The Do’s and Don’ts

Do Expect Quiet During Siesta

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Spain practices a unique custom known as the “siesta.” A siesta is a time in the middle of the day when most Spanish people stop to rest and take a nap. A siesta happens from 2pm to 4pm in the day. At this time, many businesses and stores close for employees to rest and take a nap. Foreigners conducting business in Spain and visitors on vacation will need to plan their activities before and after this mid-afternoon break.

스페인은 "시에스타"라고 알려진 독특한 관습을 실천한다. 시에스타는 대부분의 스페인 사람들이 휴식을 취하기 위해 낮에 일을 멈추고 낮잠을 자는 시간이다. 낮 2시부터 4시까지가 시에스타 시간이다. 이때 많은 상점들이 휴식을 취하고 낮잠을 자기 위해 문을 닫는다. 스페인에서 사업을 하는 외국인과 휴가객들은 이 휴식시간 전후로 활동 계획을 세워야 한다.

Vocabulary Corner

unique custom take a nap happen employee conduct break

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독특한

관습

낮잠을 자다

발생하다

피고용인

수행하다

휴식

Q & A

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Q. Do you get enough sleep? Does your culture have a custom of taking breaks in the mid-afternoon like the Spanish do?

A. Unfortunately, I don’t get as much asleep as I would like. As a working adult, I worked long hours and didn’t get enough sleep. The Korean culture does not practice siestas, and there is no practice of taking any breaks in the mid-afternoon like the Spanish do. I often wished that we did in South Korea. However, during lunch hours, most people would finish their meals in half an hour and go back to their office to nap at their desk for the rest of the lunch hour. It was not an official custom but a lot of people were starting to do that because of lack of sleep. But it also depended on what industry you worked in. I worked in the marketing industry but when I shared this with my friends in the banking and broadcasting industries, they were shocked and envious, because there was no such thing in those industries.

unfortunately official lack of sleep depend on industry broadcasting envious

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불행히도

공식적인

잠이 부족한

~에 따라 다르다

산업분야

방송

부러워하는

Useful expression

no such thing 그런일은 없다, 그런것은 없다

Children are often told that there is no such thing as monsters under the bed. 아이들에게 때론 침대밑에 몬스터 같은건 없다고 말합니다.
The elderly couple was looking for a car without air-conditioning, but no such thing exists nowadays! 한 노 부부가 에어컨이 없는 차를 찾고 있었는데, 요즘엔 그런 것은 존재하지 않는다.
There is no such thing as a perfect person. 완벽한 그런 사람은 없다.

elderly exist

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어르신들

존재하다

unique	독특한
custom	관습
take a nap	낮잠을 자다
happen	발생하다
employee	피고용인
conduct	수행하다
break	휴식
unfortunately	불행히도
official	공식적인
lack of sleep	잠이 부족한
depend on	~에 따라 다르다
industry	산업분야
broadcasting	방송
envious	부러워하는
elderly	어르신들
exist	존재하다

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