Complaints
(¡¦two foreigners talking)

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
( Wordsworth Translation & Publishing Services, www. wordsworth.co.kr)

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