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Speech Room · Unit 4 · On the Level 2 path

Formal style 2: at work and on announcements

An afternoon at the Soho Academy office

Sori and Hoya

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What you’ll learn

  • V-(으)십시오 · -지 마십시오The formal request and instruction
  • V-(으)ㅂ시다 · -지 맙시다The formal ‘let's…’
  • Announcement patternsHow announcements and notices speak
  • 해요체 ↔ 합니다체The correspondence table

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • Why 합니다체 sounds neutral on the news but stiff in a chat
  • The office phone kit in 합니다체
  • Signs and notices — nouns that ban and warn

The scene opens

  1. A

    Announcement

    안내합니다. 오늘 오후 세 시에 발표 대회를 합니다. 참가자는 사무실에 오십시오.

    Attention, please. The presentation contest is at three o'clock this afternoon. Contestants, please come to the office.

  2. Sori

    호야 씨는 참가자예요. 같이 사무실에 가요. 가서 전화도 받아 봐요.

    Hoya, you're a contestant. Let's go to the office together. And try answering the phone there.

  3. O

    Office clerk

    호야 씨, 참가 번호는 칠 번입니다.

    Hoya, your contestant number is seven.

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar4 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
    Words30 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