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day 111travel and the city

unit 16 · home & daily life

    travel and the city

    Describe a neighbourhood and how a city changes (오르막길, 모퉁이, 녹지, 공터, 생활권, 유동 인구, 철거, 건립, 허물다) and understand transport news (운항, 착륙, 화물, 육로, 장거리).

    today’s words

    • 오르막길 oreumakgil · uphill road, climb
    • 운항 unhang · operation (of flights, ships)
    • 육로 yungno · overland route, by land
    • 장거리 janggeori · long distance
    • 전망대 jeonmangdae · observation deck, lookout
    • 조종 jojong · piloting, steering, operating
    • 착륙 changnyuk · landing (of an aircraft)
    • 화물 hwamul · cargo, freight
    • 후진 hujin · reversing; underdeveloped (후진국)
    • 건립 geollip · erecting, building (a monument, a hall)
    • 고가 goga · overpass, elevated (road)
    • 공터 gongteo · empty lot, vacant land
    • -권 -gwon · -권: area, zone (suffix)
    • 녹지 nokji · green space
    • 모퉁이 motungi · corner
    • 변두리 byeonduri · outskirts, edge (of a city)
    • 생활권 saenghwalgwon · area of daily life, catchment area
    • 수용 suyong · capacity, accommodation (수용 인원)
    • -원 -won · -원: garden, place (suffix)
    • 유동 yudong · flow (유동 인구: passers-by)
    • 즐비하다 jeulbihada · be lined up, be full of
    • 철거 cheolgeo · demolition, removal
    • 허물다 heomulda · pull down, demolish; break down (barriers)
    • 헐다 heolda · tear down (a building)

    sentences

    • 짙은 안개 때문에 오전 비행기의 운항이 중단되었다. · Thick fog grounded the morning flights.
    • 비행기가 인천 공항에 무사히 착륙했다. · The plane landed safely at Incheon Airport.
    • 그는 어릴 때부터 비행기 조종을 꿈꿨다. · He has dreamed of flying planes since he was a child.
    • 이 배는 사람보다 화물을 주로 실어 나른다. · This ship mainly carries cargo rather than passengers.
    • 그 섬은 다리가 없어서 육로로는 갈 수 없다. · There’s no bridge to that island, so you can’t get there by land.