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Level 5 · Unit 2

First quarter

The quarterly meeting, then the subway home

The quarterly meeting at Hoya's travel agency — his five-day tour plan for twenty students.

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What you’ll learn

  • V-는 통에 · N 통에What with … — a hectic cause that got in the way
  • V-(으)랴 V-(으)랴What with doing A and B — busy with two things at once
  • V-기 일쑤이다 · V-기 십상이다It keeps happening · It's bound to happen — bad things, often or likely
  • V-는 한이 있더라도 · -는 한이 있어도Even if it means … — a resolve at any cost

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • Talking in a meeting: buying time, softening, proposing
  • 일쑤, 십상, 마련, 쉽다 — four ways to say 'it tends to happen'
  • People words: -자, -원, -가

The scene opens

  1. T

    Team leader Yoon

    호야 씨, 외국인 단체 여행 기획은 어떻게 돼 가요? 마감이 이번 주 금요일이죠?

    Hoya, how's the plan for the foreign group tour coming along? The deadline's this Friday, isn't it?

  2. Hoya

    네, 팀장님. 보고드리겠습니다. 유럽 대학생 스무 명의 4박 5일 일정입니다.

    Yes, team leader. Let me give you an update. It's a five-day, four-night itinerary for twenty European university students.

  3. Hoya

    호텔 세 곳 가운데 두 곳과는 계약을 마쳤습니다. 그게 말이죠, 연말이라 예약이 몰리는 통에 한 곳에서 아직 답이 없습니다.

    We've signed with two of the three hotels. The thing is — with all the year-end bookings piling up, one of them still hasn't replied.

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
  3. 3
    Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
  4. 4
    Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
  5. 5
    Words37 words, which go into your spaced review
  6. 6
    PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
  7. 7
    Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
  8. 8
    Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
  9. 9
    Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card