[입이트이는영어] Regular Vehicle Checkups / 자동차 정기 검사

2020.03.31

 

 

# Study Group Questions

1. What are some common problems people experience with their cars?
2. Have you ever had to pay a fine because of your car? What happened?
3. What would you do if you were too busy to have your car inspected on time?

 

 

# SPEECH PRACTICE

Talk about mandatory regular vehicle checkups.

 

Car owners are obliged to inspect their cars.

For ordinary passenger cars, you have to receive a mandatory inspection 4 years after you first register the vehicle.

A commercial vehicle must undergo an inspection two years after first registering it.

After that, it has to be inspected on a yearly basis.

There are many inspection items.

Inspections related to exhaust gases are at the top of the list.

When a car is up for inspection, you get a notice in the mail.

It contains detailed information about the inspection and when to get it.

You can go to any one of 59 designated inspection stations across the country.

If you don't go within the designated timeframe, you have to pay a fine.

 

[해석]

차량 소유자들은 의무적으로 자동차 검사를 받아야 한다. 일반 승용차의 경우 처음 차량을 등록하고 4년이 되는 해에 의무적인 검사를 받아야 한다. 영업용 승용차는 처음 등록하고 2년 후에 검사를 받아야 하고, 그 후에는 1년에 한 번씩 검사를 받는다.
검사 항목은 다양한데, 배기가스 관련 검사가 가장 중요하다. 차량이 검사 대상이 되면 우편으로 안내문이 온다. 검사 관련 내용과 검사 유효 기간이 자세히 안내되어 있다. 전국 59개의 지정 자동차 검사소에서 받을 수 있다. 정해진 기간 네에 검사를 받지 않으면, 과태료를 부과받는다.
 

# Key Expressions

be obliged to 의무적으로 해야 하다
passenger car 일반 승용차
register a vehicle 차량을 등록하다
commercial vehicle 영업용 차량
undergo an inspection 검사를 받다
on a yearly basis 매년
exhaust gas 배기가스
be at the top of the list 우선순위가 높다
be up for ~대상이다
get something in the mail 우편으로 받아 보다
detailed information 상세 정보
any one of ~중 아무것
designated timeframe 정해진 기간
 

# Pattern Practice 

1. be obliged to 의무적으로 해야 하다
Car owners are obliged to inspect their cars.
I was obliged to give the presentation myself.
Visitors are obliged to register first.

2. be at the top of the list 우선순위가 높다
Inspections related to exhaust gases are at the top of the list.
Of all the books I want to read, this is at the top of the list.
Japan was not at the top of the list when we were planning our vacation.

3. get something in the mail 우편으로 받아 보다
When a car is up for inspection, you get a notice in the mail.
I got the wedding invitation in the mail.
I rarely get anything in the mail anymore.
 

# Dialogue Practice 

A: What's that notice for?
B: Oh, it says I have to get my car inspected.
A: A car inspection? What's that?
B: The law mandates that I have to get an inspection for my car.
A: Really? What do they take a look at?
B: Loads of things, including exhaust gases.
A: How often do you need to get it?
B: I have a run-of-the-mill passenger car, so once every other year.

A: 무슨 안내문이니?
B: 아, 자동차 검사를 받으라는 안내문이야.
A: 자동차 검사? 그게 뭐야?
B: 의무적으로 자동차 검사를 받아야 한다는 법이 있어.
A: 정말? 뭘 검사하는데?
B: 배기가스를 포함해서 다양한 검사를 받아.
A: 얼마나 자주 받아야 해?
B: 난 일반 승용차를 가지고 있어서 2년에 한 번 받고 있어.
 

# Key Expressions

get something inspected 검사를 받다
the law mandates 법이 의무화한다
take a look at ~을 검토하다, 검사하다
loads of 아주 많은
run-of-the-mill 평범한, 일반적인
every other year 2년마다