공통영어1 천재 강상구 1과 변형문제

“The assignment is to write ____ speech about someone who you admire.

____ could be a historical figure, a celebrity, or even someone you personally know in your life,” Ms. Harper told the class.

My classmates ____ brainstorming a list of people they might pick — mostly athletes, singers, and actors.

However, I ____ right away who my speech was going to be about.

Grandma is the person I admire the most. Writing ____ speech about her would be a piece of cake.

A few ____ later, Ms. Harper talked about how to deliver a good speech.

This reminded me that it wasn’t just ____ writing assignment, but a speech I would have to give in front of my classmates!

The thought of standing in front of the entire class made my palms ____

I’m too shy to raise my hand in class even when I ____ the answer.

How on earth can I speak in front of everyone? I couldn’t sleep at all ____ night.

The big day ____ the speech finally arrived, and I felt more anxious than ever.

I had spent the previous ____ imagining how my classmates would react to my speech.

I was still mostly thinking about what my classmates might think. I wasn’t putting much thought into what I was actually going to ____

I figured I could just speak off the top ____ my head.

After all, ____ was going to talk about my grandmother.

I was sweating as I walked up to ____ front of the class.

My heart was racing so fast that ____ thought it might fly out of my chest.

I could ____ my face turning red. I didn’t know where to look.

I blanked out. I just stood there silently. Ms. Harper tried ____ help me out.

“Start by telling us ____ bit about your grandmother, Logan.”

I spoke about what kind of work my grandmother used to do, but ____ quickly ran out of words to say.

Then Ms. Harper said, “How about telling ____ a bit about why you admire her so much?”

I barely managed to share a short story about ____

After that, I just rushed to my seat and put ____ head in my hands.

I knew I had ____ up. I hadn’t said all the things I wanted to say.

____ next day, I met Ms. Harper after school to talk about the speech.

I said, “I’m ____ about the speech.

I must have looked like a fool. I know I ____ have done better.”

“It’s quite all right to fall ____ of your own expectations as long as you learn something from it,” she said in a warm voice.

“What was bothering you the ____ while you prepared for the speech?”

“I was afraid the other students would laugh at me ____ my speech wasn’t good enough.”

She replied, “You certainly can’t control ____ others think about your speech.

That means ____ should be focusing on the one thing you can control — how you give your speech.”

That woke me up from the ____ of despair. Of course, that was it!

I wouldn’t have ____ able to make my classmates like what I wanted to say.

I really should ____ focused on my performance.

A couple of weeks later, the class was given another ____ assignment.

I didn’t want to drop the ball like the first time. So this time, I practiced delivering the ____

I stood in front of the mirror every day for a ____ and went over all the things I wanted to say.

I used cue cards which contained ____ phrases about important facts.

I rehearsed how I would stand, ____ I would make eye contact with the audience, and even when I would pause.

I felt nervous again when the big day finally ____

____ when the teacher called my name, I noticed that my nerves had actually calmed down a bit.

I felt way better than the last time, ____ sure!

I walked up to the front of the ____ and looked out into the audience.

My heart began to race, and I took a deep breath to calm ____ down.

While my voice trembled from time to time, I managed to get my whole ____ across.

When I was done, I felt so proud of myself that I barely noticed ____ loudly everyone was clapping for me!