무지개청소년센터입니다. 무엇을 도와 드릴까요?
This is Rainbow Youth Center. What can I help?
우리 아이가 학교 생활을 힘들어해요. 초등학생 때는 자주 1, 2등도 하곤 했는데 중학생이 되면서 성적이 많이 떨어졌어요.
My child is having a hard time at school. When she was an elementary school student, she used to rank the first and second, but her grades dropped a lot as she became a middle school student.
다문화가족이시지요? 다문화가족 청소년들의 적응을 돕기 위한 멘토링 프로그램이 있는데 참가해 보시겠어요?
You’re a multicultural family, aren’t you? There is a mentoring program that helps the adaptation of the teenagers of multicultural families. Would you like to participate?
그럼 공부에 도움을 받을 수 있어요?
Can my child get some help with her study, then?
네, 멘토가 주 1회 일대일로 학생에게 필요한 학습 지원을 해 드립니다.
Yes, a mentor will provide the necessary support for learning once a week.
우리 아이에게 정말 유용한 프로그램이군요.
That’s a very useful program for my child.
V+ 곤 하다
It is attached to the stem of an action verb to indicate certain behavior repeatedly happens within a period.
어렸을 때는 친구들과 자주 산에서 놀곤 했어요.
When I was young, I used to play in the mountains often with my friends.
저는 요즘 시간이 날 때마다 틈틈이 시를 쓰곤 해요.
I write poetry whenever I have time these days.
제가 예전에는 여행을 자주 다니곤 했는데 요즘은 시간이 없어서 도저히 갈 수가 없어요.
I used to travel a lot in the past, but I cannot anymore because I’m too busy these days.
Related words
무지개청소년센터 Rainbow Youth Center
an organization that supports migrant youth (North Korean migrant teenagers, multicultural teenagers, immigrated teenagers, etc.)
청소년 teenager
적응 adaptation
멘토링 프로그램 mentoring program
멘토 mentor
일대일 one-to-one
지원 support
유용하다 to be useful
Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute