✨ Magic Tree House 스피킹 연습 기록 3

 Magic tree house : Dinosaurs Before Dark - Chapter 3

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연습 순서

1. 챕터 요약
2. 문장 확장
3. 짧은 이야기 만들기

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1️⃣ Summary

When they looked out the window, they saw a completely different landscape from Frog Creek.
There were towering mountains with volcanoes, a winding stream, and ferns. They even saw a real Pteranodon.
Annie wanted to meet it, so she climbed down the rope ladder and approached the creature.

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2️⃣ Sentence Practice

There was a winding stream.
→ The Han River is the winding river that runs through Seoul.
→ The winding path led them through the dense forest.
→ We followed the winding road up the mountain.
→ They traveled along winding roads through the countryside.
→ Death Road in Bolivia is a very rough, winding road.
→ She followed the winding trail through the park.
→ The conversation took a winding path before we reached a conclusion.
→ We had to go through a long, winding conversation to get to the result.

The creature coasted to a stop.
→ The condor coasted across the mountains.
→ The boat coasted like a leaf on calm water.
→ The plane coasted smoothly on the runway after landing.
→ The figure skater coasted gracefully across the ice.

She stepped boldly up to the ancient creature.
→ She presented boldly in front of lots of people.
→ He boldly voiced his opinion during the meeting.
→ I’d like to speak boldly and confidently.

✅ “the”를 붙이는 경우 정리

1. 강, 바다, 해협, 산맥 등 자연지형 이름

• 항상 the 사용
  • the Han River
  • the Amazon
  • the Nile
  • the Pacific Ocean
  • the Alps
  • the Sahara
  • the English Channel

2. 복수형 국가명, 섬, 산맥

• the 사용
  • the Netherlands
  • the Philippines
  • the United States
  • the Himalayas

3. 특정 건물, 기관, 신문, 호텔 등

• the Empire State Building
• the British Museum
• the New York Times
• the Ritz

4. 유일한 것

• the sun
• the moon
• the internet
• the sky

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❌ “the”를 붙이지 않는 경우

대부분의 도시, 나라, 호수, 산 이름

• Korea, Japan, Seoul, Mount Everest, Lake Michigan

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3️⃣ 짧은 이야기 만들기 (Short Story)

In South America, there was a vast landscape with a winding stream and winding roads.
In the sky, a large condor coasted across the mountains to the iceberg. It looked like something from the Cretaceous period.
I tried to boldly trail the condor, so I stepped toward the mountains.

enormous - 주로 사물 / vast - 자연경관에 적합. 

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✏️ Today's Reflection

오늘은 적은 문장들을 다양하게 응용해 보았어요.
‘winding’은 여러 방식으로 변형해 보면서, 영어 단어 사용에 대한 감이 조금 더 생긴 것 같아요.
‘the’의 용법은 매번 헷갈리고 입에 잘 붙지 않아서 한 번 더 정리해 보았습니다.
산맥에는 the를 붙이고, 하나의 산에는 안 붙인다는 걸 오늘 다시 입에 착 붙여봤어요.