Lesson 3 Knowing Ourselves, Knowing Others
A Timeless Symbol of Korea
Children around the world learned a bit more about Korean culture when writer Tae Keller published her book When You Trap a Tiger in ____
____ story starts with a girl who meets a tiger.
Her grandmother knows the ____ as well.
When her grandmother ____ sick, the girl makes a deal with the tiger.
Keller’s inspiration for her award-winning book ____ an old folktale that her halmoni (grandmother) used to tell her.
It ____ called “The Sun and the Moon,”and it is about a brother, a sister, and a tiger.
Keller wanted to revive the public’s interest ____ tigers by writing her own book.
Long ago, tigers were so abundant in Korea that people often called the country the “Land of ____
It is estimated ____ tigers lived in Korea for at least 100,000 years.
The first appearance of a tiger in Korean ____ dates back to the rock art of the Bronze Age.
It depicts people hunting various animals, including ____
Since then, tigers have appeared in many aspects of Korean ____ from legends to art and musical instruments.
Korean folktales
Some of you may have ____ Korean folktales featuring tigers.
In fact, approximately forty percent of Korean folktales about animals include ____ tiger.
Tigers in Korean folktales ____ sometimes shown in a positive light and sometimes as foolish creatures.
For example, in ____ story, a tiger helps a human become rich after the human saves the tiger’s life.
In another story, a tiger hears a mother tell ____ crying baby, “Don’t cry. Here’s a gotgam.”
Because the baby stops crying, the tiger mistakenly thinks the gotgam ____ a very scary creature and runs away.
It seems ____ people at the time had conflicting feelings about tigers.
They had respect for ____ and courage.
However, they were also scared of tigers because being injured ____ even killed by tigers was common in the past.
They may have made tigers into ____ characters in order to be less scared of them.
Decline in population
Tigers in Korea faced a decline in population due to hunting during ____ Joseon period and nearly went extinct during the Japanese colonial era.
With the disappearance of ____ in Korea, their use as a symbol of the nation faded away.
However, their symbolism was revived in modern times through their selection as the mascot for both Olympics ____ by Korea.
____ was the mascot for the Seoul Summer Olympics in 1988.
It was a Siberian tiger, which represents ____
The ____ Winter Olympics in 2018 created Soohorang, a white tiger, as its mascot.
White tigers are considered ____ guardians.
Tiger is Coming
Tigers are also mentioned in the K-pop song “Tiger ____ Coming.”
One verse of the song is a reinterpreted version of “Sugungga,” which is ____ traditional Korean song.
The ____ drew worldwide attention, and its video was viewed millions of times online.
These days, only a few wild tigers have ____ reported to be living in North Korea.
However, the history, stories, and cultural meaning of tigers still ____ a place among modern Korean people.
Who can deny that the tiger is a symbol of ____
In 2021, ____ National Folk Museum of Korea published a book that collects all the stories about tigers in Korea.
How about looking for tigers around ____ now?
공통영어2 능률 민병천 3과 본문 한줄 해석 A Timeless Symbol of Korea