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Learn Korean with KoreanClass101! Don't forget to stop by KoreanClass101.com for more great Korean Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Korean---- 설레는 마음으로 대학교에 입학하여 새내기로 통학하던 때가 엊그제 같은데, 시간은 참 빨리도 갑니다. 벌써 대학교 3학년이 되었으니까요. 슬슬 졸업 후를 걱정하지 않을 수가 없죠. 게다가 최근 몇년 간 최고치를 경신하고 있는 청년 실업률을 보고 있자면 한숨이 절로 쉬어집니다. 취준생(취업준비생의 준말) 라이프의 시작입니다. 몇몇 친구들은 사망년이 왔다고 얘기를 하네요. 취업을 위해 스펙을 쌓다가 죽을것 같은 학년이라는 뜻의 “사망년”입니다. 다들 학점관리, 토익, 사회봉사, 자격증, 공모전, 인턴 경험, 어학연수 등 스펙쌓기에 열중하고 있습니다. 계중에는 스펙을 더 쌓기위해 휴학을 하는 친구들도 있네요. 인턴 생활을 벌써 시작했다고 자랑을 하는 친구도 있지요. 이렇게 바쁘게 한 해가 가고 드디어 대망의 4학년이 되었습니다. 인턴을 마친 친구들이 와서 하소연 하기를 본인들은 '흙턴'(허드렛일만 계속하는 인턴) 생활만 한 '호모인턴스'(정규직 채용에 실패하고 인턴 생활만 반복하는 취업준비생)에 불과했다고 말합니다. 그렇게 몇몇 친구들은 대기업 입사에서 취업의 방향을 바꾸고 공시생이 됩니다. 나라의 녹을 먹는 안정적인 공무원이 되려고 목표를 전환하여 공시생이 되었지만 경쟁이 너무 치열하다고 하네요. 노량진에서 열심히 공무원 시험 준비를 하는 친구들을 응원하고 돌아옵니다. 어느덧 하반기 공채 일정이 속속들이 올라오기 시작하고, 그에 맞추어 취업 동아리 친구들과 함께 자소서(자기소개서의 준말)를 준비합니다. 어떤 친구들은 아예 대놓고 자소설(과장된 내용이 포함되어 있어 허구적인 소설과 같다는 의미를 지님) 을 쓰고 있습니다 자소서포비아(자기소개서를 작성하는데 두려움을 느끼는 일)를 견디고 여러 회사에 지원하였지만 대부분 서류전형 광탈 (빛의 속도로 탈락한다는 의미) 의 고배를 마십니다. 하지만 긍정적인 마인드를 유지하며 더욱 노력하던 찰나 계약직으로 지원한 회사에서 서류합격 통보 문자를 받습니다! 면접도 통과하여 염원하던 취업이라는 쾌거를 이루어 냅니다! ----English---- It feels like it was just yesterday that you first stepped into college, as a freshman with a fluttering heart, but time flies, and you've already become a junior. Now you are concerned about your post-graduate future. And as you have heard for years that the unemployment rate has been steadily increasing, you cannot help but sigh. Yes, your life as a job seeker is beginning. Some friends would say they are in the "death year" which sounds similar to the word for third-grader (or junior year) in Korean, and they do so because that's the year when students literally work themselves to death to make their resume look better. Everyone's working hard to improve their resumes by managing their GPAs, receiving higher TOEIC test scores, enhancing their public service records, obtaining certifications, receiving contest awards and internship requests, and going abroad to study languages. Some have even taken time off school to achieve these goals. A few of your alumni are bragging that they have already started their internships. Your junior year flies by and you've finally entered your senior year. The friends that had taken their internships are back, but they are complaining that they were "Homo-interns" (those who fail to find a permanent position but repeat internships over and over) and that they were considered as mere "dirt interns" (interns who just run errands throughout their internship period). And that resulted in a few friends giving up on aiming for a large company, turning into "civil servant applicants." They thought being public officials would be a better, more stable choice since they will be employed by the government. So they changed their goal; however, the competition is extremely high. You offer moral support for your friends preparing for public official's exams in Noryangjin and come back. Then recruitment schedules for the second half of the year are updated, and you meet up with your study club friends to work on your cover letter. Some of your friends are writing a "cover novel letter" (cover letter likened to a novel, since it contains exaggerated information on oneself). You had to endure "cover letter-phobia" (fear of writing a cover letter) to apply for numerous companies, but you swallow bitter failure as you receive rejections in the application phase at the "speed of light." However, you maintain your positive outlook and persevere in your efforts of finding a job, and soon a company sends you a message that your application papers were accepted! You pass the interviews as well, and finally, you have [...]

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Learn Korean with KoreanClass101! Don't forget to stop by KoreanClass101.com for more great Korean Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Korean---- 도와주세요. 경찰을 부르세요. ----English---- Help. Call for the police. ----Romanization---- Dowajuseyo. Gyeong-chareul bureuseyo. --------------------------- Learn Korean with KoreanClass101! Don't forget to stop by KoreanClass101.com for more great Korean Language Learning Resources!

