8/15 Talk about becoming a flight attendant in Korea.

Many young Koreans aspire to become flight attendants.

* aspire to: ~하길 열망하다

ex> We all aspire to become something when we are young.

Flight attendants are predominately female.

* predominately: 대다수의 경우

ex> Koreans are predominately right-handed.

Naturally, there are more females than males who pursue this career. The pay is above average and they get the perk of traveling all over the world.

* above average: 평균 이상인

ex> The food here is above average.

* get the perk: 특전을 얻다

In Korea, flight attendants are stereotypically viewed as young and attractive professionals. The job was especially glorified back in the day. Still, even today, it’s a cutthroat industry because there is a lot of competition to become a flight attendant.

* stereotypically: 고정관념상

* cutthroat industry: 치열한 업계

There are departments in universities and private training schools that specialize inflight attending. Most people end up working for domestic airlines. However, there are others who get hired by foreign airlines as well.

* specialize inflight attending: 기내 서비스에 특화하다

@ The competition is very fierce. 경쟁이 아주 치열해.

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1. She aspires to become an actress.

2. The tourists here are predominately Chinese.

3. His grades are above average.

4. There is a lot of competition to get into good schools.

@ Related Topics>> Flight Attendants (2011.2.18)