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