공통영어2 능률 민병천 3과 변형문제

Children around the world learned a bit more about Korean culture ____ writer Tae Keller published her book When You Trap a Tiger in 2020.

____ story starts with a girl who meets a tiger.

Her grandmother knows the ____ as well.

When her grandmother gets sick, the ____ makes a deal with the tiger.

Keller’s inspiration for her ____ book was an old folktale that her halmoni (grandmother) used to tell her.

It is called “The Sun and the Moon,”and it is ____ a brother, a sister, and a tiger.

Keller wanted to revive the public’s interest in ____ by writing her own book.

Long ago, tigers were so abundant in Korea that people often called the ____ the “Land of Tigers.”

It is estimated that tigers ____ in Korea for at least 100,000 years.

The ____ appearance of a tiger in Korean culture dates back to the rock art of the Bronze Age.

It depicts people ____ various animals, including tigers.

Since then, tigers have appeared in many aspects of ____ culture, from legends to art and musical instruments.

Some of ____ may have heard Korean folktales featuring tigers.

In fact, approximately forty percent of Korean folktales ____ animals include a tiger.

Tigers in Korean folktales are sometimes shown in a positive light and ____ 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 her crying ____, “Don’t cry. Here’s a gotgam.”

Because the baby stops crying, the tiger mistakenly thinks the gotgam is a very ____ creature and runs away.

It seems that people at the ____ had conflicting feelings about tigers.

They had respect for tigers’power and ____.

However, they were also scared of tigers because being ____ or even killed by tigers was common in the past.

They may have made tigers into ____ characters in order to be less scared of them.

Tigers in Korea faced a decline in population due to ____ during the Joseon period and nearly went extinct during the Japanese colonial era.

With the disappearance of tigers in ____, 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 ____ Olympics hosted by Korea.

Hodori was the mascot for the ____ Summer Olympics in 1988.

It was a Siberian ____, which represents courage.

The PyeongChang Winter ____ in 2018 created Soohorang, a white tiger, as its mascot.

White tigers are ____ sacred guardians.

Tigers are also ____ in the K-pop song “Tiger is Coming.”

One verse of the song is a reinterpreted version of “Sugungga,” ____ is a traditional Korean song.

The song drew worldwide attention, and its ____ was viewed millions of times online.

These ____, only a few wild tigers have been reported to be living in North Korea.

However, the history, stories, and cultural meaning of tigers still have a place ____ modern Korean people.

Who can ____ that the tiger is a symbol of Korea?

In 2021, the National Folk Museum of Korea published a book that collects all the stories ____ tigers in Korea.

How about looking for tigers around ____ now?