Level 6 · Unit 1
The column offer
The column offer in the laundromat at night
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What you’ll learn
- V-는 마당에 · V/A-(으)ㄴ 마당에 · N인 마당에When things are already like this — reasoning from a bad situation
- V/A-(으)ㄴ/는 줄도 모르고Without even knowing that … — a fact you only learn afterwards
- N(에) 못지않게 · N 못지않다No less than N — as good as, or as much as, N
- N을/를 무릅쓰고Braving N — going ahead in spite of a risk or objection
Sori’s tips in this unit
- -(으)나 and -지만: the same 'but' in two registers
- The 줄 family: 줄 알다, 줄 모르다, 줄 알았다, 줄도 모르고
- Paper words with -지 (紙 · 誌)
The scene opens
- 편
편집장
호야 씨, 빨래하는데 갑자기 찾아와서 미안해요. 동네 신문을 만드는 편집장이에요.
Hoya, I'm sorry to drop in on you like this while you're doing your laundry. I'm the editor of the neighbourhood paper.
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아, 안녕하세요, 편집장님. 이 늦은 시간에 무슨 일로 오셨어요?
Oh, good evening. What brings you here so late?
- 편
편집장
제안이 하나 있어서요. 수상작을 읽었는데, 호야 씨가 보는 망원동 골목 이야기를 우리 지면에 연재해 주면 좋겠어요. 두 주에 한 번, 짧은 칼럼으로요.
I have an offer. I read your prize essay, and I'd like you to write about the alleys of Mangwon-dong as you see them, as a series in our pages. A short column every other week.
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
- 5Words40 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