Any Advice? Yoojin, Cindy, Minji, & Sunny

Four students from Busan University of Foreign Studies discuss life challenges they currently face. 

Yoojin	Cindy	Minji	Sunny

Vocabulary (defined as used in this conversation)

• harsh: Cruel or severe
• significant other: a spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend
• generalize: to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
• package deal:  all the good and bad parts of a situation
• how it turns out: the result, what happens in the end
• to break up: to end a romantic relationship
• to be faithful: to not cheat on someone in a relationship
• to wait for someone: to stay faithful to a romantic interest while they are away
• a big deal:  an important or impressive event or situation
• to go abroad: to travel to a different country
• stay in touch: to maintain contact with someone
• buddies:  close friends
• crave:  to have a strong desire for something specific
• raises an intersting question:  a conversational point that leads to a related questio
• nagging: to frequently complain about, find fault, or make suggestions 
• sign off:  to end a broadcast

Langauge Tweaks

• follow his opinion > do what he wants
• prove him > show him or prove to him
• If you don't have some brave, I will break up for you >  If you aren't brave enough, I will break up for you
• how to do you goal > how to achieve your goal
• coworkers are comfortable > coworkers are comforrable with each other
• I am so stressful > It is so stressful  or  I am so stressed

Pronunciation

• des·ti·ny   /ˈdɛstəni/ 
• world·wide   /ˈwɜrldˈwaɪd/
• fo·cus   /ˈfoʊkəs/
• draw·ing   /ˈdrɔɪŋ/
• rep·re·sent·a·tive   /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv/ 
• stub·born   /ˈstʌbərn/
• do·nut   /ˈdoʊnət, -ˌnʌt/
• ges·ture   /ˈdʒɛstʃər/ 
• Con·fu·cian   /kənˈfyuʃən/
• con·fu·sion   /kənˈfyuʒən/
• both·er   /ˈbɒðər/
  
  Pronuciation from Dictionary.com

Listening Comprehension

• What advice does Sunny give  to Yoojin?
• When is Cindy's boyfriend leaving for the Army?
• What kind of work does Minji want to do?  What do her parents want her to do?
• What does Sunny's boss nag her about?

Discussion Questions

• What advice would you have given each of these conversation participants?
• Do you think a boyfriend or  girlfriend has the right to 'not allow' their partner to to not meet friends of the opposite gender?
• Is there any difference between a girlfriend meeting 'guy friends' or a boyfriend meeting woman friends?
• What are the most diffucult parts of maintaining a long-distance relationship?
• What would you do if you parents didn't support your career goals?
• Who was the best/worst boss you ever had?