2년간의 휴가 줄 베른

One dark night in March, 1860, a ship was sailing through a

어느 어두운 밤 was(were)~ing sail through 뚫고 항해하다

violent storm with huge waves. The ship ❶was about to be

거대한 파도를 가진 막 ~하려고 하다

broken into pieces by the wild sea.

be broken into pieces 부서져서 조각이 나다

On the deck, four boys were trying very hard to save the

갑판위에 try to 동사원형(~하려고 애쓰다)

ship from the night storm. They were Gordon, Brian, Denipan

~로부터 배를 구하다 밤의 폭풍

and Moco. Gordon was fourteen, Brian and Denipan thirteen, and

Moco twelve. Below the deck, there were eleven little children

갑판아래에는 there were ~ 있었습니다. little 어린

sleeping.

자고 있는

The children were all students at the Chairman School in

Auckland, New Zealand. Two days earlier, when they came

오클랜드시, 뉴질랜드 이틀 전 early(일찍)의 비교급(더 일찍)

together on a ship for a school trip, the rope was cut

come together 함께 오다 학교 여행으로 be + p.p(잘려지다)

by accident, and the ship washed away to sea. Unfortunately,

우연히 떠내려가다, 휩쓸려가다 바다로 불행하게도

the captain and his men had left the ship to have a drink. So

선장과 선원들은 had p.p(과거이전의 사건을 나타낼 때 사용) 그래서

leave-left-left leave the ship 배를 떠나다 have a drink 한잔 하다

the ship was in the hands of the fifteen boys!

~의 수중에, ~에 맡겨져