공통영어2 능률 오선영 1과 변형문제

My name is ____ Saem.

My first name has an impressive meaning in Korean: “a ____ of power and vitality.”

Since Saem sounds like Sam, ____ decided to make that my English name.

Growing up, I thought Lee was a common ____ name only in Korea.

Little did I know that it’s ____ common in many other countries, too.

When I searched “Sam Lee” on a social media website, I was ____ at what I saw.

There ____ so many people all over the world with that name!

Just for fun, I randomly chose several Sam Lees and sent ____ friend requests.

A lot of them accepted my ____ request.

While looking through their profiles, I noticed something ____

Several Sam Lees ____ various ages and nationalities were interested in music.

There was a Sam Lee in his mid-30s from Singapore who enjoyed singing and ____ lyrics.

And there was ____ 42-year-old Canadian Sam Lee who was a drummer.

According to her profile, everyone called ____ Sam even though her real name was Samantha.

Finally, there ____ an American Sam Lee who played the electric guitar.

Suddenly, I had a great idea. I sent a ____ to all three.

Here is what I wrote: ____ I’m Sam Lee from Korea.

____ write songs and play the keyboard.

How about making a virtual band called The Sam ____

To my surprise, all three eagerly ____

That was the start of our ____ journey.

We tried to practice once ____ week through a video chat app, but we encountered several problems.

First of ____ we all lived in different time zones.

This made it ____ to pick a convenient time for everyone to practice.

____ there were audio issues with the app, which caused us to be out of sync.

So we put our heads together and ____ a better way of playing music.

We decided to assemble the songs as if we were working in a virtual ____ factory.

After we decided on a ____ I would play it on my keyboard and send it to Singaporean Sam.

He would ____ along with the keyboard and send the recording to American Sam.

Then American Sam would add his guitar part, ____ Samantha would finish the song with her drumming.

When it came to choosing songs to play, ____ took turns.

Since each of us prefers a different genre of music and comes from a different culture, ____ all ended up learning a lot about different kinds of music.

It ____ interesting and a lot of fun.

Shortly after we ____ the band, a global pandemic began.

Since all of our normal lives were ____ on hold, we valued our online interactions more than ever.

At one point, Singaporean Sam became ill and needed to spend some time in the hospital, so the band took ____ break.

However, we still met from time to time by using ____ video chat app.

We talked about ____ lives and did what we could do to cheer Singaporean Sam up.

Since he had to stay in the hospital on his birthday, the rest of us recorded ____ favorite song as his birthday present.

When we ____ it for him, he laughed so hard that he cried.

That was mainly because the song was sung by ____ worst singer in the band—me!

It was good to see him laugh even though he was lying in ____ hospital bed.

After Singaporean Sam ____ we decided to write and record our own song.

We called the song ____ Friendship,” and we posted it online.

____ song didn’t get much attention, but we were proud of what we had achieved together.

Never did we expect that we would build such strong relationships with one ____

____ all, we don’t come from similar backgrounds, nor have we had the same life experiences.

Yet we now talk about almost everything together, including the hardships we ____ in life.

I think it’s been really ____ to get advice from people with such different perspectives.

We would all like to meet in person ____ play our music on the street someday.

But even ____ that never happens, we’ve still been incredibly lucky.

Four random people became great ____ simply because of our names.

Life can be ____ sometimes!