공통영어2 능률 오선영 1과 변형문제

My name is ____ Saem.

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

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

Growing up, I thought Lee was a common last ____ 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 amazed at what I ____.

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

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

A lot of ____ accepted my friend request.

While looking through their ____, I noticed something interesting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I ____ songs and play the keyboard.

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

To my ____, all three eagerly agreed.

That was the ____ of our band’s journey.

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

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

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

Secondly, ____ 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 music ____.

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

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

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

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

Since each of us prefers a different ____ 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 of ____.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That was mainly ____ the song 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 ____ Sam recovered, we decided to write and record our own song.

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

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

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

After all, we don’t come from similar backgrounds, ____ have we had the same life experiences.

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

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

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

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

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

Life can be ____ sometimes!