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It wasn’t their first trip to the caves, and their previous trips had
always been without incident.
Unfortunately, heavy monsoon rains
poured down this time, creating a flash flood that trapped the team
inside the complex network of caves.
Desperate to escape from the
rising waters, the boys and their coach went deeper and deeper into the
cave, ending up in a chamber about 4 km from the entrance to the cave.

Concern began to grow when the parents of one of the boys prepared
a birthday gift and cake for their son, only to realize that he had not
returned home.
Panic spread within and beyond the country when the
boys’ abandoned bikes and belongings were discovered the next day at
the cave entrance, indicating that something was gravely wrong.
It wasn’t their first trip to the caves, and their previous trips had always been without incident.

이들의 동굴 방문보다 더 이전의 동굴 방문 (즉 대과거) 에서는 아무런 사건이 없었음을 나타내기 위해 과거완료 시제 (had been)가 사용되었다.

Unfortunately, heavy monsoon rains poured down this time, creating a flash flood that trapped the team ~.

creating은 연속된 사건의 결과를 나타내는 분사구문으로 and [so] they created로 바꾸어 쓸 수 있다. that은 a flash flood를 수식하는 주격 관계 대명사이다.

Desperate to escape from the rising waters, the boys and their coach went deeper and deeper ~.

Desperate to escape는 being이 생략된 분사구문으로, 원인의 뜻을 가지므로 As they were desperate to escape로 바꾸어 쓸 수 있다.

~ only to realize that he had not returned home.

only to realize는 예상치 못한 결과나 반전을 나타내는 데 주로 사용되는 to부정사의 결과적 용법이다.

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It wasn’t their first trip to the caves, and their previous trips had always been without incident.
이것은 그들의 첫 동굴 여행이 아니었고, 이전의 여행은 항상 아무 사건이 없었다.
Unfortunately, heavy monsoon rains poured down this time, creating a flash flood that trapped the team inside the complex network of caves.
불행히도 이번에는 장마철 폭우가 쏟아져 팀을 복잡한 동굴망에 갇히게 한 갑작스러운 홍수를 만들어 냈다.
Desperate to escape from the rising waters, the boys and their coach went deeper and deeper into the cave, ending up in a chamber about 4 km from the entrance to the cave.
차오르는 물로부터 도망치기 위하여 필사적이었기에, 소년들과 코치는 점점 더 동굴 깊숙이 들어갔고, 결국
동굴 입구에서 약 4km 떨어진 공간에 도달하게 되었다.
Concern began to grow when the parents of one of the boys prepared a birthday gift and cake for their son, only to realize that he had not returned home.
한 소년의 부모가 아들을 위해 생일 선물과 케이크를 준비했을 때, 아들이 귀가하지 않았다는 것을 깨닫게
되면서 우려가 커지기 시작했다.
Panic spread within and beyond the country when the boys’ abandoned bikes and belongings were discovered the next day at the cave entrance, indicating that something was gravely wrong.
다음 날 동굴 입구에서 소년들의 버려진 자전거와 소지품이 발견되면서 나라 안팎으로 공포가 퍼졌고, 동시에
이는 무언가 심각하게 잘못되었음을 시사했다.
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Paragraph Summary

Trapped by a
flash
flood
, the team went deeper into the cave to escape from the rising waters.

Reading Strategy

Identify the sequence of the three events leading up to the moment when the divers discovered the missing boys.
It wasn’t their first trip to the caves, and their previous trips had always been without incident. Unfortunately, heavy monsoon rains poured down this time, creating a flash flood that trapped the team inside the complex network of caves. Desperate to escape from the rising waters, the boys and their coach went deeper and deeper into the cave, ending up in a chamber about 4 km from the entrance to the cave.
Concern began to grow when the parents of one of the boys prepared a birthday gift and cake for their son, only to realize that he had not returned home. Panic spread within and beyond the country when the boys’ abandoned bikes and belongings were discovered the next day at the cave entrance, indicating that something was gravely wrong.
In response to the distressing situation, a massive search and rescue operation began. Over a thousand army and navy personnel, along with local and international volunteers, joined the search for the missing boys. After nine days of searching, two highly experienced British cave divers, Rick Stanton and John Volanthen, made a miraculous discovery — they found the boys alive. If it had not been for the two divers’ exceptional skills and determination, the boys would have remained trapped deep inside the cave.
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