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 ____ Trap a Tiger in 2020.
Its story starts with a girl who ____ a tiger.
Her ____ knows the tiger as well.
When her grandmother gets sick, the girl ____ a deal with the tiger.
Keller’s inspiration for her award-winning book was an old ____ that her halmoni (grandmother) used to tell her.
It is called “The Sun and the ____ it is about a brother, a sister, and a tiger.
Keller ____ to revive the public’s interest in tigers by writing her own book.
Long ago, tigers were so abundant in Korea that ____ often called the country the “Land of Tigers.”
It is estimated that tigers lived in ____ 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 ____ animals, including tigers.
Since then, tigers have appeared in many ____ of Korean culture, from legends to art and musical instruments.
Korean folktales
Some of you may have heard Korean folktales ____ tigers.
In fact, approximately ____ percent of Korean folktales about animals include a tiger.
____ in Korean folktales are sometimes shown in a positive light and sometimes as foolish creatures.
For example, in one ____, 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 ____. Here’s a gotgam.”
Because the baby ____ crying, the tiger mistakenly thinks the gotgam is a very scary creature and runs away.
It ____ that people at the time had conflicting feelings about tigers.
They had ____ for tigers’power and courage.
However, they were also scared of tigers because being injured or even killed by tigers was ____ in the past.
They may have made tigers ____ foolish characters in order to be less scared of them.
Decline in population
Tigers in Korea faced a decline in population due to hunting during the Joseon period and nearly went extinct during the Japanese colonial ____.
With the disappearance of tigers in Korea, their use as a symbol of the nation ____ away.
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 in ____.
It was a ____ tiger, which represents courage.
The PyeongChang Winter Olympics in 2018 created Soohorang, a white tiger, as its ____.
White tigers are considered ____ guardians.
Tiger is Coming
Tigers are also ____ in the K-pop song “Tiger is Coming.”
One verse of the song is a ____ version of “Sugungga,” which is a traditional Korean song.
The song ____ worldwide attention, and its video 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 among modern Korean ____.
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 ____ about tigers in Korea.
How about looking for tigers around you ____?
공통영어2 능률 민병천 3과 본문 한줄 해석 A Timeless Symbol of Korea