homework 1/31

1. Stuck in the snow

15 years ago, it was New Year's Day after of Korea.
I was coming home with my family from my uncle's home by car. It had been snowing for 1 day, everywhere was filled with snow. Finally, we were stuck in the snow on the express highway. It seemed that the snowing never stop.
We had been standing on the express highway for 35 hours. While we were standing on the highway, I and my younger brother could make 2 snowmen of great height. And we even slept in the car on the road. at that time, the highway was not a highway but a huge parking place. Everyone on the highway slept in the car.
It had been going on snowing so the heavy snow caused temporary closure of all schools. When we arrived at home, we had been utterly exhausted. That's the only one of my terrible memory of snowing.


2. Starving

Can you imagine? I feel hungry all the time.
I don't know since when I've felt hungry all the time. I just can guess.
I think my starving has been started since I arrived in Dublin. When I was in Korea, rice is the principal food of me. Ok, exactly, the principal food of the Koreans is rice. At that time, I didn't feel hungry much. Only skip meal could cause starving of me. Because (I don't know exactly) rice has an ability to keep the feeling of fullness. But cireal, potato, hamburger, pizza.... and so on are different. they makes me full quickly and feel hungry quickly too. It's a kind of disaster to me. I've never felt these kind of hungriness. I had liked to eat the kind of foods in Korea, but it was just one time for a day. I can't stand starving. So I often tell my friends "I'm starving!!"


3. My First Cat

Actually, my parents(especially dad) like dogs very much. So before I was born, they already had dogs. It wasn't 'a' dog, it was 'dogs'. Since I was born, I have had a lot of dogs already. They were very clever and friendly pets. I loved them but I wanted to have a kitty. So I asked my parents very carefuly, but they had not permitted. I had known why they answerd no but I really want to get. As you know, the bad relationship of the dogs and the cats was common sense.
One day morning, when I had been woken, I heard sounds of cats out of my door. There are 5 cats. They were very cute kitties. As soon as I had shown them, I shouted to call my parents. So then my dad had come to me and he said that a cat which is their mom would come here soon to bring her kitties. He said she temporarily put them on here to look for food. Anyway as kitties had been being in here, I was very happy. So I gave them some foods and blanket. But after about 3 hours, they had been gone. I was so depressed but now I'm ok. Now I know that the position of us(I and the Cats) is different.


4. My dad told me once that when he helped an woman.
She was a neighbor who was a mute lived nearby my home. She was very poor because she hadn't ability to get a job. Actually my family was not wealthy neither, my dad was used to help other people. And I hadn't known about that before he told me.

Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring - Korean Movie

Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring

2003, Ki-Deok Kim

Actually I don't like Ki-duk Kim who is the director of this movie that much. In this movie, women are always the root of bad things which are happened to men like 'Adam and Eve'. Nevertheless, I watched most of his movies and especially this one is one of my favorite movies. If someone asks me what`s my favorite movie, I would say the title of this movie.
Ki-duk Kim want to talk about human desires in his movie. All of his movies have such a theme. And this movie is too. He described desire using 'Karma' from a Buddhist perspective. We often compare our lives with the seasons. We are trapped in the eternal cycle. It seems like a commonplace idea in my country, but the most important thing about this movie is how it describes desire. This is why this movie is important to me.
When I saw this movie, it was New Year's Day in Korea. I'd wanted to see this movie for a long time, I couldn't take my eyes off the TV when I saw it. So I can't forget what I felt. It was a kind of magic!
The movie was set in a Buddhist temple floating on a beautiful lake. The temple is floating in the middle of the lake and has doors without walls. It was a great landscape for this movie. After I saw the film I wanted to visit the temple, but the it doesn’t exist anymore. It was only a set. It was pulled down after the film, but the lake's own scene is very beautiful, too. So I'll go there someday. Even though in the film the temple doesn't have walls, everyone still uses the doors. I think that's the world which the director thought up. And the invisible walls represent the ways of desire.
A child who was tormenting a frog made me sad because I saw his karma in the scene. When he came back to the temple after he killed his wife, I felt burdened. Spring, summer, fall, winter and spring. Karma cycles over and over again like the seasons and the returning spring is a new spring. I think that it's the same spring but in a different way.

봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄 

김기덕, 2003

사실 나는 김기덕이라는 감독을 그다지 좋아하지 않는다. 그의 영화에서 언제나 여자는 남자들의 모든 잘못의 근원으로 그려지기 때문이다. 마치 아담과 이브에서의 이브처럼 말이다. 하지만 그럼에도 불구하고 나는 그의 영화를 대부분 다 보았고, 특히 이 영화는 좋아하기까지 한다. 누군가 나에게 어떤 영화가 제일 좋으냐고 물으면 이 영화가 제일 먼저 생각날 정도로.
김기덕이 영화 속에서 이야기하고자 하는 바는 항상 같다. 인간의 욕망에 대한 고민. 그리고 이 영화에서 역시 그러하며, 불교의 이야기를 빌어 '업'으로 풀어낸 것이다. 우리는 종종 윤회하는 우리의 삶을 계절에 비유하곤 한다. 그것은 진부한 이야기지만, 중요한 것은 어떻게 풀어내느냐이다. 그래서 이 영화가 내게 중요한 것이다.
설날, TV에서 이 영화가 나오는 것을 봤을 때, 꽤 오랫동안 이 영화가 보고 싶었기에 나는 TV에서 눈을 뗄 수가 없었다. 그래서 나는 그 때의 그 기분을 잊을 수가 없다. 그건 정말이지 마법 같은 것이었다.
호수 한 가운데 떠있는 절과 벽이 없는 문, 어디로든 드나들 수 있으나 꼭 문을 통과해 다니는 사람들, 그리고 욕망. 영화를 보는 동안 너무 아름다운 영상에 취해 그 절에 너무 가보고 싶었지만 그 절은 단지 이 영화를 위해 만들어진 것이었기에 촬영이 끝난 후 곧 허물어졌다. 하지만 호수 그 자체만으로도 충분히 아름답기에, 언젠가는 꼭 가보고 말 것이다. 다시 영화 이야기로 돌아가서, 어린 아이가 개구리를 괴롭히는 장면은 나도 모를 업을 그 아이가 짊어질 것 같아 마음이 무거워지고, 절을 떠났던 동자승이 살인을 하고 돌아왔을 때는 또한 마음이 먹먹해졌다. 아무것도 알지 못하던 어린 시절에 쌓은 업은 여름과 가을 그리고 겨울을 지나 다시 봄, 그렇게 되풀이 된다. 하지만 그 봄은 또한 새로운 봄이다.



Movie Chracters I like / don't like

My Favorite Movie Character

"Captain Jack Sparrow" - Pirates of the Caribbean

I like Captain Jack Sparrow.
I think most of you like him, too.
Because he has both bright side and dark side.
He is very funny guy, has a very funny way of talking but he looks lonely.
He looks like a troublemaker, but actually he is very talented.
So he'll find the key to solve the problem.
Finally, he makes every other people happy.
This is why I laugh but feel depressed when I see him.

Not good for me, but interesting character

"Teresa Lisbon" - The Mentalist (TV Drama)

Frankly speaking, I can't remember which character I don't like.
So I'm going to tell about drama character.
In the drama, my favorite is Jane, but I'll tell Lisbon because I talk about 'not so good'
(But it doesn't mean that I hate her. Just 'not good' for me)
Lisbon is a strict police, but not so much smart.
She seems to behave in priciple, but she always overlooks Jane's breach.
So she is pressed by her boss. She always has a kind of moral pressure.
Actually she is very kind and naive. She doesn't know anything but Jane know everything.
That's why I feel bored when I see her with Jane.



