day 85exams & TOPIK
unit 11 · learning & reasoningexams & TOPIK
Talk about exams, scores and selection, and give examples of what you do with -는다거나 -는다거나 하다.
today’s words
- 토픽 topik · TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean)
- 타고나다 tagonada · be born with, be gifted with
- 대상자 daesangja · eligible person, those concerned
- 만점 manjeom · full marks, a perfect score
- 맞히다 machida · get (an answer) right; hit (a target)
- 뽑히다 ppopida · be chosen, be picked
- 선정 seonjeong · selection
- 성적표 seongjeokpyo · report card, score sheet
- 심사 simsa · review, judging, screening
- 알아맞히다 aramachida · guess correctly
- 응시 eungsi · sitting (an exam), applying
- 입시 ipsi · entrance exam(s), admissions
- 테스트 teseuteu · test
- 통과 tonggwa · passing (a test, a place)
- 합격자 hapgyeokja · successful candidate
- 과학적 gwahakjeok · scientific
- 기술 gisul · technology, technique, skill
- 물질 muljil · substance, material, matter
- 물질적 muljiljeok · material
- 발견 balgyeon · discovery
- 밝혀내다 balkyeonaeda · find out, uncover, prove
sentences
- 토픽은 1년에 여러 번 응시할 수 있어요. · You can sit TOPIK several times a year.
- 대학 입시 때문에 고등학생들은 밤늦게까지 공부해요. · High school students study late into the night because of university entrance exams.
- 스트레스를 받으면 산책을 한다거나 음악을 듣는다거나 해요. · When I'm stressed, I do things like go for a walk or listen to music.
- 언어 능력은 타고나는 것이 아니라 노력으로 키우는 거예요. · Language skills aren't something you're born with; you build them with effort.
- 시험 전날에는 늦게 잔다거나 커피를 마신다거나 하지 마세요. · The day before an exam, don't do things like stay up late or drink coffee.