Pre-reading questions:
- Have you been to Korea?
- What country do you want to visit?
Vocabulary:
- together /tuh-GETH-er/
- meet /meet/
- hug /huhg/
- remember /ri-MEM-ber/
- meeting /MEE-ting/
[adverb] with each other
They went to the party together.
[verb] to come together with someone intentionally
They meet at school everyday.
[verb] to hold someone or something close to your body with your arms
The mother hugs her child.
[verb] to keep a piece of information in your memory
They remembered their high school days.
[noun] a planned occasion when people come together to discuss something
The meeting at work took a lot of time yesterday.
After years of not seeing and living together, families from North Korea and South Korea finally met at Mount Kumgang place last August 20, 2018. Almost 200 families attended the reunion. At the time of their reunion, the Koreans hugged each other and remembered their past years. Last April and May 2018, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had meetings that made the family reunion happened again.
True or False:
- Korean families will meet on August 20, 2019.
- Families who attended the reunion are from Japan and South Korea.
- Almost 200 families attended the family reunion.
- Kim Jong-un is the President of South Korea.
- Both leaders from South Korea and North Korea had meetings last April and May.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| together | meet | hug | remember | meeting |
- Her family does not live __________ anymore.
- The President started the __________ .
- They will finally __________ their idol tomorrow at the concert.
- She will __________ her friends in grade school.
- The girl __________ her big teddybear.