Upper Intermediate #2 - The Grass is Always Greener in Korea




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Summary: Learn Korean with KoreanClass101! Don't forget to stop by KoreanClass101.com for more great Korean Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Korean---- (바에서) 김팀장: 여기 물 괜찮네. 술도 괜찮고. 소개해줘서 고마워. 이대리: 별 말씀을요. 그런데 팀장님 저번 달에 산 주식 잘 돼가세요? 요즘 주가도 많이 떨어진다고 하던데. 김팀장: 다행히 조금 오르긴 했어. 수익률 10% 정도? 그런데 그냥 팔아버리려고. 이대리: 왜요? 그런 높은 수익률.. 돈 없는 저한테는 그림의 떡인데.. 그나마 있는 제 주식은 다 떨어졌어요. 김팀장: 그렇긴 한데, 내 친구들 보니까 에너지 관련주를 샀는데 수익율이 짭짤하게 나오는 것 같더라구. 이대리: 좋긴 하지만.. 남의 떡이 커보이잖아요. 조금 성급하신 건 아닐까요? 김팀장: 그런가? 뭐.. 누워서 떡먹기처럼 돈이 알아서 굴러들어오진 않겠지만. 이대리: 뭐 잘 돼서 저한테도 떡고물 좀 떨어지면 좋겠지만, 다시 한 번 잘 생각해보세요. ----English---- (drinking at a bar) Kim: This place looks good (This bar's water is good). Nice drinks too. Thank you for introducing this place. Lee: It's no problem. Well then, how is your stock going that you bought last month? I was told that many stock prices have fallen these days. Kim: Luckily, some increased. Earning rates are about ten percent? But I'm thinking of selling them out. Lee: Why? With earning rates that high? For poor guys like me, that's like a pie in the sky (like a rice cake on paintings). All my stocks have dropped. Kim: I know, but some friends said they bought stocks related to the energy industry, and it seems like they are getting higher profits. Lee: That sounds good, but always what others have seems better than yours (The grass always looks greener on the other side/others' rice cakes look bigger than yours). Don't you think you're being a little bit impatient? Kim: Am I? Well, I know it won't be as easy as expected (not easy as eating rice cake on the bed). Lee: It will be great if it goes well and I get a benefit (get bean flour for rice cakes) too, but I hope you'll think about it again. ----Romanization---- (baeseo) gimtimjang: yeogi mul gwaenchanne. suldo gwaenchanko. sogaehaejwoseo gomawo. idaeri: byeol malsseumeuryo. geureonde timjangnim jeobeon dare san jusik jal dwaegaseyo? yojeum jugado mani tteoreojindago hadeonde. gimtimjang: dahaenghi jogeum oreugin haeseo. suingnyul 10% jeongdo? geureonde geunyang parabeoriryeogo. idaeri: waeyo? geureon nopeun suingnyul.. don eomneun jeohanteneun geurimui tteoginde.. geunama inneun je jusigeun da ddeoleojeotsseoyo.. gimtimjang: geureokin hande, nae chingudeul bonikka eneoji gwallyeonjureul sanneunde suigyuri jjapjjalhage naoneun geot gatdeoragu. idaeri: jokin hajiman.. namui tteogi keoboijanayo. jogeum seonggeupasin geon anilkkayo? gimtimjang: geureonga? mwo.. nuwoseo tteongmeokgicheoreom doni araseo gulleodeureoojin anketjiman. idaeri: mwo jal dwaeseo jeohantedo tteokgomul jom ddeoleojimyeon joketjiman, dasi han beon jal saenggakhaeboseyo. --------------------------- Learn Korean with KoreanClass101! Don't forget to stop by KoreanClass101.com for more great Korean Language Learning Resources!