day 27the market rises and falls

the market rises and falls

Read and report market news with pairs of opposites: 폭등 / 폭락, 호황 / 침체기, 흑자 / 적자, 호조, 회복세, and talk about speculation, limits and spending.

today’s words

• 총액 chongaek · total amount, sum total
• 침체기 chimchegi · slump, recession (period)
• 통상 tongsang · trade, commerce (between countries)
• 통용 tongyong · being in use, circulation
• 투기 tugi · speculation
• 틈새 teumsae · gap; niche
• 판촉 panchok · sales promotion
• 폭등 pokdeung · soaring, skyrocketing
• 폭락 pongnak · crash, plunge
• 풍족하다 pungjokada · plentiful, well off
• 한도 hando · limit, ceiling
• 한몫 hanmok · a share; (한몫하다) play a part
• 한탕 hantang · a quick killing, one big score
• 해약 haeyak · cancelling (a contract)
• 헐값 heolgap · rock-bottom price
• 헤프다 hepeuda · wasteful, free-spending
• 호조 hojo · good progress, upturn
• 호황 hohwang · boom, good times
• 회계 hoegye · accounting, accounts
• 회복세 hoebokse · recovery (trend)
• 회수 hoesu · recovery, collection, recall
• 효용 hyoyong · usefulness, utility
• 흑자 heukja · surplus, being in the black

sentences

• 경기 침체기에도 틈새시장을 찾은 기업은 성장했다. · Even in the downturn, companies that found a niche grew.
• 부동산 투기를 막으려고 정부가 대책을 내놓았다. · The government announced measures to stop property speculation.
• 집값이 폭등했다가 몇 년 뒤 폭락했다. · House prices soared, then crashed a few years later.
• 올해 수출이 호조를 보이며 무역 흑자를 기록했다. · Exports did well this year, giving a trade surplus.
• 호황일 때 미리 위기에 대비해야 한다. · You should prepare for a crisis while times are good.