Lesson 3 Understand the World
Traditional Korean Symbols
Peter is visiting Korea to meet a friend, ____ from a sister school.
Peter is going to stay at her grandfather’s house for ____ week.
When he arrives, Mina shows him the ____ room.
Peter, you will stay here. This guest room is full of ____ Korean things.
____ at this pillow.
____ are these things? They’re bats.
Bats ____ my pillow? That’s scary!
____ really. In Korea, bats are symbols of luck and a long life.
That’s ____ In many Western countries, bats remind people of darkness and scary things.
Mina shows Peter her grandfather’s room.
Peter and ____ grandfather meet and greet each other.
Hi, Peter! ____ you ever seen this kind of lock before?
No, I haven’t. It’s so old that I can’t really tell, ____ is it a fish?
Yes. For a long time, Koreans have thought ____ fish are good guards.
Fish don’t close their eyes, even ____ they sleep.
That’s ____ We think fish can watch over valuable things.
That’s why this lock looks like ____ fish. Now I understand.
They go outside and walk around the garden.
What is on that piece of ____ It looks scary.
Do you mean ____ painting of a rooster?
Oh, is it a rooster? Yes, ____ is.
Roosters ____ every morning.
Their ____ means that a new day is beginning.
For many ____ Koreans have believed evil spirits go away when a rooster crows.
____ I’ve never heard that before.
Actually, ____ afraid of darkness and evil spirits.
Could you ____ a rooster for me, Mina?
Sure. I’ll draw a big rooster ____ you!
Put the drawing ____ your door.
Then it will protect you. Yes, ____ will.
Peter’s Diary
I’m enjoying this trip so ____ that I want to stay longer.
I love all the traditional Korean symbols in this ____
Now I understand a ____ of them.
I want to visit Korea again with my ____