19 two-turn dialogues about 자원, illustrating 8 words from this category at 4급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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너, 분리수거 열심히 하는구나.
You're really diligent about sorting your recycling, huh.
응, 환경을 보호하려면 분리수거를 철저히 해야지.
Yeah, to protect the environment, you have to sort it thoroughly.
이사는 왜 가려고?
Why are you moving?
거주 환경이 별로 안 좋아서.
Because the living environment isn't that great.
청소년들이 건전한 환경에서 성장할 수 있도록 해야 합니다.
We need to make sure young people can grow up in a healthy environment.
네, 그래서 주위 환경을 개선해야 하겠죠.
Yes, so we should improve the surrounding environment.
너, 분리수거 열심히 하는구나.
You're really diligent about sorting your recycling, huh.
응, 환경을 보호하려면 분리수거를 철저히 해야지.
Yeah, to protect the natural environment, you have to sort it thoroughly.
이사는 왜 가려고?
Why are you moving?
거주 환경이 별로 안 좋아서.
Because the living environment isn't that great.
청소년들이 건전한 환경에서 성장할 수 있도록 해야 합니다.
We need to make sure young people can grow up in a healthy environment.
네, 그래서 주위 환경을 개선해야 하겠죠.
Yes, so we should improve the surrounding environment.
나한테 예술은 너무 뜬구름만 잡는 것같이 느껴져.
To me, art feels like just chasing clouds.
예술은 물질의 세계와 다른, 보이지 않는 세계를 다루는 것이니 그렇게 느낄 수 있지.
Art deals with the invisible world, different from the world of matter, so you can feel that way.
돈만 주면 뭐든 다 되는 세상이라는 가사, 참 직설적이다.
The lyrics saying it's a world where money can get you anything are really blunt.
응, 물질을 좇는 세태를 풍자한 거지.
Yeah, it's satirizing the trend of chasing material wealth.
아이들 장난감에서 독성 물질이 검출되었다는 기사 봤어?
Did you see the article about toxic substances being found in kids' toys?
응, 아이들 장난감은 특히 안전해야 하는 건데 정말 놀랐어.
Yeah, toys for children especially should be safe, so I was really shocked.
가게 문이 닫혀 있네?
The store is closed?
먼 데서 여기까지 왔는데 힘들게 괜히 에너지만 낭비했네.
We came all this way, and we just wasted our energy for nothing.
이 커다란 기계를 돌리기 위해서는 엄청난 에너지가 필요하겠다.
Running this huge machine must require an enormous amount of energy.
응, 그래서 이 공장에는 자체 발전소가 있대.
Yeah, that's why they say this factory has its own power plant.
우리 학생들은 나라를 이끌어 갈 소중한 자원입니다.
Our students are precious resources who will lead this country.
네, 가정에서도 잘 가르치겠습니다.
Yes, we'll make sure to teach them well at home too.
이런, 쇠에 녹이 슬었잖아.
Oh no, the iron has rusted.
아이들이 녹슨 쇠에 다치지 않게 저쪽으로 치워 놓자.
Let's move it over there so the kids don't get hurt on the rusty iron.
어디서 고약한 화학 물질 냄새가 나는데….
I smell some nasty chemical smell somewhere...
고무 타는 냄새 같은데 어디에 불이 났나?
It smells like burning rubber. Did something catch fire?
외국인 친구에게 한국 전통문화를 보여 주고 싶은데 뭐가 좋을까?
I want to show my foreign friend Korean traditional culture. What would be good?
한복을 입고 춤과 함께 전통 악기인 북을 연주하는 고무는 어때?
How about a rubber performance where you wear hanbok and play the traditional drum along with dancing?
제가 이번 축구부 경기를 좀 보러 가도 될까요?
Can I go watch this soccer team's game?
물론이죠. 교장 선생님께서 응원을 오시면 선수들이 훨씬 고무가 되고 아주 좋을 겁니다.
Of course. If the principal comes to cheer, the players will be greatly encouraged and it will be great.
날씨가 더워서 아이스크림이 많이 팔리겠어요.
With the hot weather, ice cream must be selling well.
네, 맞아요. 철이 더워지니까 아이스크림 판매가 늘었어요.
Yes, that's right. As it gets warmer, ice cream sales have gone up.
휴가를 떠날 철인데 어디 안 놀러 가?
It's the season for vacations—aren't you going anywhere?
응, 다들 휴가라고 놀러 가는데 나는 일이 많아서 휴가도 못 가게 생겼어.
Yeah, everyone's going on vacation, but I have so much work I probably can't even take one.
아, 귤이 먹고 싶은데 어디 살 수 있는데 없을까?
Oh, I'm craving tangerines. Is there anywhere I can buy them?
지금은 귤이 나올 철이 아니라서 아마 못 구할걸.
It's not the season for tangerines right now, so you probably won't find any.
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These 19 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 8 4급 words in this category — 환경, 환경, 물질, 에너지, 자원 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.
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.