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1. 2 8 1 National News ▶Word Check ☞ Write the meanings of the words. ▶Phrase Check ☞ Choose the correct word or phrase for each blank. looks like, from, scenery, will take, when

2. 2 8 1 National News ▶Reading Comprehension 1 Haechi Taxis Run From May When you go to New York, you can see yellow cabs. In London, you can take black cabs. Now, Seoul will also have special taxis from May. The City of Seoul is planning to introduce “Haechi” cabs from May. It hopes to make the new taxis a new icon of the capital city. Haechi is an imaginary animal that looks like a lion with horns. It is found in Korean myths as a guardian. People believed that Haechi protects us from fire and other disasters. The Haechi taxis will have drawings of Haechi on the doors and the lamp on the roof. They will be mainly in white color with some orange-colored design patterns. The white color symbolizes the Han River and orange color means the Earth. The new taxis will replace 10,000 taxis a year, starting from May. It will take about nine years to replace all 72,000 taxis in Seoul, according to city officials. ”Seoul will upgrade taxi service through the new Haechi cabs. They will also make the scenery of the city beautiful,” said Oh se-hoon, the mayor of Seoul. ☞ Choose the best answer based on the article.

3. 2 8 1 National News ▶Reading Comprehension 2 Haechi Taxis Run From May When you go to New York, you can see yellow cabs. In London, you can take black cabs. Now, Seoul will also have special taxis from May. The City of Seoul is planning to introduce “Haechi” cabs from May. It hopes to make the new taxis a new icon of the capital city. Haechi is an imaginary animal that looks like a lion with horns. It is found in Korean myths as a guardian. People believed that Haechi protects us from fire and other disasters. The Haechi taxis will have drawings of Haechi on the doors and the lamp on the roof. They will be mainly in white color with some orange-colored design patterns. The white color symbolizes the Han River and orange color means the Earth. The new taxis will replace 10,000 taxis a year, starting from May. It will take about nine years to replace all 72,000 taxis in Seoul, according to city officials. ”Seoul will upgrade taxi service through the new Haechi cabs. They will also make the scenery of the city beautiful,” said Oh se-hoon, the mayor of Seoul. ☞ Write True(T) or False(F). ▶ Composition ☞ Make a sentence using the given words. 29. 내 마음이 어딘가 멀리 있을 때, 나는 하루도 더 살 수 없다. ( 접속사 when ) I can’t live another day (is, hear, my, somewhere) far away. 30. 여름에, 비치 파라솔은 태양으로부터 당신을 보호할 수 없다. Beach umbrellas can’t (from, the, protect, sun, you) in summer.

4. 2 8 1 National News ▶Word Check ☞ Write the meanings of the words. ▶Phrase Check ☞ Choose the correct word or phrase for each blank. looks like, from, scenery, will take, when

5. 2 8 1 National News ▶Reading Comprehension 1 Haechi Taxis Run From May When you go to New York, you can see yellow cabs. In London, you can take black cabs. Now, Seoul will also have special taxis from May. The City of Seoul is planning to introduce “Haechi” cabs from May. It hopes to make the new taxis a new icon of the capital city. Haechi is an imaginary animal that looks like a lion with horns. It is found in Korean myths as a guardian. People believed that Haechi protects us from fire and other disasters. The Haechi taxis will have drawings of Haechi on the doors and the lamp on the roof. They will be mainly in white color with some orange-colored design patterns. The white color symbolizes the Han River and orange color means the Earth. The new taxis will replace 10,000 taxis a year, starting from May. It will take about nine years to replace all 72,000 taxis in Seoul, according to city officials. ”Seoul will upgrade taxi service through the new Haechi cabs. They will also make the scenery of the city beautiful,” said Oh se-hoon, the mayor of Seoul. ☞ Choose the best answer based on the article.

6. 2 8 1 National News ▶Reading Comprehension 2 Haechi Taxis Run From May When you go to New York, you can see yellow cabs. In London, you can take black cabs. Now, Seoul will also have special taxis from May. The City of Seoul is planning to introduce “Haechi” cabs from May. It hopes to make the new taxis a new icon of the capital city. Haechi is an imaginary animal that looks like a lion with horns. It is found in Korean myths as a guardian. People believed that Haechi protects us from fire and other disasters. The Haechi taxis will have drawings of Haechi on the doors and the lamp on the roof. They will be mainly in white color with some orange-colored design patterns. The white color symbolizes the Han River and orange color means the Earth. The new taxis will replace 10,000 taxis a year, starting from May. It will take about nine years to replace all 72,000 taxis in Seoul, according to city officials. ”Seoul will upgrade taxi service through the new Haechi cabs. They will also make the scenery of the city beautiful,” said Oh se-hoon, the mayor of Seoul. ☞ Write True(T) or False(F). ▶ Composition ☞ Make a sentence using the given words. 29. 내 마음이 어딘가 멀리 있을 때, 나는 하루도 더 살 수 없다. ( 접속사 when ) I can’t live another day (is, hear, my, somewhere) far away. → when my heart is somewhere 30. 여름에, 비치 파라솔은 태양으로부터 당신을 보호할 수 없다. Beach umbrellas can’t (from, the, protect, sun, you) in summer. → protect you from the sun