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day 29markets up and down

unit 5 · money & markets

    markets up and down

    Talk about sales, profits, losses and trends at a meeting, and describe how a market has changed with -었던 (review).

    today’s words

    • 매출 maechul · sales, turnover
    • 판매량 panmaeryang · sales volume
    • 수익 suik · profit, income
    • 수익금 suikgeum · proceeds
    • 이득 ideuk · gain, benefit
    • 손실 sonsil · loss
    • 추세 chuse · trend
    • 오름세 oreumse · upward trend, rise
    • 급상승 geupsangseung · sharp rise, surge
    • 하락 harak · fall, drop
    • 하향 hahyang · downward (revision)
    • 하반기 habangi · second half of the year
    • 지수 jisu · index
    • 지표 jipyo · indicator
    • 가속화 gasokhwa · acceleration, speeding up
    • 활성화 hwalseonghwa · revitalising, boosting
    • 침체 chimche · slump, stagnation
    • 불경기 bulgyeonggi · recession, hard times
    • -난 -nan · -난: shortage, hardship (취업난)
    • 안정적 anjeongjeok · stable, steady
    • 실업률 sireomnyul · unemployment rate
    • 실업자 sireopja · unemployed person
    • 재정적 jaejeongjeok · financial
    • 풍요 pungyo · abundance, affluence

    sentences

    • 올해 우리 회사 매출이 작년보다 10% 늘었습니다. · Our company’s sales are up 10% on last year.
    • 경기 침체로 실업률이 오르고 실업자가 늘었다. · With the economic slump, unemployment has risen and there are more people out of work.
    • 하반기에는 물가 지수가 안정적일 것으로 보인다. · The price index looks likely to be stable in the second half of the year.
    • 한때 급상승했던 여행비가 요즘은 하락 추세예요. · Travel costs, which shot up at one point, are now on a downward trend.
    • 취업난 때문에 재정적으로 힘든 젊은이들이 많아요. · Because jobs are hard to find, many young people are struggling financially.