Sand And Stone
SAND AND STONE
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- What is a milestone moment that changed your life?
인생을 바꾼 중요한 순간은 무엇인가요? - When did you feel like you truly became an adult?
진정한 어른이 되었다고 느낀 것은 언제인가요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE." They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one, who had been slapped, got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After the friend recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?" The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it." LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND, AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.
Comprehension Check
Answer the questions about what you read.
읽은 내용에 대한 질문에 답해 보세요.
- Have you been emotionally hurt? How did you handle the pain?
- Do you think that the two friends in the story have a good relationship? Why do you say so?
- Do you have a best friend? How did you become friends? Tell something about him/her.
- Explain the saying LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND, AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.
- Do you think friends are important in your life? Why / Why not? Engrave - carve upon. Slap - a blow made with the open hand or a flat object. Drown - to die by immersion and usually suffocation in water or other liquid. Recover - to get back something previously lost Oasis - place or time of relief
- How many people do you consider your "best friends?"
- What do you usually do with your friends?
- What factors may result in the breakdown of a good friendship?
- There is a proverb that says, "A friend in need is a friend indeed." Do you agree?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
"conscience가 comfortable하다"는 한국식 표현입니다. 영어로는 "have a guilty conscience" 또는 "have a clear conscience"라고 합니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- Which rite of passage from the reading is most important in Korean culture?
글에 나온 통과의례 중 한국 문화에서 가장 중요한 것은 무엇인가요? - At what point in life did you feel the most independent?
인생에서 가장 독립적이라고 느낀 시점은 언제인가요? - Do you think young people today grow up faster or slower than previous generations?
요즘 젊은 사람들이 이전 세대보다 더 빨리 또는 더 느리게 성장한다고 생각하시나요? - What life lesson would you want to teach your children?
자녀에게 가르치고 싶은 인생의 교훈은 무엇인가요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: SAND AND STONE
Level: Low Intermediate (L.I)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!