Senior Level for Readers [AL]
[WF]: Writing Festival, [CV]: Class Video, [TP]: Teacher's Party
Teacher: Lowrie
Hello my name is Hwang YeBin, and this is my story based on the movie “The Battle of Yeonpyeong.”
It was June 2002, South Korea and Turkey were playing in the match for 3rd and 4th place for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea-Japan. Almost all the people in South Korea were watching the football match. At the same time artillery was firing in the middle of the western sea of Korea. There was a battle between South and North Korea. This tension continues to this day because there is a difference of opinion about the border on the seafront.
FIFA World Cup Match (Normal Korean citizen)
It was the hottest day of the summer so far. I was watching a football game but my cousin, Momo, was out in the western sea fighting an attack from North Korea. I was trying to focus on the game, but I was also worried about Momo! The stadium was large and there were many fans watching the game. The stadium was full of yelling people eating chicken and other stadium foods. Most of the fans were Korean, because the stadium was in Seoul and it was the World Cup. The Turkish player stole the ball and ran to the Korean goal, he kicked the ball and he got a goal! I felt very sad…
FIGHTING IN THE SEAFRONT (Momo)
I was on a big South Korean army boat when the North started shooting at us. A soldier next to me was shot in the arm and leg. As the boat doctor as well as a soldier, I had to fix his bloody arm and leg. After an hour, there were many other hurt soldiers. I helped as many soldiers as I could. But when I was moving a body I was shot many times. I ran toward the inside of the boat where I would be safer. A helicopter came down to rescue the hurt soldiers. I got in the helicopter and went to the hospital.
HOSPITAL (Normal Korean citizen)
Momo’s mom and I went to visit Momo in the hospital. When we were there, Momo died. I learned a lesson I will not forget: it is hard and dangerous work to be a soldier, we should thank and respect the men and women who fought and died for us.
Thank you for listening! Goodbye.
