Level 7 · Unit 9
Narrowing the gap
Narrowing the gap in the small theatre's meeting room
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What you’ll learn
- A/V-(으)ㄴ/는 듯싶다 · N인 듯싶다 · -(으)ㄹ 듯싶다It seems to me — a careful judgement of your own
- -다느니 -다느니 (하다) · -ㄴ/는다느니 · (이)라느니 · -냐느니 · -자느니 · -(으)라느니Saying this and that — listing what people keep saying
Sori’s tips in this unit
- 듯싶다, 듯하다 or 것 같다?
- Three kinds of 느니
- Bundle card: hedge ③ -는 것도 무리가 아니다, hedge ④ -(으)ㄹ 필요가 있어 보인다
- Words with -객 (客), and 우여곡절
The scene opens
- 염
염태수
수진 씨, 준호 씨, 어서 와요. 보내 준 기획안은 미리 읽어 봤어요. 우리 소극장을 대관하고 싶다고요?
Sujin, Junho, come in. I read the proposal you sent ahead. You'd like to hire our small theatre?
- S
Sujin
네, 대표님. 동네 사람들이 직접 노래하고 이야기하는 작은 공연이에요. 객석은 마흔 석 정도로 하고, 무대 장치도 거의 없이 하려고요.
Yes. It's a small show where people from the neighbourhood sing and tell stories themselves. We're thinking of about forty seats and hardly any stage set.
- 염
염태수
공연 자체는 반가워요. 그런데 솔직히 걱정이 좀 돼요. 전에 밤 공연을 했을 때 인근 주민들 말이 많았거든요. 소음이 크다느니 골목이 막힌다느니 하는 얘기가 계속 들어왔어요.
I'm glad about the show itself. But to be honest, I'm a bit worried. When we had an evening show before, the nearby residents had a lot to say. We kept hearing that the noise was too loud, that the alley was blocked, and so on.
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