Lesson 3 Go Beyond Korea
Korea’s Heritage Recognized Abroad
____ pop culture is loved all over the world under the name “Korean Wave.”
Korean ____ music has topped global music charts.
Korean films and TV shows attract fans ____ across the globe.
____ beyond pop culture, the world is starting to pay attention to Korea’s traditional culture.
Let’s take a ____ at some Korean heritage recognized abroad.
Hanji, a Rising Star of the Louvre
In Europe, ____ is used for the restoration of cultural assets.
For example, ____ can be used to repair the damaged areas of paintings and other things made of paper.
It can also bring new life to ____ furniture and sculptures by filling in the cracks.
For such purposes, the Japanese paper ____ washi has been widely used.
____ Louvre Museum in France was no exception.
However, a Korean who was working at the Louvre in 2014 wanted to let the world know the value of ____ traditional handmade Korean paper.
He convinced the head ____ the museum’s restoration team to read his study on the comparison of traditional papers from Korea and Japan.
After reading his study,
After reading his study, the Louvre became interested in hanji and carried out ____ experiment to see whether it would be suitable for use in restoration.
____ wet both washi and hanji to compare their durability.
Ultimately, hanji was found to ____ more durable than washi.
Unlike ____ which has its fibers lined up in one direction, hanji is made with both horizontal and vertical fibers.
This means that the fibers in hanji are more closely woven, making ____ paper stronger.
This also ____ hanji to maintain its original size and shape better when there is a change in its moisture content.
Because of its durability, hanji was proven to be excellent material ____ restoration.
Thus, in 2017, the Louvre used hanji for the first time to restore ____ relic from its collection.
Since then, hanji ____ been used more and more to restore various cultural assets of the museum.
Who knows? Maybe someday the Mona Lisa, one of the museum’s most ____ paintings, will be restored with hanji.
Homi, Gardeners’ New Favorite
Search for “Korean ____ ” on any online platform, and you can find reviews like these:
This is the best ____ tool I have ever had.
If you enjoy gardening, ____ will for sure give you extra pleasure.
Whatever you may expect, this is beyond your ____
Also, there ____ many videos praising the homi and showing how to use it.
The Korean homi is becoming the hot new tool gardeners around the ____ must have.
What is a homi and why is it so ____
The Korean homi is a ____ farming tool that has gotten a lot of attention, not in Korea but in countries like the United States and Australia.
____ 2019, a video of how to use a homi spread quickly and widely on the Internet.
Suddenly, the homi had become ____ of the top selling gardening tools on the largest online shopping site in the world.
The homi became so popular
The homi became so popular because it can be used for a ____ range of gardening tasks.
In fact, people in Europe and the U.S. ____ separate gardening tools to weed, dig, and firm the ground.
However, a homi has an ideal shape that makes all those ____ possible with one tool.
Its thinnest blade is used for weeding, ____ the sharp point is used to dig the ground.
The flat side is used to firm the ____
Next, a homi has a comfortable ____
The ____ homi is usually handmade by blacksmiths.
From decades of experience, they have found the ____ angles between the handle and the blade so that users can tend gardens without pain in their arms and hands.
During the manufacturing process, a homi is hammered several times by hand, which makes it stronger and more ____
This is what differentiates the ____ Korean homi from gardening tools made by machine.
As you see above, the reputation of Korean heritage ____ spreading throughout the world.
This proves ____ the world is discovering its value and potential.
What do you ____ will be the next Korean heritage item that will be recognized abroad?
공통영어2 천재 조수경 3과 한줄 해석 Go Beyond Korea