Level 5 · Unit 9
No cashier after 11
The convenience store after eleven, with no one at the till
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What you’ll learn
- V/A-(으)ㄹ 게 뻔하다 · -(으)ㄹ 것이 뻔하다 · -았/었을 게 뻔하다It's obvious that … will — a confident, often gloomy prediction
- V-다가는 · V-았/었다가는If you keep on … / if you go and … — a warning
- V-았/었다 하면 · V-는 날에는Whenever … (it always ends the same way) · the day that … (and then you're in trouble)
- N에 의해(서) · N에 의한 NBy N — the agent of a passive, in written Korean
Sori’s tips in this unit
- Quality words with -성 (性)
- Finding the writer's attitude in an opinion column
- A ladder of warnings: -기 십상이다, -다가는, -(으)ㄹ 게 뻔하다, -는 날에는
- Also in this unit: written -자 — 'as soon as, when' (recognise only)
The scene opens
- M
Manager Nabi
보리 씨, 다음 달부터 밤 열한 시 이후에는 무인으로 운영합니다. 본사에서 정한 일입니다.
Bori, from next month we'll run unmanned after eleven at night. Head office has decided.
- B
Bori
그럼 제 야간 근무는요?
What about my night shifts, then?
- M
Manager Nabi
일주일에 다섯 번에서 두 번으로 줄어듭니다. 미안합니다.
They go down from five a week to two. I'm sorry.
Inside the unit
- 1SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
- 2Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
- 3Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
- 4Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
- 5Words38 words, which go into your spaced review
- 6PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
- 7Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
- 8Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
- 9Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card