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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.
In response to the distressing situation, a massive search and rescue operation began.

In response to는 ‘…에 대응하여’라는 전치사구이며, distressing은 ‘능동’의 의미를 가진 현재분사로 situation을 꾸며 주고 있다.

If it had not been for the two divers’ exceptional skills and determination, the boys would have remained trapped deep inside the cave.

‘만약 ~가 없었더라면, …했었을 것이다’라는 의미의 가정법 과거완료 표현이다. If it had not been for는 Without으로 바꾸어 쓸 수 있다.

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In response to the distressing situation, a massive search and rescue operation began.
이 걱정스러운 상황에 대응하여 대규모 수색 및 구조 작전이 시작되었다.
Over a thousand army and navy personnel, along with local and international volunteers, joined the search for the missing boys.
현지 및 국제 자원봉사자들과 함께 천여 명이 넘는 육군과 해군 요원이 실종된 소년들을 위한 수색에 합류했다.
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.
9일간의 수색 끝에, 두 명의 매우 숙련된 영국 동굴 잠수부, Rick Stanton과 John Volanthen은 기적적인
발견을 했다 ― 그들은 소년들이 살아 있는 것을 발견했던 것이다.
If it had not been for the two divers’ exceptional skills and determination, the boys would have remained trapped deep inside the cave.
두 잠수부의 뛰어난 기술과 결심이 아니었다면, 소년들은 동굴 깊은 곳에 계속 갇혀 있었을 것이다.
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By reducing and donating
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I embraced minimalism, freeing myself from consumerism.

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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