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Level 7 · Unit 2

From lecture to outline

Two notebooks in the lecture-hall lobby

Sori and Hoya

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What you’ll learn

  • V-(으)ㄹ 바(가) 없다 · N와/과 다를 바(가) 없다 · 어찌할 바를 모르다No different from …, no way to … — 바 after the future modifier

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • -(으)ㄴ 바 없다 or -(으)ㄹ 바(가) 없다?
  • -(으)ㄹ 법도 하다: it would make sense that …
  • Signposts in a lecture: 요컨대, 이를테면, 다시 말해
  • Points with -점 (點), and 본말전도

The scene opens

  1. Hoya

    안나 씨, 강연 어땠어요? 저는 받아 적느라고 강연자 얼굴을 거의 못 봤어요.

    Anna, how was the lecture? I was so busy taking notes that I hardly saw the lecturer's face.

  2. A

    Anna

    저도 필기를 많이 하긴 했는데, 질의응답 때는 펜을 내려놓고 들었어요. 호야 씨 메모 좀 봐도 돼요?

    I took a lot of notes too, but during the Q&A I put my pen down and just listened. Can I have a look at your notes?

  3. Hoya

    그럼요. 소제목도 달고 약호도 써 가면서 정리했어요. 여기 맨 위에 있는 게 강연의 주장이에요. ‘임대료가 오르면 가게가 문을 닫는다.’

    Sure. I put in subheadings and used abbreviations as I went. This at the very top is the lecture's claim: 'When rents go up, shops close.'

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