안녕하세요 여러분, 요즘의 우리나라 날씨가 어떠했는지를 묻는 질문을 함께 알아보겠습니다. 만약 오픽 시험을 치는 때가 겨울이라면, 겨울의 일반적인 날씨를 떠올려서 눈이 왔고 너무 추웠으며 바람이 강하게 불었다고
‘과거시제’로 답하면 되겠습니다. 또한 답변의 마지막에는 따뜻한 봄이 어서 찾아오기를 기다리고 있다는 자신의
생각을 덧붙이면 더욱 좋겠네요. 만약 오픽 시험에서 이 질문을 받았을 때가 여름이라면, 여름의 더웠던 날씨를
역시나 ‘과거시제’로 대답을 묘사하고, 선선한 가을이 오기를 기다린다고 설명한다면 훌륭하겠죠!
오늘의 모범 답안에서는 더웠던 여름 날씨를 묘사하면서 여름 동안 큰 이슈였던‘누진세’ 또한 간단하게 설명해
보도록 하겠습니다.
[ 유용한 표현 – 요즘의 날씨 ]
heat wave warning 폭염 주의보
weather agency 기상청
unbearable 견딜 수 없는
tropical night phenomenon 열대야 현상
sweltering 푹푹 찌는듯한, 무더운
progressive system 누진세
outdated 구식인
자, 그렇다면 예상 질문과 함께 답변도 준비해 볼까요?
[Q] The weather varies greatly from season to season. Tell me what the weather has been like these days. Provide as many details as possible
[Model Answer]The weather has been really hot last summer. We’ve had continuous rains and now it’s the beginning of fall. I think the average temperature last summer was way higher than the average. I got heat wave warnings from the weather agency almost every day. The unbearable heat wave has made some changes to our daily lives.
For example, I couldn’t live without an air-conditioner I couldn’t think of going out for outdoor activities
in the hot weather because the average temperature was over 35 degrees Celsius. Many people have had
a hard time going to sleep because of tropical night phenomenon and I was no exception. Under the hot
and sweltering weather, many people in Korea have been worried about the progressive system. People in Korea think that it is outdated and unfair to household users because it doesn’t apply to companies or registered business users. The long summer has finally been over and the weather has started to get cooler.
I’m so happy because fall has come and I can feel the cool breeze these days!
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