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Story 3 · Season 1 · Read after Level 1 · Unit 3

망원동 지도

Map of Mangwon-dong

13 scenes · about 4 min of listening. Tap EN on a line for its English. Underlined words have a meaning card.

Morning, the third-floor hallway, seen from the ceiling looking straight down.

  1. Hoya has lived above the laundromat for two days.

  2. Hoya

    보리 씨, 이 어디에 있어요?

  3. Bori

    아래.

  4. Hoya

    …아.

  5. 아래에 있어요.호야의 방 아래에 있어요.

Inside the laundromat. Soon-ja, wearing the glasses, takes the laundry bag out of Hoya's paws with one hand and jabs the buttons of a big front-loading washer with the other, not looking at him.

  1. Soon-ja

    호야이.여기.

  2. Hoya

    …감사합니다.

  3. She does not explain the machine. She operates it. Some people feed you instead of teaching you to cook.

A street corner in Mangwon-dong, late morning. Bori (hood down, hands in hoodie pocket) and Hoya stand at the corner, seen from behind.

  1. Three things to find before seven o'clock: a convenience store, a bank, and a school he has already paid for.

  2. Hoya

    편의점이 어디에 있어요?

  3. Bori

    저기.

  4. 편의점이 저기에 있어요.저기에…저기에…

  5. 편의점 옆에 은행이 있어요.은행 옆에 편의점이 있어요.

  6. Hoya

    …어느 편의점이에요?

  7. Bori

    은행 옆.

  8. Hoya

    어느 은행이에요?

  9. Bori

    …내 편의점.

Inside a small convenience store, shot from behind the counter over Nabi's shoulder toward the door.

  1. 편의점 안에 고양이가 있어요.

  2. 나비 사장님이에요.보리의 사장님이에요.

  3. Nabi

    안녕하세요.

  4. Hoya

    안녕하세요.

  5. Nabi

    보리 씨는 손님이에요?

  6. Bori

    네.

  7. It is his day off. He buys a banana milk, which makes it true.

Close at the counter. Hoya has bought a bottle of water and a ballpoint pen; he has turned the long receipt over and is drawing the receipt map with the new pen.

  1. 물이 있어요.볼펜이 있어요.

  2. Hoya

    소호학당이 어디에 있어요?

  3. 보리는 알아요?…아니요.

  4. Nabi

    지하철역 앞에 있어요.

  5. Hoya

    지하철역 앞이에요?감사합니다.

  6. Nabi has given this answer many times. Nabi has never made it more precise.

Mangwon Market's covered arcade — crowded lanes, vegetable and fried-food stalls under a translucent roof.

  1. 시장이에요.시장 안에 호떡이 있어요.

  2. 호야의 호떡이에요.호야, 호떡.

  3. Bori

    여기는 시장.

  4. Hoya

    알아요.

  5. Bori

    …나, 집에.

Late afternoon, a quiet street between Mangwon and Hapjeong, long shadows.

  1. His map says to turn at the café. He has drawn a small cup.

  2. 카페가 있어요.

  3. 카페 옆에 카페가 있어요.

  4. 카페 앞에 카페가 있어요.

  5. 카페 뒤에…네.카페가 있어요.

  6. In Mangwon-dong, the café is not a landmark. It is the weather.

Dusk at a busy junction by Hapjeong Station. By the station exit, the small public toilet block.

  1. 지하철역이에요.호야는 지하철역 앞에 있어요.

  2. 지하철역 앞에 화장실이 있어요.

  3. 화장실은 소호학당이 아니에요.

  4. Then a window on the second floor says hello, in several adult voices, slightly out of time.

  5. Students

    안녕하세요.

  6. 은행하고 약국 사이에 창문이 있어요.

A small classroom — blank whiteboard, six desks, a wall clock, a potted pine on a stand by the window.

  1. Hoya

    안녕하세요.여기가 소호학당이에요?

  2. Sori

    네.여기예요.

  3. 선생님이 있어요.까치 선생님이에요.소리 선생님이에요.

  4. Sori

    호야 씨는 저기예요.안나 씨 옆.

  5. 호야 씨.호야이 씨가 아니에요.

Side view across the room, Anna in the foreground — she has moved her notebook exactly two centimetres away from Hoya's desk.

  1. Sori

    호야 씨.

  2. Hoya

    저는 호야예요.

  3. Sori

    네.

  4. It is correct. Nobody says so. He decides this is what correct sounds like.

  5. Sori

    어느 나라 사람이에요?

  6. Hoya

    저는…호랑이예요.

  7. Sori

    네, 알아요.

After class, chairs pushed back. The receipt map lies open on Hoya's desk — pencil lines, boxes, a cup shape and a firm X.

  1. Hoya

    소호학당.여기예요.

  2. Sori

    아니요.거기는 화장실이에요.

  3. Hoya

    …네.알아요.

  4. Anna

    소호학당은 은행하고 약국 사이에 있어요.

  5. Anna

    화장실은 지하철역 앞에 있어요.

  6. Hoya

    …네.감사합니다, 안나 씨.

Night, the villa's front step, the laundromat glowing behind the glass door.

  1. 집이 있어요.집 아래에 할머니가 있어요.

  2. 은행 옆에 편의점이 있어요.

  3. 지하철역 앞에 화장실이 있어요.화장실 앞에…소호학당이 있어요.

  4. Hoya

    보리 씨는 어디에 있어요?

  5. Bori

    여기.

  6. He draws a small dog on the step. It is not a good dog. Bori looks at it for some time and does not say so.

Same step, slightly wider. The laundromat door is open; Soon-ja, in the glasses, stands in the doorway holding a neat pile of Hoya's folded laundry, the pink gloves — washed, holes and all — folded on top.

  1. Soon-ja

    호야이.여기.

  2. Hoya

    네.

  3. 할머니는 집 아래에 있어요.보리는 집 앞에 있어요.

  4. 호야의 집은 여기예요.

Words from outside the course so far

빨래방
laundromat (빨래 laundry + 방 room)

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