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Holmes asked Mr. Cubitt if he had seen any strangers around.
Mr. Cubitt
said no, but he heard that some strangers were seen at Elrige’s farm.

“Mr. Holmes, you must help me find out what is frightening my wife!”

He hopelessly cried.
Holmes said,
“I understand your concern, Mr.
Cubitt, but we cannot act blindly.
I suggest you take extra precautions
to ensure the safety of your wife and yourself.”
Mr. Cubitt nodded with
a look of resignation on his face.
Holmes asked Mr. Cubitt if he had seen any strangers around.

if는 ‘~인지 아닌지’의 의미로 쓰인 접속사이며 whether로 바꿔 쓸 수 있다.

“Mr. Holmes, you must help me find out what is frightening my wife!”

<help+목적어+동사원형>은 ‘~가 …하도록 돕다’의 의미를 갖는다. what은 선행사를 포함한 관계대명사로 the thing which[that]의 의미를 지닌다.

I suggest you take extra precautions to ensure the safety of your wife and yourself.

<suggest that+주어+(should)+동사원형>은 제안을 나타내는 구문으로, should는 생략될 수 있다. 주장을 나타내는 insist that ...과 동일한 구조이다.

Mr. Cubitt nodded with a look of resignation on his face.

<with+목적어+전치사구>는 ‘~가 …에 있는 채로’의 뜻으로 주절의 동작과 동시에 일어나는 상태를 나타낸다.

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Holmes asked Mr. Cubitt if he had seen any strangers around.
홈스는 큐빗 씨에게 그가 주변에서 낯선 사람을 본 적이 있는지 물었다.
Mr. Cubitt said no, but he heard that some strangers were seen at Elrige’s farm.
큐빗 씨는 아니라고 대답했지만, 엘리지 농장에서 몇몇 낯선 사람들이 보였다는 이야기를 들었다고 했다.
“Mr. Holmes, you must help me find out what is frightening my wife!”
“홈스 씨, 제 아내를 무서워하게 만드는 것이 무엇인지 알아내도록 도와주셔야만 합니다!”
He hopelessly cried.
그는 절망적으로 외쳤다.
Holmes said,
홈스는 말했다.
“I understand your concern, Mr. Cubitt, but we cannot act blindly.
“당신의 걱정을 이해합니다, 큐빗 씨, 하지만 우리는 무턱대고 행동할 수 없습니다.
I suggest you take extra precautions to ensure the safety of your wife and yourself.”
당신과 아내분의 안전을 보장하기 위해 저는 당신이 추가적인 예방 조치를 취할 것을 제안합니다.”
Mr. Cubitt nodded with a look of resignation on his face.
큐빗 씨는 체념한 표정이 얼굴에 있는 채로 고개를 끄덕였다.
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Paragraph Summary

Mr. Cubitt asked for Holmes’s help to discover what was
frightening
his wife.

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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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