광교 산책로에 나타난 대형 도마뱀, 11일 만에 포획
Large Lizard That Appeared on a Gwanggyo Walking Path Is Caught After 11 Days
Part of the August 22, 2026 daily edition
경기 수원 광교신도시에 나타난 대형 도마뱀이 22일 오전 11시 37분께 포획됐습니다. 지난 11일 산책로에서 발견됐다는 소식이 알려진 지 11일 만입니다. 몸길이는 70㎝가량이었고, 포획 과정에서 다친 사람은 없었습니다. 수원시는 아파트 단지와 도서관, 산책로 일대에 포획틀 7개를 설치하고 생닭과 쥐 등 먹이를 넣어 도마뱀을 유인했습니다. 시는 포획한 개체를 국립생물자원관으로 보내 정확한 종을 확인할 예정입니다.
Translation
A large lizard that had appeared in the Gwanggyo new town area of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, was caught at about 11:37 a.m. on the 22nd. It came 11 days after word got out that it had been spotted on a walking path on the 11th. The lizard was about 70 cm long, and no one was hurt during the capture. The city of Suwon set up seven traps around the apartment complexes, the library and the walking path, and put food such as live chickens and mice inside to draw the lizard in. The city plans to send the animal to the National Institute of Biological Resources to confirm exactly what species it is.
Vocabulary
- 도마뱀명사 (noun)lizard
- 포획명사 (noun)capture (of an animal)
- 산책로명사 (noun)walking path
- 몸길이명사 (noun)body length
- 설치하다동사 (verb)to install, to set up
- 먹이명사 (noun)food for an animal, bait
- 유인하다동사 (verb)to lure, to entice
- 개체명사 (noun)an individual animal, a specimen
Grammar points
-(으)ㄴ 지 N 만이다it has been N since ~ing
Counts the time elapsed since something happened. The 지 here is a bound noun meaning 'the time since', not the 지 of -지 않다, and it needs the past modifier -(으)ㄴ in front. 만이다 closes the count: 알려진 지 11일 만입니다 — eleven days since it became known. Note how Korean repeats the number: the sighting was on the 11th and the capture came 11 days later.
Example: 한국에 온 지 삼 년 만에 고향에 갔습니다.
I went back home three years after coming to Korea.
N가량about N, approximately N
Attaches directly to a quantity to soften it. It sits after the number and its counter — 70㎝가량 — unlike 약, which goes in front (약 70㎝). Both are common in news; 가량 feels slightly more measured, and you will also meet 쯤 in speech and 정도 in both.
Example: 행사에 삼백 명가량이 모였습니다.
About three hundred people gathered at the event.
N 등N and so on, such as N
Placed after a list to say it is not exhaustive. Korean news uses it constantly, and it matters for reading carefully: 생닭과 쥐 등 먹이 means chickens and mice were among the bait, not that they were all of it. When you translate, keep the 'and so on' — dropping it turns a partial list into a complete one.
Example: 사과와 배 등 과일을 샀습니다.
I bought fruit such as apples and pears.
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