| grammar | example | try |
|---|---|---|
| 1형식 | The dog sleeps on the sofa . | |
| 2형식 - 상태 | He is a firefighter. | |
| 2형식 - 변화 | Paul became the president. | |
| 2형식 - 감각 | This cookie tastes good. | |
| 3형식 | I watched a movie with Anna. | |
| 4형식 | My mother bought me a shirt. | |
| 5형식 - (명사/형용사) | Her friends call her “Little Susie.” | |
| 5형식 - (to부정사) | I want you to forgive me. | |
| 5형식 - 지각동사 | She heard her son scream in the kitchen. | |
| 5형식 - 사역동사 | Karen let her friend use her camera. | |
| to부정사 - 명사적 용법 | To keep a promise is important. | |
| to부정사 - 명사적 용법(의문사+to부정사) | We didn’t know what to do next. | |
| to부정사 - 형용사적 용법 | Let’s order something to drink. | |
| to부정사 - 형용사적 용법(be+to부정사) 예정, 의무, 가능, 운명, 의도 | She is to leave this country next week. | |
| to부정사 - 부사적 용법 목적, 감정의 원인, 결과, 판단의 근거, 형용사 수식 | I went to the flower shop to buy some flowers. | |
| 가주어 진주어 | It is important to follow your dreams. | |
| 의미상의 주어 (for/of:성품) | It was very kind of you to send the flowers to her. | |
| too 형용사/부사 to부정사 | Roy is too tired to go to the party. | |
| so + 형용사/부사 + that + 주어 + can’t/couldn’t + 동사원형 | Roy is so tired that he can’t go to the party. | |
| 형용사/부사 + enough + to부정사 | The boy is tall enough to reach the top shelf. | |
| so + 형용사/부사 + that + 주어 + can/could + 동사원형 | The boy is so tall that he can reach the top shelf. |
The birthrate in Korea last year was the lowest ever. The birthrate was 0.98, the lowest number since birthrates were first recorded in 1970. Unfortunately, it’s not different this year. According to a United Nations report released on last month, South Korea has the world’s lowest birth rate again among 201 countries surveyed. The annual report by the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) found the fertility rate per woman in South Korea was only 1.1. This means that the average number of babies a woman will have during her childbearing years (1 5-49 years old) is only I. The general consensus is that the total fertility rate must be 2.1 to matintain a population. The reality is that Korea falls half that number. The average birthrate for OECD countries is 1 .68. Korea is dead last among member nations.
Korea’s low birthrate looms large as a future problem in the country. Korea’s population will start to decline sooner rather than later. It was predicted that Korea’s population would begin decreasing in 2028. But the birthrate is in a freefall, and the population is likely to start shrinking even sooner. The problem is that this could shake our economy and society to the core. The smaller working age population will reduce economic vitality. The aging population could cause welfare costs to snowball out of control. Social institutions like education and childcare benefits must all receicve an overhaul to raise the birthrate. It’s a tough nut to crack.
Many experts point out the high cost of raising children, the double burden of performing basic household and childcare duties for working mothers as reasons for the decline in marriage and birth rates. Others believe that the key factors are the competitive society of South Korea, including its rigid education system and the labour market. In our opinion, the family and demographic policies must combine elimination of the factors that make people give up marriage and childbirth and respect of fundamental rights and freedoms of people with a view to overcoming socio-economic inequalities.