homework 1/20

1. Continuous forms (Possible - P / Impossible - I)

a) He is working in a hotel during the summer holidays. - Now, he is doing his work (P)
b) I've been thinking about what you said yesterday. - after you said, my thinking continues (P)
c) When I saw him, Ben was looking down at his magazine. (P)
d) I don't like the rainy weather. - I think 'like' can't be changed into the continuous form. 'like' is already telling about present and continuance. So the verb presenting emotion(like, love, hate, want, ...etc) can't use as continuous form. (I)
e) Susan has have a lot of problems with her car recently. - 'Have' meaning like 'take' can't use as continuous form. Because I think 'have' contains already continuance like 'like'. (I)
f) While Fred is sitting at home, his wife was out looking for work. (P)
g) I don't know why Juliette is so difficult. (I)
h) Does this umbrella belong to you? (I)

* Continuous form can't use when the verb don't present action. (like love, have, is, belong, ... etc)


2. Past and present verb forms

a) We used to go to Spain for our holidays.
- We went to Spain once. (F)
- We went to Spain more than once. (T)
- We go to Spain now. (NS)

b) If my parents lived nearby, we could see them more often.
- My parents live nearby. (F)
- My parents used to live nearby. (F)
- My parents don't live nearby now. (T)

c) They'd started dinner when we arrived.
- When we arrived, they began eating. (F)
- When we arrived, they were eating. (T)
- When we arrived, the meal was finished. (NS)

d) I worked as a travel courier for several years.
- I'm a travel courier now. (F)
- I used to be a travel courier. (T)
- I was a travel courier at one time. (NS)


3. Auxiliary verbs

a) Write an auxiliary verb in the correct position in each sentence. / b) In which sentence is the auxiliary verb used:
 1) The test wasn't as difficult as we expected, was it? / tag question
 2) I do want to go to the shopping centre with you, honestly! / to add emphsis
 3) Kate wasn't keen on sport before, but now she is. / to avoid repeating a phrase
 4) 'Steve's decided to look for a new job.' 'Has he? What made him want to live? / to show interest
 5) 'Did you see anything unusual in the park, Mr Ball?' 
     'Yes, I did. There was a group of young men acting suspiciously.' / short answer


4. Time Phrases

a) He lived there back in the 1980s.
b) At that time, he was a very rich man.
c) The city continued to grow during the 1990s.
d) I don't see my cousin much these days.
e) They are currently recording a new album in Paris.
f) The former President still has a lot of influence.
g) I'm very busy right now. Could you call back in half an hour?


5. Phrases with get - What does get mean in the sentences?

a) The situation is going to get worse. - get means 'become'
b) It took her a long time to get the joke. - get means 'understand'
c) We decided not to get the bus. - get means 'take'
d) I got a phone call from Carol last night. - get means 'receive'
e) What time did you get home last night? - get means 'arrive'

Coffee and Tea

a: Oh, hi! I'm going to buy present for my sister.
    I think tea is better. She and I do love drink a kind of tea.
    But I can't choose what tea is better.
b: Do you? I think... green tea is better.
    Because, coffee has so much caffeine.
    And it's just my opinion, I think green tea or black tee has less caffeine than coffee, aren't teay?
a: Yes, they are. Actually I think so but caffeine is not always bad thing. It's efficient in some cases.
    For example, when you have to finish your work until tonight, caffeine makes you concentrate it, isn't it?
b: Yeah, I agree. But sometimes caffeine offends me, too.
    So much Caffeine will make you nervousm, isn't it?
a: Ok, but, green tea and black tee have much caffeine, too.
    I don't know exactly about that, coffee and tea have different caffeine in it.
    So.... I will buy green tea. Because black tea makes my teeth colored.
    If I grin at somebody I like with coloring teeth.... oh my god.... Can you imagin that, don't you?
b: Yeah, Nice choice!