Lesson 2 Journey Through the Pages
Great Opening Lines
You never get a second chance to make a first ____.
It is very important to make a good impression on others when we meet them for the first ____.
But people ____ the only ones who make first impressions — books do as well.
A powerful first line of a book can catch readers’ attention and make them want to ____ on.
Authors ____ spend weeks, months, or even years coming up with the perfect opening line for their books.
Let’s ____ a look at some of them.
“All children, except one, grow up.”
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
No one ____ stop the sands of time.
____ child becomes an adult whether they want to or not.
But the opening line of Peter Pan states that ____ is one child who is the exception to the rule.
Peter Pan is a boy who ____ to grow older.
He wants to have fun and stay a child ____.
One night in London, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell visit the home of Wendy, ____, and Michael.
Peter Pan invites them to a fantastic island in the sky ____ Neverland.
It is a magical place where ____ are born and excitement never ends.
The children ____ Peter Pan’s hand and their adventure begins.
Only children ____ visit Neverland, and they do not grow up as long as they remain there.
They have a ____ time in Neverland.
But in the end, the ____ children decide to return home and grow up.
What is the reason for this unexpected decision? Read the book to ____ out.
“There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.”
Holes, Louis Sachar
What comes to ____ when you hear the word “camp?”
Many people would think of fun activities ____ fishing, having a barbecue, and sleeping under the beautiful stars.
So ____ kind of place do you imagine Camp Green Lake is?
Perhaps it is a ____ place where a green forest surrounds a blue lake.
But the first line of ____ paints a different picture.
It states that there is no lake there despite its ____.
Through this irony, Sachar is hinting that Camp Green Lake is not a normal camp with fun and ____.
In fact, Camp ____ Lake is not a camp at all.
____ in the desert, it is like a prison for bad boys.
The main character of the book, a teenage boy ____ Stanley Yelnats, is different from the other boys in the camp.
He ____ done anything wrong.
He was just in the wrong ____ at the wrong time.
Stanley and the other boys at Camp Green Lake are expected to improve their character by digging holes every ____.
____ suspects that there is another reason for the digging.
Will Stanley successfully dig up the truth about Camp Green ____?
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
1984, George Orwell
Typically, clocks strike from ____ to twelve times.
But George ____ well-known novel, 1984, opens with the clocks striking thirteen times.
In a normal world, a clock striking thirteen is out of the ____.
But in this mysterious place, it doesn’t seem to be ____.
Not just one clock but all ____ strike thirteen here.
What’s more, the number ____ is often associated with bad luck in Western cultures.
In this way, Orwell hints to the readers that they are ____ to enter a world that is dark and unfamiliar.
The story takes place in an imaginary country called Oceania in the year ____.
The government tries to control everyone’s ____.
It has even created a new language to ____ people’s thoughts and expressions.
Big Brother, the leader of Oceania, ____ everything that goes on through television screens.
As long as ____ Brother is in power, the people of Oceania will never be free.
The main character, Winston Smith, does not ____ with what the government is doing.
He ____ to fight against Big Brother, but he can’t do it by himself.
Will Winston find ____ to join him?
Or will he ____ in and be controlled by Big Brother like the rest of the people?
공통영어1 동아 이병민 2과 본문 한줄 해석 Great Opening Lines