공통영어2 능률 오선영 1과 변형문제

My ____ is Lee Saem.

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

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

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

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

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

There were so many people all over the world with that ____

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

____ lot of them accepted my friend request.

While looking through their profiles, I noticed something ____

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I write songs ____ play the keyboard.

How about making a virtual ____ called The Sam Lees?”

To ____ surprise, all three eagerly agreed.

That was the start of ____ band’s journey.

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

First ____ all, we all lived in different time zones.

This made it difficult to pick a convenient time for everyone to ____

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It was interesting and a lot ____ fun.

Shortly after we started the ____ a global pandemic began.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

____ called the song “Long-Distance Friendship,” and we posted it online.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Life ____ be amazing sometimes!