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Learn Korean Conversations with Animation — Absolute Beginner #3 - Secondary Introductions

Learn Korean with KoreanClass101! Don't forget to stop by KoreanClass101.com for more great Korean Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Korean---- 눈치가 있으면 떡이라도 얻어먹지. 한국에서 사회생활을 하는 데 꼭 알아둬야할 속담일 겁니다. 왜 일까요? 이 속담에는 어떤 숨겨진 의미가 있을까요? 눈치가 빠른 분들이라면 이번 레슨의 제목으로 쉽게 유추했을 거라고 생각합니다. 이 속담은 한국에서 사회생활을 하는 데 '눈치'가 얼마나 중요한지 알려주고 있습니다. 사전을 보면, '눈치'란, 남의 마음을 그때그때 상황을 보고 짐작해서 알아내는 것'을 의미합니다. 자세히 알지 않아도, 눈으로 딱 보면 쉽게 내용을 알 수 있는 사람을 '눈치가 있는 사람'이라고 말합니다. 그렇다면 왜 한국에서 사회생활을 하는 데 '눈치'가 중요할까요? 여러분이 쉽게 이해할 수 있도록 예를 들어 볼까요? 여러분의 사무실에 두 사람이 있다고 생각해보세요. 그리고 상사가 두 사람에게 동시간에 20초간 짧게 업무지시를 합니다. 직원 A는 상사가 지시한 일만 합니다. 하지만 직원 B는 상사가 지시한 일 뿐 아니라, 상사가 더 필요한 내용이 무엇이 있을지 생각한 뒤, 지시하지 않았지만 상사가 필요한 일도 추가로 끝냅니다. 이럴 때 '직원 B는 눈치있다'라고 이야기합니다. 또 다른 표현으로 '하나를 가르치면 열을 아는 직원'이라고도 이야기할 수 있습니다. 식사를 할 때도 마찬가지입니다. 한국에서는 빨리 식사를 하기 위해서, 같은 테이블에 앉은 사람끼리는 같은 메뉴를 시키는 게 일반적입니다. 식사를 하기 앞서서, 부장님이 오전에 넌지시 '오늘은 청국장이 먹고 싶네'라고 이야기한 상황이라고 생각해봅시다. 이럴 때 눈치가 있는 직원이라면 돈가스 같은 다른 음식이 먹고 싶어도 부장님과 같은 메뉴인 청국장을 시킬겁니다. 만약 이럴 때 자기가 먹고 싶다고 다른 음식을 시키면 눈치가 없는 직원이라고 불릴 겁니다. 또 다른 표현으로 '눈치가 바닥이다'라고 말할 수도 있고요. 누가 잘못 했는지 누가 잘 했는지의 문제가 아닙니다. 하지만 한국에서 회사생활을 하거나 사회생활을 할 때에는 눈치가 있는 직원을 선호하는 사람들이 많은 것이 사실입니다. 흔히 말하는 것처럼, 눈치 꽝인 사람보다는 눈치가 있는 센스 있는 사람을 선호하는 것이죠. 물론, 언제나 다른 사람이 어떻게 생각하는지 계산하고, 다른 사람의 눈치를 보느라 주눅이 든 피곤한 생활을 해야한다는 의미는 아닙니다. 하지만, 눈치있는 사람이 되어서 센스 있게 다른 사람이 무엇을 바라는 지 미리 생각하고, 적재적소에 필요한 행동을 한다면 주변 사람들에게 더 사랑을 받을 수 있을 거예요. ----English---- You will at least get a piece of rice cake if you have "nunchi". This is a proverb that you should know to live by in Korea. Do you know why? What is the hidden meaning of this proverb? If you have good "nunchi" or if you are good at guessing quickly, you would have easily guessed it by checking the title of this lesson. This proverb tells us how important "nunchi" is to have a social life in Korea. The dictionary definition of "nunchi" is "tactfully catching another person's thoughts and intentions according to circumstances." If you easily see the hidden meaning, even if you do not know the details, you can be considered someone who has "nunchi." Then why is "nunchi" that important to social life in Korea? Let's take an example so that you can understand easily. Let’s say there are two people in your office. And the supervisor instructs these two people about their work briefly—for twenty seconds—at the same time. Employee A only does what the supervisor instructed. But, employee B not only does the jobs instructed by his supervisor, but also thinks about what his supervisor needs to be done next, and does extra work even though the supervisor did not ask. When this happens, you can say "Employee B has 'nunchi.'" You can also use the expression; "He is that wise man who hears one word and understands ten.” You can apply the same rule when having a meal. In Korea, it is common to order the same menu if sitting at the same table so that you can get the meals fast. Let’s say the department manager had alluded to the staff that “I want to go for fermented bean soup” in the morning, before having the meal. If the staff member has "nunchi," he will order the same menu item—fermented bean soup—as the manager does, even if he wants to have something else, like pork cutlet. If he orders another meal just because he wants to have it, he will be considered “someone who does not have "nunchi." In other words, he may be told “his "nunchi" is all the way down.” It does not matter who did wrong or who did not. However, it is true that many Korean people prefer to be with people who have "nunchi" when they work in the same office or within their own social life. As commonly said, it is more likely that those with quick wits are preferred over those who are totally clueless. Of course, it does not mean that you always be tired [...]

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Between all the social networking websites and online memberships, you're up to your ears in profiles. You probably can't even keep them all straight but did you know there's really only 1 profile you need to know? Ok, well that's a bit of an exaggeration, but when it comes to learningKorean , knowing your learning profile will help you save time and even a little bit of money too! In today's Cheat Sheet lesson, we'll tell you about 6 of the most common learning profiles. Which one are you? Click play to find out.

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