A Hello Kate. How are you today?
B I am good, William. How about you?
A I am fine, but I am a bit concerned about the new student.
B Oh, the new student in Yale class. Why are you worried about her?
A I think she doesn't get along with her classmates.
She doesn't appear to have any friends.
B Well, she is a bit diffrent. I heard that her mother is from Russia
and her father is Korean. I heard they got married in Russia
and moved to Seoul recently.
A I heard that too. Have you spoken to her?
B I have not spoken to her.
And I don't know anyone else who has talked to her.
I did see her father pick her up after school one day.
I heard him speak Korean to her and she spoke back to hime in Korean.
A She also seems to be doind well in school,
so her Korean must be pretty good then.
She probably speaks Russian and Korean.
I want to talk to her, But she seems so cold.
B Yes, she looks nery different too. Her hair is different.
She dresses differently.
A I know. Why do you think she does that?
Is that how people dress in Russia? I don't think it looks very good.
B I think she looks scary dressed in black all the time.
A I tried to talk to her once outside after school.
B You did! What did you say to her?
A I wanted to ask her about her mom and dad.
I wanted to ask her about her life in Russia.
But I just asked her how she was doing. Guess what she did?
B What?
A She answered me in Russian. I had no idea waht she was saying.
I asked her to speak in Korean.
B What did she do? Did she talk in Korean?
A She did, But she said that I must learn to speak Russian if I want to talk to her.
B Russian! Why should we learn to speak Russian!
She is a strange girl. She sounds so rude.
If she can speak Korean, she should use it.
A 안녕, 케이트. 오늘 어때?
B 좋아 윌리엄, 넌 어때?
A 좋아, 그런데 새로운 학생 때문에 신경이 좀 쓰여.
B 아, Yale반에 새로운 학생, 왜 그애가 걱정돼?
A 그 애가 반 친구들이랑 잘 지내지 못하는 것같아.
친구가 전혀 없어 보여.
B 음, 그 내가 좀 유별나지. 그 애 어머니는 러시아 출신이고, 아버지는 한국인이라고 들었어.
러시아에서 결혼해 최근에 서울로 왔다고 하더군.
A 나도 들었어. 걔한테 말을 걸어본적 있니?
B 말을 걸어본 적은 없어. 그리고 걔랑 얘기를 해본 사람도 없는 것 같아.
A 언젠가 한번 그 애 아버지가 방과후에 그 애를 태우러 온 걸 봤어.
그가 그 애에게 한국어로 얘기하고 그녀가 대답하는 것 들었어.
B 그 애가 학교 생활을 잘하는 걸로 봐서도 한국어를 곧잘 하는 것 같아.
아마도 그 애는 러시아어와 한국어를 쓸거야.
그 내에게 말을 걸고 싶은데 너무 차가워보여.
A 그래, 그 앤 보기에도 매우 달라. 머리색도 다르고 옷을 다르게 입지.
B 알아. 그 애가 왜 그런다고 생각해?
러시아에선 그렇게들 입나? 내겐 별로 좋아보이지 않는데.
B 그 애가 늘 검은 옷을 입어서 무서워 보이는 것 같아.
A 학교 끝나고 밖에서 얘기해 보려고 한 적이 있어.
B 그랬단 말야? 그 애에게 뭐라고 했는데?
A 그 애에게 부모님 얘길 물어보고 싶었어.
하지만 그냥 뭘하고 있느냐고 물어봤지. 그 애가 어떻게 했을 것 같아?
B 어쨌는데?
A 러시아에로 대답했어. 그 애가 뭐라고 하는지 전혀 못알아 들었지.
한국어로 해달라고 부탁했어.
B 그 애가 어떻게 했어? 한국어를 했어?
A 그랬지. 그런데 자기하고 얘기하고 싶으면 러시아어를 배우라고 말하는 거야.
B 러시아어! 우리가 왜 러시아어를 배워야 해!
이상한 애네. 무례한 것 같아. 한국어를 할 줄 알면 한국어를 써야지.
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