1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 Hello everyone! 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000 I am your English reading coach, Minhee Teacher. 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Welcome back to our reading journey through the wonderful book, 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Wonder. 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Today, we are diving into Part Two, which is titled Via's 6 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Galaxy. 7 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,000 Up until now, we only saw the world through Auggie's eyes. 8 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,000 But today, we are changing our camera lens. 9 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,000 We are looking through the eyes of his older sister, Via. 10 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,000 Let's look at this part of the book like a movie director 11 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,000 planning three quick scenes. 12 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,000 In Scene One, the camera shows young Via and Auggie playing at 13 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,000 home. 14 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 To Via, Auggie is just her cute little brother. 15 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,000 His face is just his face, and she does not think it is strange 16 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,000 at all. 17 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,000 In Scene Two, the camera pans out. 18 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,000 We see strangers staring at Auggie on the street, gasping in 19 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,000 shock. 20 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,000 Suddenly, Via sees her brother through the eyes of those 21 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,000 strangers, and it hurts her deeply. 22 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,000 In Scene Three, the camera follows Via to her first day of high 23 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,000 school. 24 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,000 She is sitting alone, realizing her old friends are changing and 25 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 drifting away. 26 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,000 She loves her brother, but she secretly wishes she could just be 27 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,000 Via, not always the sister of the boy with the different face. 28 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,000 Let's zoom in on a very important line Via says. 29 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,000 She says, I never used to see August the way other people saw 30 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000 him. 31 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,000 To understand this, imagine you have a favorite, old, cozy teddy 32 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,000 bear. 33 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,000 It has a missing button eye and a ripped ear. 34 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,000 To you, that bear is perfect because you love it. 35 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 You do not even notice the missing eye. 36 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,000 But one day, a friend comes over and says, oh, what a scary, 37 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,000 broken bear! 38 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Suddenly, you look at your bear and think, oh, does it look 39 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,000 scary to others? 40 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,000 That is exactly how Via feels. 41 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,000 For years, Auggie was just her sweet brother. 42 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,000 But as she gets older, she notices the shocked faces of 43 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 strangers. 44 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000 She realizes her family's normal is not the world's normal. 45 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,000 She feels a mix of deep love, fierce protection, and a little 46 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 bit of sadness. 47 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Why does Via feel this way? 48 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Let's explain this simply. 49 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Think of Via's family like a solar system. 50 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Auggie is the sun in the center because he has big medical 51 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000 needs. 52 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 The parents and Via orbit around him like planets. 53 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 This is their family galaxy. 54 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 But planets need their own space too. 55 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Via loves her brother, but orbiting the sun all the time can get 56 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,000 hot and tiring. 57 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,000 She wants to have her own orbit, her own dreams, and her own 58 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 friends. 59 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Loving someone does not mean you have to disappear. 60 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,000 It is okay to want your own space. 61 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Via is not being selfish; she is just growing up. 62 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Let's look at some useful words from Via's world that we can use 63 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 in our own lives. 64 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Our first word is galaxy. 65 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 A galaxy is a huge group of stars. 66 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,000 In this book, it is a metaphor for a family world where everyone 67 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 circles around one main person. 68 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,000 You can say, our family is like our own little galaxy. 69 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Our second word is protect. 70 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,000 To protect means to keep someone safe from harm. 71 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,000 It is like holding an umbrella over a friend to protect them 72 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 from the rain. 73 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Big sisters often try to protect their little brothers. 74 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Our third word is burden. 75 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,000 A burden is something very heavy to carry, either physically or 76 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,000 emotionally. 77 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,000 For example, carrying a huge backpack up a hill is a physical 78 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 burden. 79 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Loving someone can sometimes feel like a burden when you have to 80 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 worry about them all the time. 81 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Our fourth word is apparition. 82 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,000 This is a big, dramatic word! 83 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,000 It means something that appears suddenly, like a ghost. 84 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,000 To shocked strangers who are not used to seeing him, Auggie 85 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 sometimes looks like an apparition. 86 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Our fifth phrase is drift away. 87 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000 This means to slowly stop being close to someone, like two boats 88 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 floating apart on water. 89 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,000 When you go to a new school, old friends can sometimes drift 90 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 away. 91 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 Now, let's practice speaking. 92 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,000 I will say a sentence, and I want you to repeat it right after 93 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,000 me with real feeling. 94 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Let's start. 95 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000 I never saw him the way other people saw him. 96 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,000 It is hard to protect someone you love all the time. 97 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,000 I want to be seen as just me, not only as someone's sister. 98 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Our family is like our own little galaxy. 99 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Loving someone does not mean you forget about yourself. 100 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Wonderful job! 101 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Your English sounds so natural when you put real emotion into 102 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,000 the characters' words. 103 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Before we finish today, here is an open question for you to 104 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,000 think about. 105 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Can you love someone very much and still feel tired of their 106 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:10,000 problems sometimes? 107 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:10,000 How do you balance caring for your family with chasing your own 108 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:10,000 dreams? 109 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Think about this, and next time you open your book, try to look 110 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:10,000 at the world through Via's eyes. 111 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:10,000 You did amazing today. 112 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:10,000 See you next time!