Lesson 165. Revision.

`Translation time!`

Джонни выглядел уставшим, так как он пробежал большую дистанцию.
Хелен набрала лишний вес, так как в последнее время она переедала.
Она долго плакала прежде чем успокоится.
Когда наша дочь пойдет в школу, мы уже будем жить в этом городе 10 лет.
Том и Джерри играют в дартс уже два часа.
Дождь идет с самого утра.
В конце месяца будет 5 лет, как я учу китайский.
Я буду писать третий портрет к тому времени, как Молли вернется.
Анна сочиняет стихи с семи лет.Она уже сочинила 100 стихотворений.
Анна выучила 20 английских слов сегодня.

`Reading & discussing`

7. Hairdresser

As a hairdresser in North Korea, your creativity would be somewhat limited. You would be required to have a perfect knowledge of the 28 state-approved hairstyles.

Allegedly, only 18 hairstyles for women and 10 for men are allowed in North Korea.

Here’s a few basic rules you’d have to learn before the interview:

Single ladies are allowed to keep their hair longer, while married women must cut their hair short.

As for men, they have to keep their hair no longer than 2 inches. Older men, however, can get away with 3 inches.

As a hairdresser, don’t even think about copying the leader’s look. Kim Jong Un has put a trademark on his side-shaved swept-back style.

8. Sculptor

Overall, this is a boring job. You’ll have a multiple options as to what statues to create. Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il or Kim Jong Un.

On the other hand, you would never run out of job opportunities. There’s 34,000 statues of Kim Il Sung, the country’s founder, making it one for every 750 citizens.

If you want your artworks to be treated with respect, then becoming a sculptor in North Korea might be the perfect job for you! Everyone who passes the leaders’ monuments has to bow three times to the statues.

On top of that, when a tourist wants to take a photo of these statues, they have to fit the entirety of the statue in the picture. Otherwise, you risk punishment for accidentally cropping of Kim Jong Il’s feet from your photo.

9. Academia

As a university lecturer, you’d not only have to play the accordion...

Current job openings:

Lecturer of North Korean patriotism at the western-funded Pyongyang University of Science and Technology;
Accordion teacher at the Hamhŭng University of Education;
Lecturer in Surveillance Technologies at the Huichon University of Telecommunications;
Conductor at the National Accordion Ensemble at the Pyongyang University of Music and Dance.

If you’re looking to dive into academic research in North Korea, get ready for the following restrictions:

You’ll have to make do with limited resources.
No international research teams. North Korean academics will be your only colleagues.
Academic articles (both humanities and sciences) have to include at least one quote from a member of the Kim family.

10. Kim’s PR

If you’re looking for a truly creative job in North Korea, or perhaps have some previous experience with PR, marketing, or even fiction writing, this might well be your dream job!

Your job would be to constantly work to improve Kim’s personal brand and support the strong standing of the past and present leaders of the country. As a PR officer, you have to present the Kim dynasty as almighty superhumans.

Your tasks, should you get the job, would include:

Cover up for Kim Jong Un’s failing results from his school years in Switzerland. He is known to have been particularly bad at maths and sciences.
Disclaim any rumors about Kim Jong Un’s plastic surgery that he allegedly got to resemble his grandfather Kim Il Sung.
Inform the world about Kim Jong Il’s unprecedented achievements: “Amazing news! Kim Jong Il learns to walk when 3 weeks old and uttered his first words just 8 weeks after being born”.
Work on texts for schools, such as “Kim Jong Un’s Revolutionary Activities”, which teaches kids essential life facts, such as the leader’s victory at a yachting race at the age of 9.

Discussion questions:

How different are North and South Korea from each other and from other Asian countries?
What do you know about the Korean War?
Why isn’t North Korea as rich and as advanced as South Korea?
What do you think North Korea will be like 50 years from now?
Does your country have good relations with the two Koreas?
What do you think about North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Il?
What would you like to ask a North Korean person about North and South Korea?

`A bit of grammar`

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