Thor May; translation by ¹ÚÁØ¿µ
+ Do you know where I can get oatmeal in Chungju?
ÃæÁÖ¿¡¼ ¿ÀÆ®¹Ð ( ±Í¸® ) ÆÄ´Â µ¥ ¾Æ³ª ?
- You can¡¯t get oatmeal in Chungju.
ÃæÁÖ¿¡ ¿ÀÆ®¹Ð ÆÄ´Â µ¥ ¾ø´Ù³× .
+ That¡¯s crazy. What do you mean?
±×·² ¸®°¡ . ±×°Ô ¹«½¼ ¸»Àΰ¡ ?
- Almost every country in the world sells oatmeal in supermarkets
- China, USA, Europe, Africa¡¦ you name it.
Áß±¹ , ¹Ì±¹ , À¯·´ , ¾ÆÇÁ¸®Ä« ¾îµô °¡µµ ½´ÆÛ¸¶ÄÏ¿¡ ¿ÀÆ®¹Ð ¾ø´Â µ¥°¡ °ÅÀÇ ¾øÁö .
But you can¡¯t get it in South Korea.
±×·¡µµ Çѱ¹Àº ¾È ÆÈ¾Æ .
+ Sigh. Talk about living on another planet. No oatmeal, no mint, no decent bread¡¦
Çã Âü , ´Þ³ª¶óµµ ¾Æ´Ï°í . ¿ÀÆ®¹Ðµµ ¾ø°í , ¹ÚÇϵµ ¾ø°í , Á¦´ë·Î µÈ »§µµ ¾ø°í ¡¦
- Oh, it¡¯s not so bad here.
¹¹ , ¿©±â°¡ ±×·¸°Ô ³ª»Û °Ç ¾Æ³Ä .
You know, my immigrant students in Australia used to complain all the time.
³»°¡ °¡¸£Ä¡´ø È£ÁÖ ÀÌÁֹε鵵 ´Ã ¾ó¸¶³ª ºÒÆòÀÌ ¸¹¾Ò´Ù°í .
Complaining is a normal foreigner disease, like catching a cold.
ºÒÆòÀº ¿Ü±¹ÀεéÀÌ °¨±âó·³ À¸·¹ °É¸®´Â º´ÀÌ¾ß .
+ OK, you win. Let¡¯s be happy.
±×µµ ±×·¸±º . ±×¸¸ Åõ´ú´ë±â·Î ÇÏÁö .
Hey, do you know where I can buy cheap vitamin pills in Chungju?
À̺Á , ±×·±µ¥ ÃæÁÖ¿¡ ºñŸ¹Î ½Î°Ô ÆÄ´Â µ¥´Â ¾Æ´Â°¡ ?
- You can¡¯t buy cheap vitamins in Korea.
Çѱ¹¿¡ ½Ñ ºñŸ¹Î ÆÄ´Â µ¥ ¾ø´Ù³× .
The supermarkets don¡¯t sell them¡¦
½´ÆÛ¸¶ÄÏ¿£ ºñŸ¹ÎÀÌ ¾ø¾î .
+ Oh no! Here we go again¡¦
±×°Í Âü . ÀÌ·¯´Ï ¾îÂî ºÒÆòÀ» ¾È Çϰڳª .
Procedure:
1. Listen to native speakers saying this dialogue (if you can). Try to copy their intonation.
2. Memorize the conversation. Practice it with a partner.3. Make a sentence skeleton, using the first letter of each word [e.g. d - y - k - w - i - c - g -o - i - c - j ?]4. Test your memory of the dialogue within 24 hours. Use the sentence skeleton for to help with the test. (If you don't do this, you will forget about 80%).
5. Pretend you are a Korean in Sydney, Australia. You are trying to buy gang-neng-i but you can't find it anywhere. Make up a conversation about this with another Korean friend.
"Complaints" copyrighted to Thor May 2005; all rights reserved
text byThor
May; translation by ¹ÚÁØ ¿µ
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