초등영어리딩-Joining the Math Competition 800

 

 1 Joining the Math Competition 

It started with a poster in the hallway.
It said, “Join the Math Competition!”
At first, I walked past it.
Then my teacher pointed it out and said, “You should try!”
I thought about it all day.

That night, I talked to my parents.
They said, “Give it a try. Win or lose, you’ll learn something.”
So the next day, I signed up.
My heart beat fast, but I felt brave.

The teacher gave us practice sheets.
Every night, I sat down and worked on the problems.
Some were easy. Some made my head spin.
I looked up strategies online.
I also asked my friend to help me with the hard ones.

Sometimes I wanted to give up.
But I kept going, one question at a time.
My dad checked my answers.
My mom made snacks to keep me focused.

One day, I got stuck on a tricky puzzle.
I walked away, rested, and came back later.
Then I finally solved it!

Soon, the big day came.
I woke up early, got dressed, and packed my pencil and eraser.
When I got to the school, students from other classes were there too.
We lined up and went into the test room.

I sat down, looked at the clock, and took a deep breath.
The teacher passed out the test papers.
I opened mine and read through each question.
Some looked scary. Others looked fun.

I started to solve the easy ones first.
Then I moved on to the harder ones.
I crossed out wrong answers and checked my work twice.
I finished just in time and turned in my paper.

After the test, I talked with my friends.
We laughed about silly mistakes and shared tips.
The teacher said, “You all did great.”

A few days later, the results came out.
I walked over to the list and looked for my name.
There it was—4th place!
I smiled big and jumped up with joy.

I ran home and told my family.
They cheered and said, “We’re proud of you!”

Now, I’m not afraid of big math problems anymore.
Because I know how to try, how to think, and how to keep going.
And that’s what really counts.

 

 

2 구동사 

started          시작되었다

walked past  지나쳐 걸었다

pointed it out          그것을 가리켰다

thought about         ~에 대해 생각했다

talked to       ~와 이야기했다

signed up     신청했다

beat fast        빠르게 뛰었다

gave us         우리에게 주었다

sat down       앉았다

worked on    ~을 풀었다, 작업했다

looked up     검색했다

asked 물었다

wanted to give up   포기하고 싶었다

kept going    계속했다

checked        확인했다

made (snacks)         만들어주었다

got stuck      막혔다

walked away 자리를 떴다

came back    돌아왔다

came (the day)        다가왔다

woke up        일어났다

packed          준비했다

got to 도착했다

lined up        줄 섰다

went into      들어갔다

took a deep breath 깊게 숨 쉬었다

passed out    나눠주었다

read through           전체를 읽었다

started to solve       풀기 시작했다

moved on to ~로 넘어갔다

crossed out  지웠다, 삭제했다

turned in       제출했다

talked with    이야기했다

laughed        웃었다

came out      발표되었다

walked over  다가갔다

looked for     찾았다

jumped up    벌떡 뛰었다

ran home      집으로 달려갔다

told my family         가족에게 말했다

cheered         환호했다

 

3 해석

수학 경시대회는 복도에 붙은 포스터로 시작되었어요.

처음엔 그냥 지나쳤지만

선생님이 “너 해보는 게 어때?”라고 말씀하시며

관심이 생겼죠.

 

집에 가서 부모님께 말하자

“이겨도 지더라도 배움이 있을 거야”라고 하셨어요.

그래서 저는 신청했고

그날부터 매일 연습 문제를 풀었어요.

 

어려운 문제도 많았지만,

포기하지 않고 하나하나 도전했어요.

도중에 막혀 쉬기도 했지만

다시 돌아와 풀어내며 점점 실력이 늘었어요.

 

시험 날, 아침 일찍 일어나 준비물을 챙기고

학교에 도착해 줄을 서고

시험장에 들어갔어요.

 

심호흡을 하고 문제를 읽고,

쉬운 것부터 풀기 시작했죠.

시간 안에 마무리하고 제출했을 때,

정말 뿌듯했어요.

 

며칠 후 결과가 나왔고,

제가 4등에 이름이 있었어요!

가족들도 너무 기뻐했죠.

 

이제 저는 어려운 수학문제도 두렵지 않아요.

도전하고, 생각하고, 계속하는 법을 배웠거든요.

그게 진짜 중요한 거니까요.