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