공통영어2 천재 강상구 4과 본문 빈칸 변형

We are surrounded by ____ items, which are manufactured in quick and cheap ways that ensure maximum profits.

Handcrafting things without ____ on machines is often difficult and slow.

That is why ____ and more craft skills are going extinct.

____ all this, there are artisans around the world who make things in the old ways with their own bare hands.

Here are ____ countries that show how traditional crafts are still standing.

The women in the town of Sejnane in Tunisia, like Aljia ____ and her daughter, Rim, still follow the methods of making pottery by hand that date back over 3,000 years.

They collect clay and spread it out to dry for about five ____ under the sun.

They ____ broken pieces of pottery to make the clay stronger.

The mixture is molded into a shape that comes to mind on the ____.

Then, the piece is coated with ____ clay or red earth.

Next, it is fired over an ____ flame.

Then, it is ____ time to decorate it.

____ the colors come from nature, and the designs give the pottery its unique look.

In the past, the women of Sejnane mostly made practical items like ____, dishes, and cups.

Unfortunately, it is much harder to sell those nowadays, since mass-produced plastic and ____ products are cheaper.

This made the women think more creatively, and now they design original pieces ____ vases and dolls.

The work is tough, and the craft has been avoided by ____ people.

However, Rim says, “It has made me a more ____ person.

Everything ____ it needs to be done step by step.

____ is in slow motion.

This is ____ a life lesson that I really cherish.”

Aranmula, a village in India, is home to the traditional craft of mirror ____.

Here, the mirrors are ____ entirely of metal.

With typical glass mirrors, light has to travel through the glass in order to get reflected on the back of the ____ coated with metal.

In contrast, the Aranmula mirror reflects light on the surface of the ____ and shows a more accurate reflection.

The craft has been passed down in Aranmula for ____ 500 years.

Sudhammal J learned the trade secrets from her father when she was little, including the formula for the perfect ratio of tin and copper to ____ the mirror’s reflective surface.

The process is incredibly laborious and is done ____ by hand.

Sudhammal works with her son, Niranjan, often ____ the night.

They first make a clay ____ and then prepare pieces of tin and copper.

With the right mixture of the metal pieces filling the ____, the clay mold sits in a 1,200-degree fire for about an hour.

____ the metal pieces melt, they cool down the mold, break it, and take the mirror out of it.

It isn’t reflective ____ yet.

It needs to go through several ____ of polishing.

The final step is to fix the mirror inside the metal ____.

Niranjan came home to the craft after ____ a business degree.

“My grandfather’s death led me to ____ my mother.

Through that, my interest and passion ____, too.

The new generation seems uninterested in the craft mostly because of the harsh ____ conditions, unbearable heat, and long hours of tiring work.

____, we won’t sell our craft to machines because that would end up dissolving our collective identity.”

In Jeonju, ____, Kim Dong-sik has been making hapjukseons, traditional folding fans that used to be reserved for royal families.

He uses a 350-year-old technique that ____ been passed down through his family.

Although the fan ____ simple, the process of making it involves about 150 manual steps using natural materials.

It takes ____ to five days to make just one fan.

It ____ with preparing bamboo.

He makes it soft by boiling it and leaves it out to dry for up to ____ weeks.

Then, he splits the bamboo into strips and thins them down again and again until ____ can see through them.

He then glues ____ strips into one rib and binds the ribs tightly.

This ____ the fan incredibly strong.

Now that the framework is ____, he spreads the fan ribs out with glue applied on them.

Then, he carefully attaches paper to the ribs, ____ it for each rib.

Afterward, the fan ____ be left plain or decorated by a painter.

Kim says, “To make a fan, you ____ a lot of patience and determination.

In the ____ days, all the fans were made this way.

I stand by this so that the perfect traditional skills can be taught and carried ____ the future.”