코리아중앙데일리와 주한영국대사관이 주최했던 제11회 ESU KOREA 영어말하기 본선결선대회에서 초등고학년부에 참여하여 '창의상' 을 수상했던 김도현 학생의 writing 원고를 아래에 게시합니다. ESU 말하기 대회의 본선에서 수상하기 위해서는 어느 정도의 영어글쓰기가 바탕이 되어야 할 것인지에 대해서 팁을 얻으실 수 있을 것이라 봅니다.

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My Favorite Food    

                                                                                            김 O  O (세종초 5학년)

         How many times in your life have you been asked what your favorite food is? As for me, (with a bit of exaggeration) It may have been a few hundred times. So when I got the theme “My Favorite food” I was thinking “Again? Even for a contest?” But this time I knew the answer needed to have more detail. By now people listening to my speech might be wondering what my favorite food is. Well, it is cheese cake. What is so special about the food cheesecake you ask? I could go rambling on and on about this for hours. But no, I will just pick two  important reasons why I like cheesecake and a special comment about it.

         Firstly, this a reason that some people might think is unusual. The reason I love cheesecake is that it helps me with my feelings. In my case I lived in Vancouver for four years. When I was in Vancouver my mom had a terrible homesick. Whenever she couldn’t stand it she would go to Granville Island and soothe herself. Beside her I ate cheesecake from the bakery who handmade them every morning. Since I was young I couldn’t understand why my mom had homesick, I was just happy that I could eat cheesecake. But now that I’m living in Korea and when I miss my friends and Vancouver itself I long for that cheesecake I ate whenever my mom was homesick. So when I can’t control my sadness my mom and I bake a cheesecake. Of course it is not the same but I can feel the tingling that I felt when I ate the Granville Island cheesecake. Now I understand my mom’s feeling of when she had homesick. From this experience I realized that the reason I like cheesecake can be involved with my feelings. Cheesecake is my favorite food not only because of it’s marvelous flavor but because it is part of my emotions.

         Secondly, Memories. Before I went to Vancouver I didn’t think of cheesecake as my favorite food, just a dessert in the world. But one day it was my mom’s birthday and we were going out for dinner. For dessert I ordered cheesecake. It was May and it was the month of cherry blossoms in Vancouver. As I looked outside whilst eating cheesecake I saw cherry blossoms and the color of the cheesecake combined together with the color of the cherry blossoms and the cheesecake started tempting me to eat it. Lured to it I took a bite and the gold color of the cheesecake melted into my body. From that day on I started craving cheesecake. Chocolate cheesecake, cheesecake tart, cheesecake everything! Of course the cheesecake is delicious in every season but it is especially delicious in May when the cherry blossoms is in bloom.

Lastly, as I told you before I enjoy making cheesecake but I like eating them much more. So I’d like to introduce my secret tips for eating cheesecake. Close your eyes and imagine there is a cheesecake in front of you. You have a fork and you take a bite. Your first bite is the most important since you will decide on that first bite if this cheesecake is good or bad. You will judge on the texture and the flavor. If you feel that the cheesecake is smooth and the graham crackers are crunchy, and it is not too sweet but has the right amount of sugar then it’s a good cheesecake. One more thing it must be cold. A cheesecake cannot be hot, because if it is hot you will not be able to feel the real flavor of the cheesecake. Instead the cheesecake will have melted and the texture would be lumpy. After the first bite you can eat it in one gulp or if it is not meeting your expectations you can give it to your “hateful” siblings.

In conclusion, cheesecake is my favorite food because it is connected with my feelings and memories. People ordinarily think that colors and flavors decide their favorite food. In some sense that’s true. But I think that emotions and the history of our lives also take a crucial part to determine our favorite food. It doesn’t matter if the world’s most delicious food is not your favorite food. Your favorite food will have a special memory that attracts you to it. You will be pulled wherever you are to your favorite food and therefore that food will be your destiny.

Thank you for listening to my presentation.