Level 8 · Unit 8
Weighing several pieces
Two reviews and a column, in a small cinema lobby
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What you’ll learn
- V-ㄴ/는다는 점에서 · A-다는 점에서 · -았/었다는 점에서 · N(이)라는 점에서 + 같다 · 다르다 · 갈린다Comparing two pieces: -다는 점에서 같다 / 갈린다
- N은/는 … -다고 본다 · -다고 평가한다 · -다고 지적한다 · -다고 꼬집는다 · N을/를 N(으)로 본다What each writer holds: -다고 본다, -다고 평가한다
- N와/과 다름없다 · N(이)나 다름없다 · V-(으)ㄴ/는 것이나 다름없다 · 바로 N이다Instead of -에 다름 아니다: N와/과 다름없다, 바로 N이다
Sori’s tips in this unit
- Three idioms for reviews, and how many are too many
- How hard is the criticism? 비판하다, 꼬집다, 깎아내리다 · 혹평, 쓴소리
- Ways of seeing with -관 (觀)
- Two kinds of stiff writing: 번역투 and 관청투
The scene opens
- J
Junho
형, 로비에 인파가 이렇게 몰릴 줄 몰랐어요. 「낮은 담장」 표 사기 전에 이것 좀 같이 봐요. 영화 평론 두 편하고 칼럼 하나를 뽑아 왔어요.
Bori, I didn't expect such a crowd in the lobby. Before we buy tickets for 'The Low Wall', look at these with me. I printed out two film reviews and a column.
- B
Bori
평론 두 편에 칼럼 하나. 영화 한 편에 글이 세 개야?
Two reviews and a column. Three pieces of writing for one film?
- J
Junho
조현서 평론은 극찬이에요. 대사 없이 담장만 보여 주는 장면을 이 감독의 연출력이라고 평가해요. 마지막 문장이 이래요. ‘담장을 함께 고치는 이 장면은 두 사람의 화해에 다름 아니다.’
조현서's review is a rave. It praises the scenes that show only the wall, with no lines, as this director's skill. The last sentence goes like this: 'This scene of mending the wall together is nothing other than the two women's reconciliation.'
Inside the unit
- 1SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
- 2Grammar3 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