"What Is It?"

스토리 & 문학

Lesson 46

"What Is It?"

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Lesson 47

. "What is it?"

WHAT IS IT?

Intermediate 25 min Speaking 75%
3 min

Warm-up

Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.

  1. Have you ever noticed your shadow doing funny things — like getting really tall or really short?
    자기 그림자가 아주 길어지거나 짧아지는 등 재미있는 모습을 본 적이 있나요?
  2. When you were a child, was there anything that followed you around and made you curious or scared?
    어렸을 때 자꾸 따라다녀서 신기하거나 무서웠던 것이 있었나요?
3 min

Key Vocabulary

Learn these words from today's lesson.
오늘 레슨의 주요 단어를 배워봅시다.

follow to move behind someone or something, going in the same direction 따라가다, 뒤따르다 My dog follows me everywhere I go, even to the kitchen.
shadow a dark shape made when something blocks light 그림자 On a sunny day, your shadow stretches out behind you on the ground.
ugly not pleasant to look at; unattractive 못생긴, 보기 흉한 The old house looked ugly from the outside, but inside it was beautiful.
with all its might using all of one's strength or effort 온 힘을 다하여 She pushed the heavy door with all her might until it finally opened.
ahead of in front of someone or something ~의 앞에, ~보다 앞서 He ran ahead of me and reached the finish line first.
5 min

Reading

Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.

WHAT IS IT?
What is that ugly thing I see
Which follows, follows, follows me,
Which ever way I turn or go?
What is that thing? I want to know.
If I but turn to left or right
It does the same with all its might;
It looks so ugly and so black
When o'er my shoulder I look back.
Sometimes it runs ahead of me,
Sometimes quite short it seems to be,
And then again it's very tall;
I don't know what it is at all.
I'll climb into my little bed,
And on my pillow lay my bead,
For when I'm there I never see
That thing in front or back of me.

3 min

Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정

Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.

❌ "I don't know what is it."
✅ "I don't know what it is."

간접의문문에서는 어순이 바뀝니다. 직접 질문할 때는 "What is it?"이 맞지만, "I don't know" 같은 문장 뒤에 올 때는 주어와 동사의 순서가 평서문과 같아야 합니다. 이 시의 제목 "What is it?"은 직접 질문이므로 도치가 맞지만, "I don't know what it is at all"처럼 문장 안에 들어가면 어순이 달라지는 점을 기억하세요.

5 min

Discussion

Discuss with your teacher.
선생님과 토론해 보세요.

  1. The speaker in the poem calls the shadow "ugly" and "black." Why do you think a child might feel that way about their own shadow?
    시 속 화자는 그림자를 "못생겼다", "까맣다"고 표현합니다. 아이가 자기 그림자에 대해 왜 그렇게 느낄 수 있을까요?
  2. The shadow changes size throughout the day. Can you explain why shadows become shorter or taller at different times?
    그림자는 하루 동안 크기가 변합니다. 시간대에 따라 그림자가 왜 짧아지거나 길어지는지 설명할 수 있나요?
  3. At the end of the poem, the child goes to bed to escape the shadow. What other things in life seem scary at first but have a simple explanation?
    시의 마지막에서 아이는 그림자를 피해 침대로 갑니다. 처음엔 무서워 보이지만 알고 보면 간단한 것들이 또 어떤 게 있을까요?

Lesson Summary / 수업 요약

Today's Topic: . "What is it?"

Level: Intermediate (??)

Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!