Lazy Mailman Hides Letters
LAZY MAILMAN HIDES LETTERS
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- Is it ever okay to tell a white lie? When?
선의의 거짓말은 괜찮은 경우가 있나요? 언제요? - Can you usually tell when someone is lying?
누군가가 거짓말하는 것을 보통 알아챌 수 있나요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Residents in one Oslo neighborhood were not getting any mail."WHAT IS GOING ON?" they asked each other.They told the Norwegian Postal Service about the problem.The postal authorities SMELLED A RAT.They began to LOOK INTO the problem.They DROPPED IN at the home of the mailman for that neighborhood.They couldn't believe their eyes.They CAME ACROSS piles of mail in the man's house. There were AT LEAST 900 pounds of letters and packages.It seems the mailman was too lazy to finish his route everyday.Most bosses are happy when an employee takes work home, but not the Norwegian Postal Service.They fired the mailman AT ONCE.
1.What did residents in Oslo ask each other?
2.When postal authorities smeeled a rat, what did they do?
3.How did they react when they went to the mailman's home?
4.What did they come across?
4.How many pounds of mail were there?
5.Why didn't the mailman deliver the mail?
6.What did the Norwegian Postal Service do?
1) What's going on - what is happening?
2) smell a rat - think there may be something wrong or illegal
3) look into something - investigate; examine something
4) drop in (at a place) - visit for a short time, often unexpectedly
5) come across something - find something by chance
6) at least - a minimum of; no fewer than
7) at once - immediately
Comprehension Check
Answer the questions about what you read.
읽은 내용에 대한 질문에 답해 보세요.
- Have you ever received a package from oher countries?
- Is there a mailman in your town?
- Have you tried speaking to a mailman?
- Do you have a stamp collection?5. When was the the last time you received a mail?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
"discuss"는 타동사이므로 "about"을 쓰지 않습니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- What was the most surprising thing you learned about lazy mailman hides letters from this passage?
이 지문에서 lazy mailman hides letters에 대해 가장 놀라웠던 점은 무엇인가요? - How does the topic of lazy mailman hides letters affect your daily life?
lazy mailman hides letters 주제가 당신의 일상에 어떻게 영향을 미치나요? - Do you agree with the main argument presented in the reading? Why or why not?
읽기 자료에 제시된 주요 주장에 동의하시나요? 왜 그런가요, 왜 아닌가요? - If you could share one idea from this lesson with a friend, what would it be?
이 수업에서 친구에게 공유하고 싶은 한 가지 아이디어는 무엇인가요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: LAZY MAILMAN HIDES LETTERS
Level: Low Intermediate (L.I)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!