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high school days.


Question.
Can you describe your high school days?


Answer.

As most Koreans what agree high school in Korea is all about studying to get into a prestigious university. It was pretty much the same for me. I had to wake up 6:30 in the morning to get ready for school. I walked to school which was about 20 minutes away on foot. I normally arrived at school by 8 o'clock. In the morning I used to have 4 classes. Lunch started at 12:40 and the afternoon classes begin at half past 1. We normally had 4 classes in the afternoon. After regular classes, we took makeup classes until 6 o'clock. When school is over, many of us headed to cram schools and took a extra courses until late at night.


Key Sentences.

1. As most Koreans what agree, high school in Korea is all about studying to get into a prestigious university.

 - As most Koreans what agree : 대부분의 한국사람들이 동의하겠지만

1-1. It was pretty much the same for me.


2. I had to wake up at 6:30 in the morning to get ready for school.

 - get ready for : ~할 준비를 하다

2-1. I walked to school which was about 20 minutes away on foot.

 - = I walket to school which was a 20-minute-walk.
 - My office is 10 stops (away) from here.
 
2-2. I normally arrived at school by 8 o'clock.

 - by : 즈음하여.  cf. at 정확한 시간
 - eightish : 8시 즈음하여 (by eight)
    = at around eightish = I normally arrived at school eightish.


3. In the morning I used to have 4 classes. Lunch started at 12:40 and the afternoon classes begin at half past 1.

 - half past 1 = 1:30

3-1. We normally had 4 classes in the afternoon.


4. After regular classes, we took makeup classes until 6 o'clock.

 - make-up class : 보충수업


5. When school is over, many of us headed to cram schools and took a extra courses until late at night.

 - cram school : to prepare an examination for high school students (심화학습, SAT준비 등)
 - craming on STH : study really hard, a lot of studying (in a very short period time), 벼락치기



Expession.

Just take it one step at a time.