Level 7 · Unit 6
The review request
A review request at the neighbourhood paper
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What you’ll learn
- V-ㄴ/는답시고 · A-답시고 · N(이)랍시고 · V-았/었답시고In the name of … — clumsy good intentions and gentle irony
- N(이)라야 · N(이)라야 … 정도이다 · N(이)라야 … 뿐이다 · N(이)라야 … 이/가 전부이다All there is of N — making something small
Sori’s tips in this unit
- N이라야(만): the other meaning, 'only if it is N'
- Reading a reviewer's attitude, and how a review is built
- Words with -본 (本), and 용두사미
The scene opens
- J
Junho
편집장님, 형 오기 전에 책상 좀 치워 드린답시고 교정지를 한데 모았는데, 순서가 다 섞인 것 같아요. 죄송해요.
I tried to help by tidying your desk before Hoya came, and gathered the proofs into one pile, but I think I've mixed up the whole order. I'm sorry.
- 편
편집장
괜찮아요, 쪽마다 번호가 있어서 금방 맞춰요. 호야 씨, 와 줘서 고마워요. 칼럼 외에 부탁이 하나 더 있어요. 이 신간 서평을 맡아 줄래요?
That's all right, every page has a number, so it'll be quick to sort. Hoya, thanks for coming. Besides the column, I have one more favour to ask. Would you take on a review of this new book?
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‘집은 어떻게 서 있나’요? 편집장님이 고르신 책이에요? 이 책은 벌써 읽었어요. 준호가 빌려줬거든요.
‘How Does a House Stand’? Did you choose this one? I've already read it. Junho lent it to me.
Inside the unit
- 1SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
- 2Grammar2 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
- 5Words42 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
