공통영어2 능률 오선영 1과 변형문제

My name is ____ Saem.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A lot of them accepted my friend ____.

While looking ____ their profiles, I noticed something interesting.

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

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

And there was a ____ Canadian Sam Lee who was a drummer.

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

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

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

Here is what I wrote: “Hi! I’m Sam ____ from Korea.

I ____ songs and play the keyboard.

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

To my ____, all three eagerly agreed.

That was the start of our band’s ____.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It was interesting and a lot of ____.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After ____, 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 ____ we face in life.

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

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

But even if that ____ happens, we’ve still been incredibly lucky.

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

____ can be amazing sometimes!