Cram Schools

Question 1

~에 관해서

이번에는 학원에 관해서 이야기할게요

Answer 1

~in relation to, about, regarding

This time, I’ll talk about cram schools or academies

Question 2

~다니다

한국 사람들은 학원을 정말 많이 다녀요

Answer 2

To attend regularly

Koreans go to a lot of cram schools

Question 3

그리고 정말 다양한 학원이 있어요

Answer 3

There are various kinds of cram schools

Question 4

~는데

제가 어렸을 때도 학원을 많이 다녔는데요

Answer 4

Implies that this part of her story is not over

When I was young I also went to many cram schools

Question 5

우선

우선 피아노 학원을 다녔어요

Answer 5

First (before anything else), first of all, to begin with, priority

First, I went to a piano academy

Question 6

미술

그리고 미술 학원을 다녔어요

Answer 6

Fine art

And (then) went to an art class

Question 7

수학
가르쳐 주는

그리고 영어와 수학을 가르쳐 주는 학원을 다녔습니다

Answer 7

Math
Teach + to give - teaches you

And also went to cram schools that taught English and math

Question 8

국어
과목

제가 어릴 때 제 친구들은 보통 피아노 학원, 아니면 태권도 학원, 아니면 이렇게 영어, 국어, 수학 등 학교 과목을 가르치는 그런 학원을 주로 다녔어요

Answer 8

Korean language (used to refer to refer to the subject or by Koreans)
Subject

When I was young, my friends usually went to a piano or Tae-kein-do academy, or mostly went to cram schools that taught English, Korean, Math, and other school subjects

Question 9

~더라고

그런데 요즘에는 학원이 정말 다양해졌더라고요

Answer 9

~conveying what you’ve observed, relaying your experience (“I’ve noticed”)

But these days, I’ve noticed that the cram schools have become so diverse

Question 10

우선 발레 학원 있습니다

Answer 10

First, there is a ballet academy (are ballet academies)

Question 11

~이래요

발레 우행이래요

Answer 11

~shortened form of 이라고 해요 meaning “they say that”

Apparently ballet is popular

Question 12

악기
다루다

그리고 악기를 다루는 학원이 다양해졌어요

Answer 12

(Musical) Instrument
Handle, treat, deal with

Also, cram schools that teach instruments have branched out a lot

Question 13

뿐만

피아노 뿐만 아니라 바이올린, 플루트 등 다양한 악을 가르치는 학원 많다고 해요

Answer 13

Not only, besides

Besides piano, there are many cram schools that teach various instruments like violin and the flute

Question 14

쭉으로

그리고 운동 쪽으로 가면요, 발레 가르치는 학원도 있고요, 밸리 댄스를 가르치는 학원도 있고요, 축구, 그리고 또 태권도

Answer 14

To go to the side of, moving on to…

And if we move on to sports, there are places that teach ballet, there are cram schools that teach belly dancing, soccer, and also Tae-Kwon-do

Question 15

줄넘기

요즘에는 줄넘기를 어떻게 하는지 가르쳐 주는 그런 학원도 생겼대요

Answer 15

Jump rope (literally to skip over rope)

Apparently, there is a cram school that teaches (how to) jump rope

Question 16

바둑
두다

그리고 바둑을 두는 학원도 많고요, 또 인라인스케이트나 자전거를 가르쳐 주는 그런 학원도 있다고 합니다

Answer 16

The game of Go
Put, set, place
바둑 두다 - Play Go

And there are a lot of cram schools that teach (the game of) Go, and those that teach inline skates and bicycles

Question 17

정말 다양하죠?

Answer 17

So diverse, right?

Question 18

말하다
-어떻게 말을 잘하는지

그리고 어떻게 말을 잘하는지를 가르치는 스피치 있고요,

Answer 18

Speak, say, talk, tell
- how to speak well

Also, there are speech schools that teach how to speak well

Question 19

독해

책을 어떻게 하면 잘 읽을 수 있는지를 가르쳐 주는 독해 학원도 있다고 해요

Answer 19

Reading comprehension

(And) reading academies that teach how to read a book properly

Question 20

신기하다

정말 신기하죠?

Answer 20

Amazing, wonderful, marvelous

So cool, right?

Question 21

여러분의 나라는 어떠세요?

Answer 21

How about in your country?