[2012.01.28] 입트영사랑 42번째 모임!

안녕하세요 Jadon입니다.   우선 14일 스터디 결산 잠깐 하고 갈게요!   1차는  12분(13분인가?)이 가셔서 5천 원씩 걷고 저번에 공금 56,000원에서 22,000원 썼습니다.   그리고 2차 맥주클럽에서는 공금 34,000원 중 20,000원을 안주 사는데 썼습니다. (봉재 형이 4,200원 더 내주셔서 안주 푸짐하게 먹었습니다. 감사해요!)   분위기도 좋았고(특히 양초 ㅎㅎ) 다양한 매주를 맛 볼 수 있어서 참 좋았습니다 ㅎㅎ   또 3차는 6분이서 갔는데 38,500원 나왔고 각 5,000원씩 걷고   나머지 8,500원은 공금에서 사용하여 지금 총 5,500원 반올림해서 6,000원 남았습니다! (계산 다 맞나요? 명준이형)   이상이 뒤풀이 결산이었고요 아래 토픽입니다.   용주 형이 저번 토픽 너무 진지했다고 하셔서 이번에는 좀 가벼운 주제로 갔습니다.   이름이랑 선물에 관한 주제이고요 질문 한 번 읽어보시고 말할 거리 생각 한 번 하고 와주세요 ㅎㅎ   아~ 단어에 발음기호 추가했는데 반응 괜찮으면 이대로 쭉 가고 반응 없으면 바로 지웁니다 ㅋㅋ   그럼 아래 토픽 2 원문 링크 있고요 (해석이 없네요 ㅠ) 아래 주제 나갑니다         (Topic 2. 원문 링크: <A href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2011/04/220_50572.html">http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2011/04/220_50572.html</A>)      Topic 1. (From. 입트영 pg. 062) Talk about how Koreans' names are made. Koreans place a lot of weight on their names. Korean names are usually three syllables, the first one being the family name. The following two syllables make up the given name. For example, the UN Secretary General’s surname is Ban and his given name is Ki-moon, and it’s read Ban Ki-moon. Korean names are based on Chinese Characters, each with a special meaning. These days, there are pure Korean names that are not based on Chinese characters. Keep in mind that there are rare cases of a one-syllable first name or a two-syllable last name. There are fortune tellers who professionally make names for people at a place called jahk-myung-so.   Vocabulary *place a lot of weight on [pleis ei lɑt/lɔt ɑv weit ɑn]: ~에 큰 의미를 부여하다. *syllable [sílǝbəl]: 음절 *Keep in mind [kiːp in maind]: 염두에 두다 *stage name [steidʒ neim]: 예명   Questions 1. What does your name mean? Who gave that name to you? 2. Talk about what the names of your family members mean. 3. Do you know of any people who have pure Korean names? What do you think of those names? 4. Do you want to change your name? Or, do you want to have an stage name(or another name)? 5. Do you have a nickname? Tell me about it, and what’s that mean? 6. Tell me the most unique name that you have even seen. 7. If you had children, What names would you give to them? And why? 8. Free talk!   Topic 2. (From. Korea times Opinion 2009/08/23) Gift-Giving and Bribery Culture in Korea Koreans are some of the most generously-giving people in the world. In particular, they enjoy giving gifts and helping each other when in trouble, especially financially. The extent of Korea's underground economy, whereby Koreans give, help, and loan each other with gifts and money, is quite extensive for a nation aspiring and often claiming to be an advanced nation. Their gift-giving custom is wonderful as a cultural trait, but also troublesome if it involves government officials, as the line between gift and bribery tends to blur.   Recently, the nominee for the nation's top prosecutor's job withdrew his nomination when it was disclosed that he had "borrowed" millions from his "friend" to buy a condo. Was it bribery? Just a gift from a friend? Let's observe some specific phenomena that illustrate the issue.   Koreans marvel, with considerable envy, at the way Americans calmly divide up their lunch tabs. Americans either pay for their individual orders or divide up the total equally among those present, unless the payer is designated beforehand. This is called "going Dutch," which solves a lot of headaches as to who should pay for whose lunch and why. The Dutch system requires a considerable amount of business rationality and egalitarian logic.   Waitresses nowadays routinely ask if the tab should be on the same check or separate checks. Whether this is a civilized form of assigning costs fairly and decently is a different question. What is unquestionable in this method is that it is efficient and clean-cut, which is why some Koreans envy it.   