Korean listening practice #6 Smartphone 스마트폰
Welcome to Part 6 of our Korean listening practice series!
Today, we’ll focus on expressions related to Smartphone! Do you use your phone often? Do you remember what it was like before using a smartphone? Sometimes I miss the old times when we didn’t have smartphones, but I think there are a lot of pros and cons. Now we can’t imagine living this modern life without a phone, right?
Let’s learn some phrases together to talk about this topic!
< How to study>
1. Get to know important vocab and become acquainted with grammar concepts.
2. Watch the video without subtitles initially, then review with subtitles.
3. Listen repeatedly and mimic the speaker. Aim to listen at least once daily until you’re comfortable with the sentence structures and expressions.
Vocabulary list
| SNS (에스엔에스) | social media |
| 놀이터 | playground |
| 문자 | text |
| 간단하다 | to be simple |
| 대화 | conversation |
| 심심하다 | to be bored |
| 눕다 | to lay down |
| 불편하다 | to be inconvenient |
| 지도 | map |
| 길(을) 잃다 | to get lost |
| 모든 것 | everything |
| 쉽게 | easily |
| 정보 | information |
| 다양하다 | various, different |
| 자료 | material |
| 언어 | language |
| 장점 | pros, advantage |
| 단점 | cons, disadvantage |
| 적당하게 | moderately |
| 사용하다 | to use |
Grammar points
| 이나/나 | or (with nouns) |
| 거나 | or (with verbs) |
| (으)로 | used to indicate direction, destination, method or reason |
| 아/어/해서 | and, because |
| ㄹ/을 때 | when |
| –어/아/해야 되다/하다 | have to, need to |
| -ㄹ/을 수 있다 | can, be able to |
Put your best effort into understanding the video as you listen.
And remember to mimic it too!
This practice will aid in cultivating a natural Korean accent and tone.
(The script is down below!)
<Script>
옛날에는 스마트폰이 없었어요. 사람들이 인스타나 유투브 등 sns를 거의 안 했어요.
In the past, there were no smartphones. People rarely did social media such as Instagram or YouTube.
학교가 끝나면 친구들이랑 놀이터에서 놀았어요.
After school, I hung out with my friends at the playground.
음악은 CD로 들었어요.
I listened to music on CD.
문자와 전화를 주로 했었어요. 휴대폰으로는 간단한 게임만 할 수 있었어요.
I mostly texted and called. I could only play simple games on my phone
가족이랑 대화도 많이 했어요. 일요일에는 항상 가족과 티비를 봤었어요.
I also talked a lot with my family. On Sundays, I always watched TV with my family.
심심할 때는 책을 읽거나 침대에 누워서 음악을 들었어요. 불편한 점들도 많았어요.
When I was bored, I read a book or listened to music lying in bed. There were also many inconveniences.
노래는 항상 CD나 MP3로 들어야 했어요. 지도가 없어서 항상 길을 잃었어요.
I always had to listen to music on CD or MP3. I was always lost because I didn’t have a map.
컴퓨터 게임도 더 많이 했어요. 지금은 스마트폰으로 모든 것을 할 수 있어요.
I also played more computer games. Now I can do everything with my smartphone.
쉽게 정보들을 찾을 수 있어요. 다양한 자료가 많아서, 언어 공부도 더 쉽게 할 수 있어요.
I can easily find information. There are a lot of different materials, so I can study languages more easily.
휴대폰으로 책도 읽을 수 있어요. 하지만 가끔씩 휴대폰을 너무 많이 해요.
I can even read books on my phone. But sometimes I use my phone too much.
밤늦게까지 유투브를 보거나 넷플릭스를 봐요.
I watch YouTube or Netflix until late at night.
가족이랑 있을 때도 대화하지 않고 휴대폰을 봐요.
Even when I’m with my family, we don’t talk and look at our cell phones.
스마트폰에는 장단점이 많아요. 항상 적당하게 사용해야 해요.
Smartphones have many pros and cons. We should always use it moderately.
<Korean Script>
옛날에는 스마트폰이 없었어요. 사람들이 인스타나 유투브 등 sns를 거의 안 했어요.
학교가 끝나면 친구들이랑 놀이터에서 놀았어요. 음악은 CD로 들었어요.
문자와 전화를 주로 했었어요. 휴대폰으로는 간단한 게임만 할 수 있었어요.
가족이랑 대화도 많이 했어요. 일요일에는 항상 가족과 티비를 봤었어요.
심심할 때는 책을 읽거나 침대에 누워서 음악을 들었어요. 불편한 점들도 많았어요.
노래는 항상 CD나 MP3로 들어야 했어요. 지도가 없어서 항상 길을 잃었어요.
컴퓨터 게임도 더 많이 했어요. 지금은 스마트폰으로 모든 것을 할 수 있어요.
쉽게 정보들을 찾을 수 있어요. 다양한 자료가 많아서, 언어 공부도 더 쉽게 할 수 있어요.
휴대폰으로 책도 읽을 수 있어요. 하지만 가끔씩 휴대폰을 너무 많이 해요.
밤늦게까지 유투브를 보거나 넷플릭스를 봐요.
가족이랑 있을 때도 대화하지 않고 휴대폰을 봐요.
스마트폰에는 장단점이 많아요. 항상 적당하게 사용해야 해요.
<English Script>
In the past, there were no smartphones. People rarely did social media such as Instagram or YouTube.
After school, I hung out with my friends at the playground. I listened to music on CD.
I mostly texted and called. I could only play simple games on my phone.
I also talked a lot with my family. On Sundays, I always watched TV with my family.
When I was bored, I read a book or listened to music lying in bed. There were also many inconveniences.
I always had to listen to music on CD or MP3. I was always lost because I didn’t have a map.
I also played more computer games. Now I can do everything with my smartphone.
I can easily find information. There are a lot of different materials, so I can study languages more easily.
I can even read books on my phone. But sometimes I use my phone too much.
I watch YouTube or Netflix until late at night.
Even when I’m with my family, we don’t talk and look at our cell phones.
Smartphones have many pros and cons. We should always use it moderately.
You can also find this on Spotify/Google Podcasts.
Listen to it frequently whenever you have some spare time.
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