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Level 7 · Unit 11

Thirty minutes

Timing each other in the library study room

Sori and Hoya

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What you’ll learn

  • A/V-(으)ㄹ진대 · N일진대 (recognise only)Since it is so — an old written 'since' in speeches

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • Old endings in a speech: -(으)ㄹ진대, -건대, -(으)니만큼
  • -(으)나 in your own writing
  • The third timed essay: sharing out the thirty minutes
  • Words with -고 (稿), and 일필휘지

The scene opens

  1. Hoya

    안나 씨, 스터디룸 잡아 줘서 고마워요. 열람실에는 빈자리가 하나도 없더라고요.

    Anna, thanks for booking the study room. There wasn't a single empty seat in the reading room.

  2. A

    Anna

    요즘 시험 기간이라 그래요. 오늘은 논술 문제를 하나씩 쓰면서 서로 시간을 재 주기로 했죠? 시간 제한이 있으면 글 쓰는 방식이 완전히 달라지거든요.

    It's exam season. We said we'd each write one essay question today and time each other, right? With a time limit, the way you write changes completely.

  3. Hoya

    저는 시간이 촉박하면 머리가 하얘져요. 일필휘지로 한 번에 써 내려가고 싶은데, 막상 원고지 앞에 앉으면 도입부터 막혀요.

    My mind goes blank when time is tight. I'd like to write it all in one sweep, but once I sit down in front of the manuscript paper, I get stuck at the introduction.

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar1 pattern: 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
    Words42 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