Married Vs Single
MARRIED VS SINGLE
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- What kind of music do you like?
어떤 음악을 좋아하세요? - Do you play any musical instruments?
악기를 다룰 줄 아세요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Why do so many people assume that all single people are lonely? This really gets my hackles up. I have been unmarried all my life and I wouldn’t have it any other way.I’ve seen a number of those so-called wonderful marriages, and all I have to say is, “No, thank you.” Married people must account to one another for every living minute. Each has the right to know where the other is at all times, how much money he or she spends and on what.Marriage demands that everything be shared. Once you are married there is no such thing as “mine.” It’s all “ours.”I enjoy coming home at night to a quiet, serene house where I can relax. I see and listen to people all day. I don’t need to hear ant more voices. If I want to talk, there is the telephone. If I want company I have plenty of neighbors and friends. But it’s my choice.I know married women who are lonely as hell, not to mention the ones who are stuck with alcoholics, gamblers, skirt-chasers and sex-maniacs. Surely others must see this, too. I am puzzled as to why so many single women think they are missing so much. Maybe it’s because people have a tendency to long for what they don’t have instead of counting their blessings.
Dialogue Practice
Practice the dialogue with your teacher.
선생님과 대화를 연습해 보세요.
- What kind of prejudice do most folks have about single people?
- What does the writer name as being married people’s obligations?
- What kind of freedom does the writer think single people enjoy?
- What is the writer puzzled about?
- Why do single people think they are missing so much?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
전치사(of, about, in, at 등) 뒤에는 동명사(-ing)가 옵니다. 동사원형이 아닙니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- assume: take (something) for granted; suppose
- get (somebody’s) hackles up: make (somebody) angry 3.account: explain why (something) has happened or why (somebody) did (something)
- serene: unaffected by disturbance; calm and unruffled
- not to mention: phrase used to introduce extra information or emphasize what one is saying
- stuck with: unable to get rid of
- skirt-chaser: womanizer
- maniac: insane person; one who acts in a wildly irresponsible way
- tendency: natural disposition to move or act in some direction or toward some resultWhat does it mean?
- Married people must account to one another for every living minute.
- It’s my choice.
- People have a tendency to long for what they don’t have instead of counting their blessings.
Extra Practice
- Why do people marry?
- Will you marry or remain single?
- What do you think about people staying unmarried?
- Talk about the good things and bad things about marriage.
- Do you think unmarried people an “odd,” “strange” breed?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: MARRIED VS SINGLE
Level: High Advanced (H.A)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!