day 25boom and bust
unit 4 · money & marketsboom and bust
Say “if I do it …, and if I don’t …” with -자니, and talk about boom and bust: 불황, 외환, 유가, 약세, 생계, 원가, 원금, 상인, 업종.
today’s words
- 분배 bunbae · distribution, sharing out
- 불황 bulhwang · recession, slump
- 붐 bum · boom, craze
- 빈털터리 binteolteori · penniless person, broke
- 사치스럽다 sachiseureopda · extravagant, luxurious
- 상거래 sanggeorae · commerce, trade
- 상속 sangsok · inheritance
- 상인 sangin · merchant, trader
- 생계 saenggye · livelihood, living
- 세 se · tax
- 쇄도 swaedo · flood, rush (of orders, questions)
- 수지 suji · income and expenditure, balance
- 약세 yakse · weakness, downward trend
- 업소 eopso · business, establishment
- 업자 eopja · trader, contractor, dealer
- 업종 eopjong · type of business, industry
- 영리 yeongni · profit-making
- 외제 oeje · foreign-made
- 외환 oehwan · foreign exchange
- 운용 unyong · management, use (of funds)
- 원가 wonga · cost price, production cost
- 원금 wongeum · principal (sum)
- 유가 yuga · oil price
sentences
- 불황이 길어지면서 문을 닫는 업소가 늘고 있다. · As the recession drags on, more and more businesses are closing.
- 유가가 오르자 운송 업자들의 부담이 커졌다. · When oil prices rose, the burden on haulage firms grew.
- 요즘 배달 업종에 창업 붐이 일고 있다. · There’s a start-up boom in the delivery business these days.
- 그는 사업에 실패해 하루아침에 빈털터리가 되었다. · His business failed, and he was penniless overnight.
- 인터넷 상거래가 늘면서 시장 상인들이 어려움을 겪고 있다. · As online shopping grows, market traders are struggling.