In Korea, because of its general cultural ambiguity in all things, settling up who pays how much, especially among friends and relatives, often evolves into a major struggle. Most Koreans, being so infinitely conscious of their duty to others, practically fight for the honor of paying the whole bill for everybody. Sometimes, foreigners are astounded to witness a physical shoving match, as members push one another aside to rush to the counter to pay the bill. We actually witnessed a person being knocked down on the floor so that the other person could rush to the counter to pay the lunch bill. Much of this shoving is for show, of course. But the astounded foreigners think Koreans waste a lot of time arguing over why one deserves to pay the bill over another, who makes a similar argument.   This is a perfectly honorable and humane custom, no doubt. But, while the American way of divvying up the bill is efficient and rational, each paying for his share of the cost, the Korean way is so fraught with "honor," "justice," "duty," "face," and the like, and it also creates enough ambiguity so the money exchanged loses its sharp economic definition. A free meal here, a golf-trip there, or a foreign vacation somewhere else, can escalate and the question of quid pro quo might eventually arise.   Similar to this, Korean-style free lunch is another ambiguity in its gift-giving culture, the ambiguity of yes or no. I am speaking of the Korean custom whereby a person must refuse an offer at least four times. Let's imagine a scene where a person is offered a gift. The person is under the obligation of Korean custom, which requires that he decline the offer at least four times. The person who offers is also under the obligation to offer it at least four times. So, according to this wasteful system of offering and declining, "Please, take it" and "Oh, No, I can't," each transaction takes a total of eight exchanges of offering and declining.   (The rest is omitted)   Vocabulary *extensive [iksténsiv]: 광대한, 넓은 *aspiring [ǝspáiəriŋ]: 포부가 있는 *claim [kleim]: 요구하다, 청구하다. *bribery [bráibəri]: 뇌물(을 주고받는 행위), 중회, 수회 *nominee [nὰmǝníː/nɔ̀m-]: 지명(임명, 추천)된 사람 *prosecutor [prάsǝkjùːtǝr/prɔ́-]: 실행자, 수행자, 경영자 *phenomena [finάmǝnǝ/-nɔ́m-]: PHENOMENON의 복수: 현상 *marvel [mάːrvəl]: 놀라운 일, 경이, 이상함 *rationality [ræ̀ʃǝnǽlǝti]: 합리성, 순리성, 도리를 앎 *egalitarian [igæ̀lǝtέəriǝn: 인류 평등주의의 (사람) *routine [ruːtíːn]: 판에 박힌 일, 일상의 과정 *tab [tæb]: <<미국구어>> 계산서, 전표 *ambiguity [æ̀mbigjúːǝti]: 애매함, 불명료함 *shove [ʃʌv]: 밀치다, 밀고 나아가다, 밀어제치다 *divvy up [dívi ʌp]: 나누다, 분배하다. *fraught [frɔːt]: ~을 내포한, ~이 따르는; fraught with: 실은, 적재한     Questions 1. What do you want to be given by your girl/boy friend or family? 2. What do you want to give to your girl/boy friend or family? 3. What was the most impressive gift that you had ever given? 4. What was the most impressive gift that you had even been given? 5. When someone gives you a gift, is that burdened to you?     And do you have that kind of experience? 6. Whay kind of present do you want to receive? 7. Why are we giving and taking a present to/by person? 8. Free talk!      매주 토요일 2:00 ~ 4:00 (2시간)  Time Table Small Talk / Introduction ( 신입 멤버 소개) (02:00 ~ 02:10) Discussion 1 (토픽은 수업 전에 올려드립니다!) (02:10 ~ 03:00) Break time (03:00 ~ 03:10) Discussion 2 (토픽은 수업 전에 올려드립니다!) (03:10 ~ 04:00)   [스터디 참여 & 방법 절차] 기존 멤버 ::::: 1st/이름/영어이름/할 말  -> 이런 식으로 달아 주세요. 신입 멤버 ::::: 2nd/이름/영어이름/연락처/할 말 ->이런 식으로 달아 주세요.   [리더 연락처] 리   더 : Jadon / 010-6623-7535                댓글 안 다시고 오시면 데스크에서 복사비 받으니 댓글 달아주세요   He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning 묻기를 두려워하는 이는 배우는 걸 부끄러워한다.