9/18 Oedo

Talk about Oedo.

One day, a fisherman was fishing in the southern coast of Korea.

ex> One day, he was walking along the shore.

ex> I would like to see her in person one day.

Then he had to take shelter in a nearby island because of stormy weather.

* take shelter: 대피하다

* nearby: 근처의, 바로 가까이의

ex> Is it safe to take shelter in the basement during a typhoon?

ex> She had to take shelter from a swarm of bees.

That's when the fisherman, Mr. Lee Chang-ho, first set his foot on Oedo.

* set one's foot on: ~에 발을 내딛다, 발을 들여놓다

ex> Don't set your foot in my house again.

Oedo was just a desolate island at the time but he immediately fell in love with it.

* desolate [^|desələt]: 황량한

* at the time: 그 당시에

ex> It was the tallest building at the time.

A few years later, he purchased the entire island.

He and his wife started creating a botanical garden on the island.

* botanical garden: 식물원

ex> This shampoo has botanical extracts that moisturize your hair.

43 years later, it became one of the most exotic gardens in Korea.

There are camellias, palm trees and other subtropical plants.

* subtropical: 아열대의

* camellia: 동백나무

* palm tree: 야자수

There is also the Venus Garden which is like a smaller version of the French Versailles.

* French Versailles: 프랑스 베르사유

ex> I'm waiting for a smaller version of this smartphone.
ex> My son's like a smaller version of me.


@ You should double-check.  다시 한번 확인해 봐. 

1. They took shelter under the bridge.
2. He set his foot on the shore.
3. It was the biggest building at the time.
4. This is a smaller version of a flute.