지갑을 잃어버렸어요 : 해설

#. 지갑을 잃어버렸어요 : 해설

 

And now we're gonna take a closer look at the conversation and talk about some of the ways the taxi rider made this report.

 

Hi, I was just riding in a cab downtown along 7th Avenue and I realized that I forgot my wallet in the back seat.

 

I think it's very natural for English speakers to report items as missing using these words that express a degree of uncertainty.

"I realized I forgot my wallet", or  "I think I forgot my wallet", or "I noticed I don't have my wallet anymore." Yeah, because the wallet might have been stolen, it might have been lost in a different place. We're not totally sure where it went missing, so we're gonna say, "I think I may have left my wallet in the car" or, "I realized my wallet was missing when I got out of the cab." So this way, we're not blaming the cab company right away, but we are showing a degree of certainty that it happened within this time period. But, in a more official context, like maybe if you're visiting the police station to file a report, you could say something like, "I'd like to report a missing wallet."

 

And what does your wallet look like? Can you describe it for me?

> Uh, well, it's a brown leather wallet, it's made by Fossil and there's about $50 inside, puts all my bank cards and ID.

 

Places like shopping malls or universities or sports arenas, they'll all have a lost and found office. If you lose something, it's a good idea to go to that office so that you could make a report to go and see if they have your item or, if they don't, you could make a report and just let them know to be on the lookout for your missing item. And a lot of times when you go to those places, they will have you describe your item, just to be sure that they're giving the right item to the right person. So you really need to know how to describe your item as specifically and as detailed as possible because, if not, they might be reluctant to give you the item.

 

• make report 보고하다 , 보고서를 작성하다  a degree of 어느 정도의  uncertainty ʌn|sɜːrtnti 불확실성  context |kɑːntekst 맥락, 전후 사정

• file a report 보고서를 정리하다 , 신고하다 a lost and found office 분실물 보관소   reluctant rɪˈlʌktənt  꺼리는, 마지못한, 주저하는

• lookout for sth/sbd  ~을 찾으려고 [만나려고] 애쓰다 (→관련 명사는 lookout) (나쁜 일이 일어나지 않도록) ~을 조심하다 [~에 주의하다] (=watch out)