Day 54: Coffee Is Good, Then Bad

Dialogue

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   A 현석아, 이 건강 기사 좀 봐. 하루에 커피 두세 잔 마시면 심장병 위험이 줄어든대.

   Hyeonseoga, i geongang gisa jom bwa. Harue keopi duse jan masimyeon simjangbyeong wiheomi jureodeundae.

   Hyunseok, look at this health article. It says drinking two or three cups of coffee a day lowers the risk of heart disease.

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   B 진짜? 이상하다. 난 어제 정반대 기사 읽었는데. 커피 많이 마시면 불면증이랑 불안이 심해진대.

   Jinjja? Isanghada. Nan eoje jeongbandae gisa ilgeonneunde. Keopi mani masimyeon bulmyeonjeungirang burani simhaejindae.

   Really? That's weird. I read the exact opposite yesterday. It said drinking a lot of coffee makes insomnia and anxiety worse.

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   A 그럼 누구 말을 믿어야 돼? 헷갈리네. 나 지금 벌써 두 잔째인걸.

   Geureom nugu mareul mideoya dwae? Hetgalline. Na jigeum beolsseo du janjjaeingeol.

   Then who are we supposed to believe? This is confusing. I'm already on my second cup.

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   B 두 잔이면 네 기사 기준으로는 딱 좋은 거네. 내 기사로 보면 위험하고.

   Du janimyeon ne gisa gijuneuroneun ttak joeun geone. Nae gisaro bomyeon wiheomhago.

   Two cups is perfect by your article. By mine, it's risky.

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   A 잠깐, 네 기사 좀 보여 줘. 어? 이건 하루 다섯 잔 넘게 마신 사람들 얘기인걸?

   Jamkkan, ne gisa jom boyeo jwo. Eo? Igeon haru daseot jan neomge masin saramdeul yaegiingeol?

   Wait, show me your article. Huh? This is about people who drank more than five cups a day.

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   B 아, 그래? 제목만 보고 겁먹었네. "커피, 불안 키운다"라고만 돼 있어서.

   A, geurae? Jemongman bogo geommeogeonne. "Keopi, buran kiunda"ragoman dwae isseoseo.

   Oh, really? I just saw the headline and got scared. It only said "Coffee fuels anxiety."

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   A 내 기사도 제대로 보자. 연구 대상이... 쉰 명? 생각보다 너무 적은걸.

   Nae gisado jedaero boja. Yeongu daesangi... swin myeong? Saenggakboda neomu jeogeungeol.

   Let's look at mine properly too. The study had... fifty people? That's a lot fewer than I thought.

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   B 쉰 명으로 심장병을 말하긴 좀 약하다. 그리고 여기 봐, 커피 회사가 후원한 연구네.

   Swin myeongeuro simjangbyeongeul malhagin jom yakada. Geurigo yeogi bwa, keopi hoesaga huwonhan yeongune.

   Fifty people is pretty thin for claims about heart disease. And look here, the study was funded by a coffee company.

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   A 헐, 그럼 결과가 부풀려졌을 수도 있겠다.

   Heol, geureom gyeolgwaga bupullyeojyeosseul sudo itgetda.

   Whoa, then the results might be overstated.

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    B 그렇다고 무조건 거짓말은 아니겠지만, 누가 돈을 댔는지는 따져 봐야지.

    Geureotago mujogeon geojinmareun anigetjiman, nuga doneul daenneunjineun ttajyeo bwayaji.

    That doesn't make it a lie, but you do have to check who paid for it.

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    A 결국 기사는 읽기 나름이네. 제목만 보면 커피가 약도 되고 독도 되고.

    Gyeolguk gisaneun ilgi nareumine. Jemongman bomyeon keopiga yakdo doego dokdo doego.

    So in the end, it all depends on how you read the article. Going by the headlines, coffee is both medicine and poison.

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    B 그러니까. 앞으로는 제목 말고 연구를 누가, 몇 명으로, 얼마 동안 했는지부터 보자.

    Geureonikka. Apeuroneun jemok malgo yeongureul nuga, myeot myeongeuro, eolma dongan haenneunjibuteo boja.

    Exactly. From now on, instead of the headline, let's look first at who did the study, with how many people and for how long.

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    A 그리고 다른 연구에서도 같은 결과가 나왔는지도. 한 번 나온 결과는 우연일 수도 있으니까.

    Geurigo dareun yeongueseodo gateun gyeolgwaga nawanneunjido. Han beon naon gyeolgwaneun uyeonil sudo isseunikka.

    And whether other studies got the same result. A result that shows up once could just be chance.

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    B 오, 과학 기자 같다. 그럼 우리 커피는 어떻게 해?

    O, gwahak gija gatda. Geureom uri keopineun eotteoke hae?

    Oh, you sound like a science reporter. So what do we do about our coffee?

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    A 하루 두 잔까지는 그냥 마시자. 어차피 몸에 좋고 나쁘고도 마시기 나름이잖아. 카페인 섭취만 적절히 조절하면 되지.

    Haru du jankkajineun geunyang masija. Eochapi mome joko nappeugodo masigi nareumijana. Kapein seopchwiman jeokjeolhi jojeolhamyeon doeji.

    Let's just keep it to two cups a day. Whether it's good or bad for you depends on how you drink it anyway. We just have to keep our caffeine intake sensible.

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    B 좋아. 대신 오후 세 시 넘어서는 금지. 나 어제 잠 못 잔 거 커피 때문인 것 같아.

    Joa. Daesin ohu se si neomeoseoneun geumji. Na eoje jam mot jan geo keopi ttaemunin geot gata.

    Okay. But none after 3 p.m. I think the reason I couldn't sleep last night was the coffee.

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    A 너 어젯밤 열한 시에 아이스 아메리카노 마셨잖아. 그건 연구 안 해도 아는걸.

    Neo eojetbam yeolhan sie aiseu amerikano masyeotjana. Geugeon yeongu an haedo aneungeol.

    You had an iced americano at eleven last night. You don't need a study to know that.

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    B 하하, 인정. 그건 내 잘못이다.

    Haha, injeong. Geugeon nae jalmosida.

    Ha, fair enough. That one's on me.

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