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PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

The club

The Mapo library on a Saturday morning, Eli's first reading-aloud club: slower than on the radio, I'm Eli, I'm a science teacher, the slower you read, the better they listen, forty years a postman, I come for the coffee, a breath at every comma, the book low, the more he reads, the more Korean he sounds, next week Mr. Yun is the tiger, and three years now, the longer I do it, the hungrier I get.

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Lesson 2 · The club

Korean · 30 minutes

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The Mapo library's reading room on a Saturday morning, six chairs in a circle and a coffee pot; Ms. Seo and Eli speak politely, Eli formally when he introduces himself, Mr. Yun politely with a retired man's ease.

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라디오보다 천천히요.ra-di-o-bo-da cheon-cheon-hi-yo.Slower than on the radio.
일라이입니다. 과학 교사입니다.il-la-i-im-ni-da. gwa-hak gyo-sa-im-ni-da.I'm Eli. I'm a science teacher.
두 살짜리가 고쳐 줘요.du sal-jja-ri-ga go-chyeo jwo-yo.A two-year-old corrects me.
천천히 읽으면 읽을수록 잘 들어요.cheon-cheon-hi il-geu-myeon il-geul-ssu-rok jal deu-reo-yo.The slower you read, the better they listen.
사십 년 우체부였어요. 커피 마시러 와요.sa-sim nyeon u-che-bu-yeo-sseo-yo. keo-pi ma-si-reo wa-yo.Forty years a postman. I come for the coffee.
쉼표마다 숨 쉬고, 책은 낮게요.swim-pyo-ma-da sum swi-go, chae-geun nat-kke-yo.A breath at every comma, and the book low.
읽을수록 한국 사람 같아요.il-geul-ssu-rok han-guk sa-ram ga-ta-yo.The more he reads, the more Korean he sounds.
다음 주엔 윤 선생님이 호랑이예요.da-eum ju-en yun seon-saeng-ni-mi ho-rang-i-ye-yo.Next week, Mr. Yun, you're the tiger.
삼 년째요. 할수록 배가 고파요.sam nyeon-jjae-yo. hal-ssu-rok bae-ga go-pa-yo.Three years now. The longer I do it, the hungrier I get.