공통영어2 능률 민병천 3과 변형문제

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.




How is the tiger related to Korean culture?

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?




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