🚀 TOPIK II | Unit 02: 건강과 생활 (Health and Life)

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🐣 TOPIK II | Unit 02: Health and Life (건강과 생활)

🌐 This Unit is provided in English and Nepali (नेपाली).

🇬🇧 English | Unit 02: Health and Life (건강과 생활)

🎯 Goal: Learn health & lifestyle vocabulary, key grammar for
reasons (~기 때문에) and tendencies (~는 편이다),
practice reading, and write a short Task 53 explanation.

🎬 Lesson Video (English Explanation)

1️⃣ Overview

In this unit, we study Health and Life (건강과 생활).
You will learn words related to exercise, stress, habits, and medical check-ups.
We also practice the grammar patterns ~기 때문에 (because) and
~는 편이다 (tend to), which often appear in TOPIK II Reading and
Writing passages.

2️⃣ Core Vocabulary (어휘 | Eohwi)

  • 건강 (geon-gang) – Health
  • 운동하다 (un-dong-ha-da) – To exercise, to work out
  • 규칙적이다 (gyu-chik-jeok-i-da) – To be regular / consistent
  • 스트레스를 받다 (seu-teu-re-seu-reul bat-da) – To get stressed
  • 식습관 (sik-seup-kkwan) – Eating habit, diet pattern
  • 수면 (su-myeon) – Sleep
  • 과로하다 (gwa-ro-ha-da) – To overwork
  • 검진 (geom-jin) – Medical check-up, health screening
  • 원인 (won-in) – Cause, reason
  • 결과 (gyeol-gwa) – Result, outcome

3️⃣ Key Grammar (문법 | Munbeop)

Grammar 1: ~기 때문에 (~gi ttae-mune)

  • Meaning: because, since
  • Usage: To explain the reason/cause of a result.
  • Example:
    요즘 운동을 거의 하지 않기 때문에 체중이 늘었습니다.
    (yo-jeum un-dong-eul geo-ui ha-ji an-gi ttae-mune che-jung-i neu-reot-seum-ni-da.)
    → I rarely exercise these days, so I have gained weight.

Grammar 2: ~는 편이다 (~neun pyeon-i-da)

  • Meaning: tend to…, usually…, rather …
  • Usage: To describe a general tendency or habit.
  • Example:
    저는 늦게 자는 편이라 항상 피곤합니다.
    (jeo-neun neut-ge ja-neun pyeo-ni-ra hang-sang pi-gon-ham-ni-da.)
    → I tend to sleep late, so I am always tired.

4️⃣ Reading Practice (읽기 | Ilggi)

Text (Korean + Romanization)

현대인들은 스트레스를 많이 받기 때문에 건강 문제가 자주 생깁니다.
(hyeon-dae-in-deul-eun seu-teu-re-seu-reul ma-ni bat-gi ttae-mune geon-gang mun-je-ga ja-ju saeng-gim-ni-da.)

규칙적으로 운동하고 충분히 자는 편인 사람들은 비교적 건강한 편입니다.
(gyu-chik-jeok-eu-ro un-dong-ha-go chung-bun-hi ja-neun pyeo-nin sa-ram-deul-eun bi-gyo-jeok geon-gang-han pyeon-im-ni-da.)

그래서 많은 회사에서 정기 건강 검진을 실시하고 있습니다.
(geu-rae-seo ma-neun hoe-sa-e-seo jeong-gi geon-gang geom-jin-eul sil-si-ha-go it-seum-ni-da.)

Meaning (English)

Modern people often have health problems because they receive a lot of stress.
People who tend to exercise regularly and sleep enough are relatively healthy.
For this reason, many companies provide regular health check-ups.

5️⃣ Writing Task 53: Magic Formula (쓰기 | Sseugi)

📊 Task: Describe a graph about exercise habits of office workers.
Data (example): “No exercise – 30%, 1–2 times a week – 40%, 3 times or more – 30%.”

Model Answer (Standard Structure)

  1. Start (Source Sentence)
    한 연구소에서 직장인의 운동 습관에 대해 조사하였다.
    (han yeon-gu-so-e-seo jik-jang-in-ui un-dong seup-gwan-e dae-hae jo-sa-ha-yeot-da.)
    → A research institute conducted a survey on office workers’ exercise habits.
  2. Body (Graph Description)
    조사 결과, 운동을 전혀 하지 않는 사람은 30%인 반면에
    일주일에 1~2회 운동하는 사람은 40%, 3회 이상 운동하는 사람은 30%로 나타났다.
    (jo-sa gyeol-gwa, un-dong-eul jeon-hyeo ha-ji an-neun sa-ram-eun sam-sip peo-in ban-myeo-ne
    il-ju-il-e il-i-hoe un-dong-ha-neun sa-ram-eun sa-sip peo, sam-hoe i-sang un-dong-ha-neun sa-ram-eun sam-sip peo-ro na-ta-nat-da.)
    → The results showed that 30% did no exercise, 40% exercised 1–2 times a week, and 30% exercised three or more times.
  3. Cause (Reason Sentence)
    그 원인은 많은 직장인이 늦게까지 일하기 때문에
    규칙적으로 운동할 시간이 부족하기 때문이다.
    (geu won-in-eun ma-neun jik-jang-in-i neut-ge-kka-ji il-ha-gi ttae-mune
    gyu-chik-jeok-eu-ro un-dong-hal si-gan-i bu-jok-ha-gi ttae-mun-i-da.)
    → The reason is that many office workers work until late, so they do not have enough time to exercise regularly.

💡 Magic Pattern for Task 53
① “~에 대해 조사하였다” (survey)
② “~로 나타났다 / ~인 반면에 …” (result & contrast)
③ “그 원인은 ~기 때문이다” (reason).


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