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Level 6 · Unit 5

In three minutes

In three minutes

Sori and Hoya

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What you’ll learn

  • N에 입각해(서) · N에 입각하여 · N에 입각한 NBased on … — naming what a written claim stands on
  • N을/를 감안해(서) · -(으)ㄴ/는 것을 감안해(서) · N을/를 감안하면Taking … into account — adjusting for a condition
  • N은/는 고사하고 · V-기는 고사하고Let alone … — not even the smaller thing
  • V-(으)ㄴ/는 게 고작이다 · N이/가 고작이다That's all there was — at most, and less than hoped

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • Let alone: 고사하고, 커녕, and the 도 · 조차 that follow
  • On what basis: 입각하다, 근거하다, 의거하다
  • Writing a summary: naming the source and the grounds
  • Records with -록 (錄)

The scene opens

  1. A

    Anna

    호야 씨, 수업 끝나기만 기다렸어요. 이것 좀 같이 봐 줄 수 있어요?

    Hoya, I've been waiting for your class to finish. Could you look at this with me?

  2. Hoya

    안나 씨 발표 초록이네요. 종이 한 장이 꽉 찼는데요.

    It's the abstract for your talk. It fills the whole page.

  3. A

    Anna

    대학원 발표회에서 제 연구 계획을 3분 안에 설명해야 해요. 다른 전공 사람들도 온대요.

    At a graduate-school session I have to explain my research plan in three minutes. People from other departments are coming too.

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
    Words40 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