공통영어1 천재 강상구 1과 변형문제

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I was still mostly thinking about what my classmates might think. I ____ putting much thought into what I was actually going to say.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I barely managed to ____ a short story about her.

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

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

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

I said, “I’m embarrassed ____ the speech.

I must have looked like a fool. I know I could ____ 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 ____ at me if my speech wasn’t good enough.”

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

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

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

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

I really should have focused on my ____.

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

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

I stood in front of the mirror ____ day for a week 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, how I would make eye contact with the audience, and even when I would ____.

I felt nervous again when the big ____ finally arrived.

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

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

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

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

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

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