Mummies in the Morning
Jack tiptoes over to a clumps of bushes.
a clumps of ~의 숲들, 집단들
A breeze swept through the woods. The leaves rattled.
swept through: sweep through의 과거 ~을 휩쓸었다. ~을 휙 지나가다.
Rattle 떠들어대다. 재잘거리다.
The day before yesterday the dinosaur book had taken them to the time of dinosaurs.
the day before yesterday 엊그저께
Jack caught his breath.
catch one's breath: 숨죽였다.
Many Egyptians were walking behind the sled. At the end of the parade was a sleek black cat.
sleek윤기나는, 호리호리한
A black cat was perched on a branch. ~에 앉았다.
Hot bright sunlight nearly blinded him. 눈을 멀게 하다.
When a royal person died, a grand funeral procession took place. Family, servants, and mourners followed the coffin. The coffin was called a sarcophagus. It was pulled on a sled by four oxen.
funeral procession 장례 행렬(행진)
mourner 슬퍼하는 사람, 장례식 참석자
sarcophagus 돌관 /썰카!퍼거스/ /sɑːrˈkɑː.fə.ɡəs/
Oxen, sled, Egyptians, black cat. All were moving in a slow, dreamy way. 꿈 같은
She sure knew how to get to him.
When he got to the ground, he and Annie took off across the sand.
Take off 나가버리다. 떠나다.
Towering above them. Panting, Jack looked around.
그들 높이 솟은 채로. 헐떡이며(숨이 찬 채),
It must have been a mirage.
Mirage: 신기루, 환상 /머롸쥐~/
The cat started to slink away. He walked along the base of the pyramid and slid around a corner.
Slink 살금살금 걷다. = sneak
Slide - slid 미끄러지듯 움직였다.
Burning torches lit the walls. 타오르는 성화(전등)이 벽들을 밝혔다.
Dark shadows loomed. 어렴풋이 나타나다. 어렴풋이 보이기 시작하다.
They were nearly all solid stone, except for the burial chambers deep inside.
burial chamber: 매장하는 방 / 베뤼얼 췌임벌/
The floor slanted up from where they stood. 기울다. 비스듬해지다.
-p.18
문제들) _ 출처:
What did mummy drop? Her scepter
What does Queen Hutepi want them to help her find? The book of the dead
What are hieroglyph? Picture-writing
What were the pictures of? Stairs, boat, jug, cloth
Where did Jack and Annie find the Book of the Dead? In a jug, in the boat
What are sarcophagus? An Egyptian coffin. / Sarcophagus: 고대 시절에 사용되던 꾸며진 돌 관.
Where did jack put the Book of the Dead? In the glowing gold box
How did Anny get lost? She ran out into a false passage.
How did they get out of the pyramid? They followed the black cat.
What were pyramids sometimes called? House of the Dead
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