선생님, 모든 쓰레기는 다 매립하나요?
Teacher, is all trash buried in landfills?
토양 오염을 일으키는 폐기물은 소각하기도 한단다.
Waste that causes soil pollution is sometimes incinerated.
환경 문제Korean Conversation: 환경 문제 — TOPIK 6
17 two-turn dialogues about 환경 문제, illustrating 11 words from this category at 6급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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전 세계적으로 산림 훼손이 문제가 되고 있습니다.
Forest destruction is a global issue.
맞습니다. 그 때문에 홍수, 사막화, 물 부족과 같은 현상이 발생하고 있지요.
Exactly. Because of that, we see occurrences like floods, desertification, and water shortages.
우리 집 개가 새끼를 낳았어.
Our dog had puppies.
수컷인 줄 알았는데 암컷이었구나!
I thought it was a male, but it was a female!
밀가루가 뭉쳐 있을 땐 어떻게 하죠?
What do I do when the flour is clumped together?
체에 거르면 뭉친 것이 곱게 풀릴 거예요.
If you strain it through a sieve, the clumps will break up finely.
보고서가 지나치게 긴 감이 있죠?
The report seems overly long, doesn't it?
네, 중요한 내용만 걸러 다시 작성하는 것이 좋겠네요.
Yes, it'd be better to filter out only the important parts and rewrite it.
너 왜 어제 수업을 걸렀니?
Why did you skip class yesterday?
몸이 안 좋아서 수업을 못 들었어요.
I couldn't attend because I wasn't feeling well.
승규는 전자 제품만 보면 분해부터 하고 보는 걸 보니, 기계 다루는 것을 좋아하나 봐.
Seunggyu takes apart any electronic device the moment they see it, so they must like working with machines.
맞아. 분해한 뒤에 다시 조립까지 완벽하게 하는 걸 보면 정말 대단하더라.
Right. It's really impressive to see them put it back together perfectly after taking it apart.
처음 보는 자동차네?
That's a car I've never seen before.
휘발유 대신 전기로 가는 무공해 자동차인데, 이번에 개발된 거야.
It's a pollution-free car that runs on electricity instead of gasoline—it was just developed.
숲에 들어오니 기분이 상쾌하네요.
Coming into the forest, I feel refreshed.
네, 나무들이 울창하게 들어서서 공기가 더 맑은 것 같아요.
Yes, the trees are so luxuriant that the air seems cleaner.
어제 술을 너무 많이 마셨나 봐. 속이 좋지 않아.
I think I drank too much last night. My stomach doesn't feel good.
생태로 탕을 만들어 줄게. 숙취 해소에 좋아.
I'll make you some hwangtae soup. It's good for a hangover.
엄마, 내일 학교에서 갯벌 체험을 하러 가요.
Mom, we're going to the mudflats for a field trip tomorrow.
갯벌에서 생태 교육을 받으면 자연과 더 친해지고 탐구심도 기를 수 있을 거야.
If you learn about ecology at the mudflats, you'll become closer to nature and develop your curiosity.
제비는 왜 겨울에는 우리나라에 없는 거지?
Why aren't swallows in our country during winter?
철새라서 추워지면 남쪽으로 날아가거든.
Because they're migratory birds, so they fly south when it gets cold.
김 의원은 철새 같아. 도대체 당을 몇 번이나 바꾼 거야?
Representative Kim is like a migratory bird. How many times has he switched parties?
맞아. 김 의원은 자기 신념보다는 때마다의 이익을 따라서 당을 바꾸지.
Right. He changes parties following whatever benefits him at the time, not his beliefs.
이 토마토는 다른 토마토들과 모양이 좀 다른 것으로 보아서 돌연변이인가 봐요.
This tomato looks a bit different from the others, so I guess it's a mutation.
여러 효능을 지닌 토마토로 만들기 위해 연구자들이 유전자를 조작했단다.
Researchers modified the genes to create a tomato with various benefits, you see.
이 물고기는 처음 보는 물고기인 것 같은데 이름이 뭐야?
This fish looks like one I've never seen before. What's its name?
돌연변이인지 이 호수에서만 발견되는 물고기여서 아직 이름이 없어.
It might be a mutation, or it's only found in this lake, so it doesn't have a name yet.
오빠, 언니는 다 공부 잘하는데 우리 집에 왜 나 같은 돌연변이가 나왔지?
Brother, my sisters all study well, so why did a mutation like me come out in our family?
글쎄, 네가 노력을 안 한 건 아니고?
Well, it's not like you didn't try, right?
무엇이 배 쪽으로 오고 있나요?
What's coming toward the ship?
물 위로 보이는 얼음덩어리를 보니 빙산이 다가오고 있습니다.
Seeing the ice mass above the water, an iceberg is approaching.
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How do you talk about 환경 문제 in Korean?
These 17 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 11 6급 words in this category — 폐기물, 산림, 암컷, 거르다, 분해 and the rest. Each is two turns, so what you see is not only how the word is used but what it is usually said in answer to.
Are these dialogues natural Korean?
They are written examples rather than transcribed speech, so they are tidier than a real conversation and shorter. What they are not is translated English: they were written in Korean, by Korean lexicographers, to show how the word behaves — which is why the speech levels and the sentence endings in them are worth copying.
Dialogues, translations and word meanings from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.