Korean culture is really exciting right now. The
Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going
crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean
language.
The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV
series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is still popular. People, especially
girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun (裴勇俊).
In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves
heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and
Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).
The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try
the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in
China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change
the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic
surgery. These stars don’t make plastic surgery look shameful (丟面子的).
Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real?
Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.
1. What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers
to ____..
A. Korean TV dramas B.
Korean culture
C. Korean language D. Korean actors
2.When did the Korean Wave start? It started with
____
A. the Korean pop
songs B. Taekwondo
C. the TV series “Winter Sonata” D.
the Korean food
3.Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas?
A. Bae Yong Jun.
B. Baby Vox. C. S. E.
S
D. Finke
4.Korean stars often change their looks by ____.
A. singing pop
songs B. acting in TV dramas
C. trying different food D.
having plastic surgery
5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the
passage?.
A. Winter Sonata tells a very famous love story.
B. Young people like Korean pop stars’ clothes and
hairstyles.
C. Chinese girls also want to try plastic surgery.
D. Korean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful.
