day 97forests and valleys

forests and valleys

Describe forests, valleys, rivers and wild weather, plan a nature tour safely, and write a TOPIK 54 essay on tourism and nature.

today’s words

• 울창하다 ulchanghada · dense, thick (forest)
• 유전 yujeon · heredity, inheritance
• 철새 cheolsae · migratory bird
• 트다 teuda · sprout (buds); chap (skin)
• 특질 teukjil · trait, characteristic
• 펭귄 penggwin · penguin
• 경관 gyeonggwan · scenery, landscape
• 골짜기 goljjagi · valley, ravine
• 광활하다 gwanghwalhada · vast, wide open
• 궂다 gutda · bad, foul (weather)
• 급류 geumnyu · rapids, torrent
• 기류 giryu · air current; (political) mood
• 내륙 naeryuk · inland
• 냇가 naetga · stream bank, by a stream
• 녹아내리다 noganaerida · melt (and run down)
• 대양 daeyang · ocean
• 둑 duk · embankment, bank (of a river)
• 뒤덮이다 dwideopida · be covered all over
• 먹구름 meokgureum · dark cloud(s)
• 몰아치다 morachida · sweep, rage (wind, snow)
• 밀림 millim · jungle, rainforest
• 반도 bando · peninsula
• 벌판 beolpan · plain, open field

sentences

• 키는 유전의 영향을 많이 받는다. · Height is strongly influenced by heredity.
• 봄이 되자 나뭇가지마다 싹이 텄다. · When spring came, buds sprouted on every branch.
• 같은 부모에게서 태어나도 형제마다 특질이 다르다. · Even with the same parents, every sibling has different traits.
• 펭귄은 날지 못하지만 물속에서는 아주 민첩하게 헤엄친다. · Penguins can’t fly, but they swim very nimbly underwater.
• 비행기가 불안정한 기류를 만나 크게 흔들렸다. · The plane hit unstable air currents and shook badly.