35th TOPIK 2| 30
Hi there! Welcome to my study blog. Today we will continue with the 30th exercise from the 35th TOPIK 2 exam.
In this exercise we can get a glimpse of how they held the banquets during the Joseon era. This text was fun and informative so let’s dive in and check the unknown words:
Vocabulary:
명절 (名節): national holiday
잔치를 열다: to throw a party
귀한 (貴) 음식: precious food
성대하다 (盛大): grand, impressive
지위 (地位): status, rank
백성 (百姓): subjects, people
의도 (意圖): intention, purpose
과시하다 (誇示): to show
풍습 (風習): manners and customs
대접하다 (待接): to receive
Also at this point I just found myself struggling with new words,so I figured that getting the Hanjas right might help me remembering the traslations. This list won`t be inclusive, I`ll put only the ones down there which I found particularly hard to remember.
Hanja:
성 (盛): abundant, flourishing, contain
지 (地): earth, soil, region
위 (位): position, rank, seat
백 (百): one hundred, numerous
성 (姓): clan, people
의 (意): opinion,idea, thought
과 (誇): exaggerate, brag
풍(風): wind, air, manners
대 (待): treat, entertain, receive
접 (接): receive, continue, catch
마지막으로 I found some great expressions which could be great assets later on and these are the folowing:
나라에 축하할 일이 생기다
음식을 가득 차려 놓다
행사를 치르다
높은 지위의 사람
에게 나눠 주다
능력을 과시하다
Care to do some translation exercise?
During big national holidays or celebrations they held a banquet at the castle
They put delicious and precious food on the table
But the food was not only for the king and the high ranking people
In order to distribute the food after the banquet to the people living in poverty they deliberately prepared more.
Through the party
Wanting to share the country`s happiness with the people
And here are the answers:
큰 명절이나 나라에 축하할 일이 생겼을 때 중궁에서 잔치를 열었다.
맛있고 귀한 음식을 차려 놓았다.
그러나 음식이 왕과 지위의 높은 사람들만을 위한 것은 아니었다
잔치가 끝난 뒤 가난한 백성들에게 나누어 주기 위해 일부러 많은 음식을 준비했던 것이다
잔치를 통해
나라의 기쁨을 백성들과 나누려고 한다