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| INTRODUCTION |
| Gina:Hi everyone, I’m Gina. |
| Jaehwi:And I’m Jaehwi! |
| Gina:And welcome to Culture Class: Essential Korean Vocabulary, Lesson 25! In this lesson you'll learn 5 essential words related to Fine Arts. These are five well-known South Korean Writers. Hand picked. You can find a complete list of vocabulary at KoreanClass101.com |
| FIVE KEY VOCABULARY ITEMSBODY |
| Gina:Jaehwi, what’s our first word? |
| Jaehwi:박경리 |
| Gina:Park Kyung-ni, South Korean novelist known for the novel The Land. |
| Jaehwi:(slow) 박경리 (regular) 박경리 |
| Gina:Listeners, please repeat: |
| Jaehwi:박경리 |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gina:Park Kyung-ni is a prominent Korean novelist. She is known for her 16-volume story The Land, an epic saga about the turbulent history of Korea during the 19th and 20th centuries. It was later adapted into a movie, a television series, and an opera. |
| Gina:Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Jaehwi:(normal) 박경리 선생의 소설은 어려모로 생각할 거리를 줍니다. |
| Gina:The novels of Park Kyung-ni are always food for thought. |
| Jaehwi:(slow) 박경리 선생의 소설은 어(ye)려모로 생각할 거리를 줍니다. |
| Gina:Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Jaehwi:신경숙 |
| Gina:Shin Kyung-sook, the female writer of the novel Please Look after Mom. |
| Jaehwi:(slow) 신경숙 (regular) 신경숙 |
| Gina:Listeners, please repeat: |
| Jaehwi:신경숙 |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gina:Shin Kyung-sook published her work Please Look After Mom in the United States in 2008 and it became a bestseller. |
| Gina:Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Jaehwi:(normal) 많은 신경숙 작가의 소설에서는 매우 평범하고 흔한 우리들의 삶을 볼 수 있습니다. |
| Gina:You can see the very ordinary and everyday lives of South Koreans in many of Shin Kyung-sook’s novels. |
| Jaehwi:(slow) 많은 신경숙 작가의 소설에서는 매우 평범하고 흔한 우리들의 삶을 볼 수 있습니다. |
| Gina:Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Jaehwi:윤동주 |
| Gina:Yun Dong-ju, a male poet known for resistance poetry in the early 20th century. |
| Jaehwi:(slow) 윤동주 (regular) 윤동주 |
| Gina:Listeners, please repeat: |
| Jaehwi:윤동주 |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gina:Yun Dong-ju was a Korean poet known for his lyrical poetry in the early 20th century. Sky, Wind, Star and Poem is a famous work of his. He died in a prison in Fukuoka in February 1945 after being imprisoned for his independence movement against the Japanese government. |
| Gina:Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Jaehwi:(normal) 시인 윤동주 선생이 쓴 시는 순수함과 부끄러움이 잘 표현되어 있습니다. |
| Gina:Poetry written by Yun Dong-ju represents purity and shyness. |
| Jaehwi:(slow) 시인 윤동주 선생이 쓴 시는 순수함과 부끄러움이 잘 표현되어 있습니다. |
| Gina:Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Jaehwi:서정주 |
| Gina:Seo Jeong-ju, a poet |
| Jaehwi:(slow) 서정주 (regular) 서정주 |
| Gina:Listeners, please repeat: |
| Jaehwi:서정주 |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gina:Seo Jeong-ju is a Korean poet who writes poems in a surrealistic style from a Buddhist point of view. Some would say he possesses a genius-level ability to beautify sentences using lyrical words. |
| Gina:Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Jaehwi:(normal) 시인 서정주의 시에는 감동적인 여운이 풍부합니다. |
| Gina:Poetry written by Seo Jeong-ju is full of emotional resonance. |
| Jaehwi:(slow) 시인 서정주 선생이 쓴 시에는 감동적인 여운이 풍부합니다. |
| Gina:Okay, what’s the last word? |
| Jaehwi:고은 |
| Gina:Ko Un, a poet nominated for the Nobel prize in literature |
| Jaehwi:(slow) 고은 (regular) 고은 |
| Gina:Listeners, please repeat: |
| Jaehwi:고은 |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gina:Ko Un is a South Korean poet. His works have been translated into many different languages and published in more than 15 countries, and he is often mentioned as one of the frontrunners for the Nobel Prize in Literature. |
| Gina:Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Jaehwi:(normal) 시인 고은 선생은 문학상에 여러 번 임명되었습니다. |
| Gina:Poet Ko Un has been nominated for various awards in literature several times. |
| Jaehwi:(slow) 시인 고은 선생은 문학상에 여러 번 임명되었습니다. |
| QUIZ |
| Gina:Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the words you just learned? Jaehwi will give you the Korean – please repeat it out loud! Are you ready? |
| Jaehwi:박경리 |
| [pause]Gina:Park Kyung-ni, Korean novelist known for the novel 'The Land.' |
| Jaehwi:신경숙 |
| [pause]Gina:Shin Kyung-sook, the female writer of the novel Please Look after Mom. |
| Jaehwi:윤동주 |
| [pause]Gina:Yun Dong-ju, a male poet known for resistance poetry in the early 20th century. |
| Jaehwi:서정주 |
| [pause]Gina:Seo Jeong-ju, a poet |
| Jaehwi:고은 |
| [pause]Gina:Ko Un, a poet nominated for the Nobel prize in literature |
Outro |
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| Gina:There you have it – five Writers in South Korea! We have more vocab lists available at KoreanClass101.com, so be sure to check them out. Thanks for joining us for this series, everyone! |
| Jaehwi:안녕히 계세요. |
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