day 99rivers, weather and harvest

rivers, weather and harvest

Talk about farming, fishing and forestry, rivers and plains, and the extremes of weather (heatwaves, storms, cold snaps) that decide a harvest.

today’s words

• 평야 pyeongya · plain(s), flatland
• 폭염 pogyeom · heatwave, scorching heat
• 폭풍 pokpung · storm
• 하류 haryu · lower reaches (of a river)
• 하천 hacheon · river, stream (official)
• 한파 hanpa · cold snap, cold wave
• 해발 haebal · height above sea level
• 호젓하다 hojeotada · quiet, secluded
• 황량하다 hwangnyanghada · bleak, desolate
• 황혼 hwanghon · dusk; twilight (of life)
• 개량 gaeryang · improvement, breeding (of varieties)
• 고기잡이 gogijabi · fishing (as work)
• 농어촌 nongeochon · farming and fishing villages
• 산물 sanmul · product; fruit (of)
• 생산지 saengsanji · producing area
• 수산업 susaneop · fisheries, fishing industry
• 어민 eomin · fishermen
• 임업 imeop · forestry
• 재배 jaebae · cultivation, growing (crops)
• 찧다 jjita · pound, mill (grain)
• 품종 pumjong · breed, variety
• 햅쌀 haepssal · new-season rice

sentences

• 이 마을은 해발 800미터에 있어서 여름에도 시원하다. · This village is 800 metres above sea level, so it’s cool even in summer.
• 할아버지는 평생 고기잡이를 하며 사셨다. · Grandad made his living by fishing all his life.
• 농어촌 인구가 줄고 있지만 정부의 대책은 안이하다. · The population of farming and fishing villages is falling, but the government’s response is complacent.
• 그의 성공은 오랜 노력의 산물이다. · His success is the fruit of long effort.
• 이 지역은 예로부터 수산업이 발달했다. · Fishing has been a big industry here since long ago.