Stay In Line

 

단어의 의미를 알지 못해도 이해할 수 있도록 쉬운 내용과 명확한 그림으로 이루어진 책이다. 그러나 다른 책에서 잘 보지 못했던 수와 관련된 표현들을 배울 수 있어서 좋았다.

 

Twelve girls and boys set off for the zoo.

What time do you set off tomorrow?

• Set off: start on a trip. 출발하다. ~을 시작하게 하다

 

“Class, please stay in line. Do not run ahead.”

• Run ahead: 앞서다

 

But staying together turned out to be fun. There were so many ways that it could be done.

 

Twelve boys and girls climbed onto the bus and sat three by three, without any fuss.

• Fuss: 소란, 야단법석

 

At the zoo, all the children skipped through the gate.

• Skip: 가볍게 나아가다. = move lightly and quickly, making a small jump after each step

 

Then twelve happy children, each with a smile, skipped toward the henhouse.

They skipped single file.

• single file: 일렬 종대로 = a way of walking with one person behind another

 

The whole class wanted to look at the chicks. So they crowded around them in two rows of six.

 

At the llamas the children could see for themselves that the best way to stand was in one row of twelve.

• see for oneself: 자신이 직접 보다. 스스로 확인하다.

 

There was one line of four and one line of eight.

 

Later, the children got down on their knees to play with the bunnies in twos and in threes. 둘씩 그리고 셋씩 (삼삼오오)

 

Then all in a bunch, the class fed the pigs lunch, gave the ponies some oats, and petted the goats.

• Pet: (동물이나 아이를) 손으로 쓰다듬다.

 

By the time they had seen every inch of the zoo, there was only one thing the kids wanted to do.

• By the time: ~할 무렵, ~할 때까지

• Every inch: 어느 모로 보나, 구석 구석까지. 

 

So twelve tired children plopped down in a heap. And, still all together, they fell fast asleep.

• plopped down: 살펴보지 않고 앉다. 벌렁 눕다. 털썩 앉다. = sit down / put down