A Bus to Chungju Terminus
(from Chungju National University) [Location]

Thor May; translation by ¹ÚÁØ¿µ

+ Excuse me, how do I get a bus to Chungju terminus?

½Ç·ÊÇÕ´Ï´Ù . ÃæÁÖÅ͹̳Π°¡´Â ¹ö½º Ÿ·Á¸é ¾î¶»°Ô ÇÏÁö¿ä ?

- When you leave this building, walk out to the road, turn right and go down to the front gate.

ÀÌ °Ç¹° ³ª°¡½Ã¸é ±æ¿¡¼­ ¿À¸¥Æí Á¤¹® ÂÊÀ¸·Î °¡¼¼¿ä .

+ Is the bus from there?

°Å±â ¹ö½º°¡ ¼­³ª¿ä ?

- No, you have to continue a couple of hundred meters out to the highway, and cross it.

¾Æ´Ï¿À . Å«±æ ÂÊÀ¸·Î ÇÑ ÀÌ¹é ¹ÌÅÍÂë ´õ °¡¼­ ±æÀ» °Ç³Ê¼Å¾ß µÅ¿ä .

You'll see a bus shelter.

- ±×·³ ¹ö½º Á¤·ùÀåÀÌ º¸ÀÏ °Å¿¡¿ä .

+ How do I know which bus to catch?

¾î¶² ¹ö½º¸¦ Ÿ¾ß µÇÁÒ ?

- Look for "Chungju Shinae Bus" on the front.

ÃæÁֽó»¹ö½º¶ó°í ÀûÈù °É Ÿ¼¼¿ä .

"Shinae" means 'town centre'.

The fare is 850 won.

¿ä±ÝÀº 850 ¿øÀÌ¿¡¿ä .

+ How often does it come?

¾ó¸¶³ª ÀÚÁÖ ´Ù´Ï³ª¿ä ?

- About once every ten minutes.

10 ºÐ¿¡ ÇÑ ´ë ²Ã·Î ´Ù³à¿ä .


Procedure: 

1. Practice the intonation of this dialogue.

2. Draw a map which fits the directions which speaker B gives. This will help your memory.

3. Memorize the dialogue, if possible with a partner. Learn the parts of both speaker A and speaker B.

4. Make a sentence skeleton of the dialogue. That is, just write out the first letter of each word like this : e - m - h - d - i - g - a - b - t - c -j - t ? [ = Excuse me, how do I get a bus to Chung-ju terminus? ].

5. Now cover up the dialogue and try to remember using the sentence skeleton only. Test yourself again tomorrow !

6. Make up a similar dialogue for someone who wants to go from your own apartment to catch a bus to the town centre, or to some other place.


"A Bus To Chungju Terminus" copyrighted to Thor May 2005; all rights reserved

text byThor May; translation by ¹ÚÁØ ¿µ
( Wordsworth Translation & Publishing Services, www. wordsworth.co.kr)

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