공통영어2 능률 민병천 3과 변형문제

Lesson 3 Knowing Ourselves, Knowing Others

A Timeless Symbol of Korea

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

Its story starts ____ a girl who meets a tiger.

Her grandmother knows ____ tiger as well.

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

Keller’s inspiration for her award-winning book was an old folktale that her halmoni ____ used to tell her.

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

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




How is the tiger related to Korean culture?

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

It ____ estimated that tigers lived 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.




Korean folktales

Some of you may have ____ Korean folktales featuring tigers.

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

Tigers in Korean folktales are sometimes shown in a positive light and sometimes ____ foolish creatures.

____ example, in one 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 baby, “Don’t cry. ____ a gotgam.”

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

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

They had ____ for tigers’power and courage.

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

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







Decline in population

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

With the disappearance of tigers in Korea, their use as a symbol of the nation faded ____

However, their symbolism was revived in modern times through their selection as the mascot for both Olympics hosted by ____

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

It was a ____ tiger, which represents courage.

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

White tigers are considered sacred ____


Tiger is Coming

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

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

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

These days, only a few wild tigers ____ 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 deny that the tiger is a ____ of Korea?

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

____ about looking for tigers around you now?




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