The Perfect Heart
THE PERFECT HEART
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- What do you think is the most important quality in a partner?
파트너에게 가장 중요한 자질은 무엇이라고 생각하시나요? - Do you believe in love at first sight?
첫눈에 반하는 사랑을 믿으시나요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said, "Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing. The people stared -- how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they thought?
The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears." "Yes," said the old man, "yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared.
Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty gouges -- giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"
The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side.
Comprehension Check
Answer the questions about what you read.
읽은 내용에 대한 질문에 답해 보세요.
- Do you think that you have a perfect heart?
- Do you actually belive that there is a perfect heart exists?
- What do you think a perfect heart possesses? * Boasted: to praise yourself, or speak arrogantly about things you possess or have?achieved: possess something desirable. Example:
- Our town boasts the world’s biggest roller coaster.
- My boss likes to boast of his achievements at work.
- Freddy kept boasting that his car cost alot of money. * Jagged - having sharp protruding parts or points: having rough and uneven edges or surfaces. Example:
- We see the jagged peaks of the distant mountains.
- He created a hastily drawn, jagged portrait.
- The broken bottle has jagged edges. * Boasted: to praise yourself, or speak arrogantly about things you possess or have achieved: possess something desirable. Example:
- Our town boasts the world’s biggest roller coaster.
- My boss likes to boast of his achievements at work.
- Freddy kept boasting that his car cost alot of money. * Jagged: having sharp protruding parts or points: having rough and uneven edges or surfaces. Example:
- We see the jagged peaks of the distant mountains.
- He created a hastily drawn, jagged portrait.
- The broken bottle has jagged edges.
- Have you ever broken your heart before?
- How much would you measure your love for a person?
- If you could give a peice of your heart away, to whom would you give it to?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
"marry"는 타동사이므로 "with"를 쓰지 않습니다. 결혼하다 = marry + 사람
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- What was the most surprising thing you learned about the perfect heart from this passage?
이 지문에서 the perfect heart에 대해 가장 놀라웠던 점은 무엇인가요? - How does the topic of the perfect heart affect your daily life?
the perfect heart 주제가 당신의 일상에 어떻게 영향을 미치나요? - Do you agree with the main argument presented in the reading? Why or why not?
읽기 자료에 제시된 주요 주장에 동의하시나요? 왜 그런가요, 왜 아닌가요? - If you could share one idea from this lesson with a friend, what would it be?
이 수업에서 친구에게 공유하고 싶은 한 가지 아이디어는 무엇인가요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: THE PERFECT HEART
Level: High Intermediate (H.I)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!