공통영어2 천재 강상구 4과 본문 빈칸 변형

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

Handcrafting things ____ relying on machines is often difficult and slow.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Next, it is fired over an open ____.

Then, it is finally ____ to decorate it.

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

In the past, the women of Sejnane ____ made practical items like bowls, 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 ____, and now they design original pieces like vases and dolls.

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

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

Everything about it needs to be ____ step by step.

____ is in slow motion.

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

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

Here, the mirrors are ____ entirely of metal.

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

In contrast, the Aranmula mirror ____ light on the surface of the metal 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 ____ for the perfect ratio of tin and copper to create the mirror’s reflective surface.

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

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

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

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

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

It isn’t ____ just yet.

It ____ to go through several rounds of polishing.

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

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

“My grandfather’s ____ led me to help 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.

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

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

He uses a ____ technique that has been passed down through his family.

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

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

It ____ with preparing bamboo.

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

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

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

This makes the fan ____ strong.

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

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

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

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

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

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