Level 8 · Unit 1
Setting conditions
Setting conditions in a shared-office meeting room
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What you’ll learn
- V-는 선에서 · V-(으)ㄴ 선에서 · A-(으)ㄴ 선에서 · 이 선에서Within the line of … — settling at a level both sides accept
- V-는 조건으로 · V-ㄴ/는다는 조건으로 · N을/를 조건으로On condition that … — attaching a term to an offer
Sori’s tips in this unit
- Negotiation lines: setting a condition, checking, offering another way
- -는 선에서, -는 조건으로 or -(으)면?
- Teams with -진 (陣), and three expressions for the table
The scene opens
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Team leader Yoon
대표님, 보내 주신 요금표는 잘 받았습니다. 그런데 해외 거래처의 단체 예약에 주말 할증이 붙으면 저희가 거래처와 맞춰 둔 단가를 지키기 어렵습니다. 그 거래처는 해외 시장에서 저희 상품을 파는 곳입니다.
Thank you for the price list you sent. But if a weekend surcharge goes on our overseas partner's group booking, we can't keep to the unit price we agreed with them. That partner sells our tours in overseas markets.
- 송
송다원
저희도 그 사정은 압니다. 다만 성수기 주말에는 한옥 숙소 객실이 금방 찹니다. 정가를 받지 않으면 협동조합의 조합원들을 설득하기가 쉽지 않습니다.
We understand that. But on peak-season weekends the rooms in our hanok guesthouses fill up quickly. If we don't charge the list price, it isn't easy to persuade the members of the co-op.
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Team leader Yoon
네, 그 점은 저희도 이해합니다. 그래서 오늘은 가격을 깎아 달라는 말씀을 드리려는 게 아닙니다. 가격은 그대로 두고 일정을 다시 보자는 협상안을 가져왔습니다.
Yes, we accept that. So today we're not here to ask you to cut the price. We've brought a proposal that leaves the price as it is and looks at the schedule again.
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