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Level 7 · Unit 7

Filming a documentary

Asking the market traders for permission to film

Sori and Hoya

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What you’ll learn

  • V-(으)ㄹ라치면Whenever I try to … — a plan that keeps getting interrupted
  • V1-거니 V2-거니 (하다)Back and forth — two actions taking turns

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • 주거니 받거니 and the other fixed pairs
  • Reading a documentary script
  • The 54-type essay again: spoken forms out, plan first
  • Groups with -회 (會), and 동고동락

The scene opens

  1. 마

    마춘식

    준호 씨, 이쪽으로 앉으세요. 보리 씨도 같이 왔네요. 촬영 허가 때문에 왔다고 들었어요.

    Junho, have a seat over here. Bori, you've come too. I heard you're here about permission to film.

  2. J

    Junho

    네, 총무님. 시장 다큐를 찍고 싶어서요. 기획 의도랑 구성안을 정리해 왔어요. 보리 형은 촬영 시간 짜는 걸 도와주러 같이 왔고요.

    Yes. I'd like to make a documentary about the market. I've put together what the project is for and an outline. Bori came along to help me work out the filming times.

  3. 마

    마춘식

    어디 봅시다. 물건이 들어오는 아침부터 찍겠다는 거죠? 아침은 좀 곤란한데요.

    Let's see. You want to film from the morning, when the goods come in? The morning is a bit difficult.

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