1 00:00:00,450 --> 00:00:01,421 Hello everyone. 2 00:00:01,421 --> 00:00:03,162 Welcome back to ReadMaster. 3 00:00:03,162 --> 00:00:04,454 I am Minhee Teacher. 4 00:00:04,454 --> 00:00:09,401 Today we are reading The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Part Two: Memory and Magic. 5 00:00:09,401 --> 00:00:13,450 In Part One, Luna was filled with moonlight and became magical. 6 00:00:13,450 --> 00:00:15,447 In Part Two, she is growing up. 7 00:00:15,447 --> 00:00:19,752 She is loved, but she does not understand everything about herself. 8 00:00:19,752 --> 00:00:22,326 Her magic is powerful, but it is hidden. 9 00:00:22,326 --> 00:00:25,221 Her past is important, but it is also hidden. 10 00:00:25,221 --> 00:00:27,411 This part asks a careful question. 11 00:00:27,411 --> 00:00:32,486 If someone hides the truth to protect a child, is that always the right choice? 12 00:00:32,486 --> 00:00:34,227 Let's make the idea simple. 13 00:00:34,227 --> 00:00:38,917 Imagine you have a box in your room, but nobody tells you what is inside. 14 00:00:38,917 --> 00:00:40,978 Every day you walk past the box. 15 00:00:40,978 --> 00:00:44,706 You may ignore it for a while, but the box is still there. 16 00:00:44,706 --> 00:00:46,575 Hidden truth works like that. 17 00:00:46,575 --> 00:00:50,239 It does not disappear just because nobody talks about it. 18 00:00:50,239 --> 00:00:54,737 Luna thinks she is ordinary, but the reader knows she is not ordinary. 19 00:00:54,737 --> 00:00:57,183 Her magic keeps trying to show itself. 20 00:00:57,183 --> 00:01:04,246 Xan wants to protect Luna, but protection becomes complicated when it also keeps Luna from knowing who she is. 21 00:01:04,246 --> 00:01:09,000 At the same time, Antain begins to question the rules of the Protectorate. 22 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:10,100 He has seen pain. 23 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:11,200 He has seen fear. 24 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:20,122 He has heard the official story, but something inside him says, "This cannot be the whole truth." So Part Two is about memory and identity. 25 00:01:20,122 --> 00:01:23,530 Memory helps a person understand where she came from. 26 00:01:23,530 --> 00:01:25,527 Identity means who a person is. 27 00:01:25,527 --> 00:01:29,640 If memory is locked away, identity becomes harder to understand. 28 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,573 Let's learn five useful words. 29 00:01:31,573 --> 00:01:32,480 First, memory. 30 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,503 Memory is something you remember from the past. 31 00:01:35,503 --> 00:01:38,206 Memory helps people understand themselves. 32 00:01:38,206 --> 00:01:39,498 Second, consequence. 33 00:01:39,498 --> 00:01:42,778 A consequence is what happens because of an action. 34 00:01:42,778 --> 00:01:44,775 A secret can have consequences. 35 00:01:44,775 --> 00:01:45,810 Third, ordinary. 36 00:01:45,810 --> 00:01:48,769 Ordinary means normal, not special or unusual. 37 00:01:48,769 --> 00:01:53,331 Luna thinks she is ordinary, but the reader knows there is more to her. 38 00:01:53,331 --> 00:01:54,559 Fourth, apprentice. 39 00:01:54,559 --> 00:01:58,929 An apprentice is a person learning a skill from someone experienced. 40 00:01:58,929 --> 00:02:03,555 Antain begins as an apprentice, but he also begins to think for himself. 41 00:02:03,555 --> 00:02:04,398 Fifth, crack. 42 00:02:04,398 --> 00:02:06,716 A crack is a small opening or break. 43 00:02:06,716 --> 00:02:09,675 In a story, a crack can let the truth come in. 44 00:02:09,675 --> 00:02:11,544 Now let's practice shadowing. 45 00:02:11,544 --> 00:02:13,221 Listen first, then repeat. 46 00:02:13,221 --> 00:02:15,924 Memory helps a person understand identity. 47 00:02:15,924 --> 00:02:18,114 A hidden truth does not disappear. 48 00:02:18,114 --> 00:02:19,919 Luna thinks she is ordinary. 49 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,237 Antain begins to question the rules. 50 00:02:22,237 --> 00:02:24,747 A small crack can change a whole story. 51 00:02:24,747 --> 00:02:25,398 Very good. 52 00:02:25,398 --> 00:02:27,780 Here is your final thinking question. 53 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:31,508 Do children need the truth even when the truth is painful? 54 00:02:31,508 --> 00:02:34,211 Think about Luna and Antain as you answer. 55 00:02:34,211 --> 00:02:38,260 Next time, we will follow maps, journeys, and better questions. 56 00:02:38,260 --> 00:02:40,026 See you in the next lesson.