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Level 5 · Unit 7

Mangwon is trending

Cafés on both sides of the laundromat, then the residents' meeting

Cafés on both sides of the laundromat now. Mangwon is trending, and Grandma has questions.

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What you’ll learn

  • N을/를 비롯해(서) · N을/를 비롯한 NIncluding N, with N first — naming the leading member of a group
  • N에 걸쳐(서) · N에 걸친 NOver N, across N — a span of time, space or rounds
  • V-는 한편 · A-(으)ㄴ 한편 · V/A-(으)ㄴ/는 데 반해While … , at the same time · whereas … — two facts in one sentence
  • V/A-지 않을 수 없다 · V-기에 이르다Can't help but … · came to the point of … — where a chain of facts ends

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • Words for 'becoming' with -화 (化)
  • Two facts in one sentence: -는 반면에, -는 데 반해, -는 한편 — and -(으)나 (also in this unit)
  • 이르다, 이르다, 이르다 — reach, tell, early
  • How a 건의문 (proposal to an office) talks

The scene opens

  1. B

    Bori

    할머니, 옆 가게 간판이 또 바뀌었어요. 꽃집이 카페가 됐네요.

    Grandma, the sign next door has changed again. The florist's has turned into a café.

  2. G

    Grandma Soonja

    알아. 지난봄엔 오른쪽 세탁소, 이번엔 왼쪽 꽃집. 이제 빨래방 양옆이 다 카페야.

    I know. Last spring the dry-cleaner's on the right, now the florist's on the left. Both sides of the laundromat are cafés now.

  3. Hoya

    요즘 망원동이 뜬다고 하더라고요. 주말에는 골목에 사람들이 줄을 서요.

    They say Mangwon is the place to be these days. At weekends people queue in the alley.

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
    Words39 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