11/24 Ssireum

DIALOG>> Ssireum is Korean folk wrestling.

Have you ever seen a ssireum match?

It's what we call Korean folk wrestling.
* folk [fóuk] wrestling: 민속 레슬링

The rules are very different.


RESPONSE>> Talk about what ssrieum is and how it is played.

Ssireum is the name of Korean folk wrestling.
ex> Traditional folk villages in Korea are popular with tourists.

It's comparable to Japan's sumo.
* comparable [kɑ́mpərəbl] to: ~와 비교할 수 있는
ex> Your beauty is not comparable to anyone else.

They kneel down in the starting position holding each other's satba.
* kneel down: 꿇어 앉다, 무릎 꿇다.
ex>You have to kneel down and crawl through the tunnel.

The object is to bring the opponent's body above the knee to the ground.
* bring to the ground: 쓰러뜨리다.
ex> Lift up your feet and then bring them to the ground.

Unlike in sumo, stepping outside the ring will simply result in a restart of the match.
* step outside of: ~의 밖으로 나가다.
ex> Too many fouls will result in being pulled out of the game.

There are four weight classes in professional ssireum named after Korea's mountains: Taebaek (flyweight), Geumgang (lightweight), Halla (middleweight), and Baekdu (heavyweight).
* weight class: 체급
ex> He's trying to lose weight to drop down in weight classes.


@ He makes up stories all the time.  그는 항상 말을 지어내.

1. Look at these little kids going on a school picnic to the folk village.
2. Seoul's summer weather is comparable to that of Hong Kong these days.
3. As soon as he stepped out of the plane, he knelt down and prayed.
4. The weights of athletes are different depending on weight class.