù ¸øÇÑ °øÈ­´ç ÀÇ¿ø Çϳª°¡ ¹ú¶± ÀϾ¼­ ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù. Fish or cut bait ´Ù½Ã ¸»Çؼ­ À̰ŵç Àú°Åµç ÇѰ¡Áö¸¦ ÅÃÇØ¶ó, Áï »¡¸® °áÁ¤Ç϶ó´Â ¶æÀ¸·Î ÇÑ ¸»À̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. Â÷±â ½ÃÀå ¼±°Å¿¡ ÀçÃ⸶ÇÒ °ÍÀÎÁö ¿©ºÎ¸¦ °áÁ¤ÇÏÁö ¸øÇÏ°í ¿ì¹°ÂÞ¹°ÇÏ´Â ½ÃÀåÀ» ¿·¿¡¼­ º¸´Ù ¸øÇÑ »ç¶÷ÀÌ ÇÑ ¸¶µð ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.

¡°Look the mayor has to decide quick whether he wants to run. Somebody better tell him to fish or cut bait ? we don¡¯t have much time left to organize a campaign before the election.¡±

¹«½¼ ¶æÀԴϱî? ½ÃÀåÀº »¡¸® °áÁ¤ÇØ¾ß ÇØ, ¹«¾ùÀ», whether he wants to run, whether ´Â ÀÎÁö ¾Æ´ÑÁö·Î ÇØ¼®ÇÏÁÒ, ±×·¯´Ï±î Ã⸶¸¦ ÇÒ °ÍÀÎÁö ¾Æ´ÑÁö¸¦ has to decide quick»¡¸® °áÁ¤ÇؾߵÅ. ¿©±â¼­ run À̶õ ´Ü¾î´Â ´Þ¸°´Ù°¡ ¾Æ´Ï°í Ã⸶ÇÑ´Ù´Â ¶æÀÔ´Ï´Ù. Somebody better tell him ´©±º°¡ ½ÃÀå¿¡°Ô ¸»ÇØÁÖ´Â °ÍÀÌ ÁÁÀ»°Å¾ß, ¾ç´Ü°£¿¡ °áÁ¤À» ³»¸®¶ó°í. ¿Ö³Ä¸é we don¡¯t have much time left, ½Ã°£ÀÌ ¸¹ÀÌ ³²Áö ¾Ê¾Ò´Ù, to organize a campaign before the election, ¼±°ÅÀü¿¡ ¼±°Å ¿îµ¿ º»ºÎ¸¦ Á¶Á÷ÇÒ ½Ã°£ÀÌ ¸¹ÀÌ ³²Áö ¾Ê¾Ò°Åµç. À̶õ ¶æÀ̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ¿¬°áÇØº¸¸é¿ä, ¡°½ÃÀåÀº Ã⸶ÇÒÁö ¿©ºÎ¸¦ »¡¸® °áÁ¤ÇؾßÇØ. ¾ç´Ü°£¿¡ °áÁ¤À» ³»¸®¶ó°í ´©±º°¡°¡ ¸»ÇØÁÖ´Â °ÍÀÌ ÁÁÀ»ÅÙµ¥. ¼±°Å Àü¿¡ ¼±°Å¿îµ¿º»ºÎ¸¦ Á¶Á÷ÇÒ ½Ã°£ÀÌ º°·Î ¾ø°Åµç¡± -- À̶õ ¸»À̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ¾Õ¿¡ ¿¹¹® ¹Ýº¹ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.

¡°Look the mayor has to decide quick whether he wants to run. Somebody better tell him to fish or cut bait ? we don¡¯t have much time left to organize a campaign before the election.¡±

³×, ¿À´ÃÀº ¾ç´Ü°£¿¡ °áÁ¤À» ³»¸°´Ù¶ó´Â ¶æÀÎ fish or cut bait¶ó´Â Ç¥ÇöÀ» °øºÎÇϼ̽À´Ï´Ù. ´ÙÀ½ ½Ã°£¿¡µµ °è¼ÓÇØ¼­ fish¶ó´Â ´Ü¾î°¡ µé¾î°£ Àç¹Õ´Â À̵ð¾öµéÀ» »ìÆìº¸°Ú½À´Ï´Ù .






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