전화영어 - Day 023 (20190504)

Part 1

• Question
  • What plant do you like?
• Answer (In my case)
  • I like a lot of kinds of plants. Especially, I love plant to have good smell such as Akasiya and flowers. I sometimes buy a flower and give it to my wife.
• Answer (Correction)
  • I like plants with nice fragrance/odor such as flowering plants. So sometimes, I even buy flowers and give them to my wife.

  fragrance : 향기

• Question
  • Have you ever grow any plant?
• Answer (In my case)
  • Yes, I grew trees such as apple tree and grape tree when I was young. And I’m growing small plants in my home.
• Answer (Correction)
  • Yes, I grew trees such as apple tree and grape tree when I was young. And nowadays, I’m growing small plants in my home.

  nowadays 를 넣어서 현재 기르고 있는 중인 것을 확실하게

• Question
  • Do you think plant is good gift?
• Answer (In my case)
  • Yes, I think it is very good gift for someone. Because it can be good interior goods for them. And it can makes air fresh in their home.
• Answer (Correction)
  • Yes, I think so because it can be a good interior decoration for the receiver and can also freshen their indoor air. When taken care of can grow and last for a long time, so the receiver can always remember the person who gave it

  goods -> decoration

  fresh -> freshen

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Part 2

• Question
  • Describe a person you wanted to be similar to when you were growing up
  • You should say:
    • When you first met the person
    • Who this person was
    • What the person did
    • And why you would like to become this person
• Answer (In my case)
  • When I was growing up, I wanted to be similar to my grandfather. When I was young, I had lived with my grandparents because my parents are so busy. The reason why I want to be similar to my grandfather is that he was very professional in his work and also very kind for his family. He had very firm his opinion and he sometimes argued with some people. So, some people scared him. However, many people respected him because of his achivements and teaching. I thought he was very smart and always ethusastic what he did. On the other hand, he was very kind person in home. And he loved animals and plants. So, he grew up many plants in his yard and dogs, always. When I saw him, I always wanted to resemble him. And I thought I would be a person who is respected by many people and would be a person who is kind and homely. So, I’m trying to be a person likes him at work and home.
• Answer (Correction)
  • When I was young, I lived with my grandparents because my parents were both busy at work. During that time, I already admired my grandfather who was a professor because I saw how people respected him. He had firm opinion and sometimes debated with others so some were scared of him, but actually at home, he was a very gentle person. In fact, he loved growing plants and animals. He had different species of plants in the garden and he had some pet dogs as well. While growing he had become my role-model and I wanted to emulate him as a professor and a father at him. I always want to be respected in the society but I always to be loved by my family.

  argued -> debated

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Part 3

• Question
  • What kinds of famous people do children in your country like?
• Answer (In my case)
  • In my country, children’s favorite kinds of person is a entertainer. It is because that they can be seen to them easily. And they always are fancy. So, children think they are gorgeous and admire them.
• Answer (Correction)
  • Many children in my country admire entertainers such as singer and actors. For them, they look gorgeous and sophisticated. They also think that, they are living very fancy and luxurious so they usually look up to them.

• Question
  • What good qualities do famous people have?
• Answer (Homework)
  • I think they have passion for their work and modesty. Becase if they aren’t, people are going to loose their attention for them. And they are always faithful and do the efforts for what they do.
• Answer (Correction)
  • I think they have passion for their work and modesty. Becase if they (aren’t) DON’T, people are NOT going to (loose their) PAY attention (for) TO them. And they are always faithful and (do) GIVE (the) efforts (for) TO what they do.

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Correction Others

• father-in-law : 시아버지/장인어른
• mother-in-law : 시어머니/장모
• cactus : 선인장