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Level 7 · Unit 3

The grant article

A notice in the district office waiting seats

Sori and Hoya

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What you’ll learn

  • N에 힘입어 · N에 힘입은 N · N에 힘입은 바(가) 크다On the strength of … — naming a helpful cause
  • N을/를 위시하여 · N을/를 위시한 NWith N at the head — listing the first and foremost

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • 위시하여, 비롯해, 필두로 — and not 위하여
  • Notice language: N에 이르기까지 and -기에 앞서
  • Reasons and results: 그도 그럴 것이 and 결국
  • Places with -처 (處), and 탁상공론

The scene opens

  1. Hoya

    할머니, 안내문 가져왔어요. 우리 번호 부를 때까지 같이 읽어요.

    Grandma, I've brought the notice. Let's read it together until our ticket comes up.

  2. S

    Soonja

    글씨가 작아. 호야이가 읽어.

    The print's small. You read it, Hoyai.

  3. Hoya

    ‘노후 주택 수리 지원 사업 안내. 이 사업은 주민들의 높은 관심에 힘입어 지원 대상을 넓혔습니다.’ 관심에 힘입어… 관심 덕분에 넓혔다는 거죠?

    'Notice: repair support for old houses. Thanks to residents' strong interest, this programme has widened the range of people it supports.' On the strength of interest… so they widened it thanks to the interest?

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar2 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
    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