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What kind of snack is nutritious, full of energy, and simple to make?

This is the genius of peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

Never could anyone have predicted that the sweet taste of bananas coupled with salty, nutty peanut butter would become an American comfort food.

This sandwich can be a healthy choice for breakfast or lunch because its combination of protein and fiber helps you feel full, while the carbohydrates provide sustained energy.

The best thing
about this sandwich is that the ingredients are readily available and affordable.

Never could anyone have predicted that the sweet taste of bananas coupled with salty, nutty peanut butter would become an American comfort food.

Never could anyone have predicted는 부정어 never가 문장의 맨 앞으로 이동하면서 주어와 동사의 도치가 이루어져 <부정어 + 조동사 + 주어 + have + p.p>의 순서로 쓰인 부정어(구) 도치구문이다.

that은 have predicted의 목적격 관계대명사이다.

<coupled with>는 ‘~와 짝지어진’이라는 뜻이다.

This sandwich can be a healthy choice for breakfast or lunch because its combination of protein and fiber helps you feel full, while the carbohydrates provide sustained energy.

of protein and fiber가 주어 its combination을 수식한다.

<help + O + (to) + V>는 ‘~가 ⋯하도록 돕다’라는 뜻이다.

The best thing about this sandwich is that the ingredients are readily available and affordable.

that the ingredients are readily available and affordable은 보어로 쓰인 명사절로 that은 접속사이다.

I would get exhausted when I had to write a report for my courses, mediate a disaster between friends, and respond to the comments on my online journal.

접속사 when이 이끄는 부사절에서 had to 뒤에 3개의 동사구 write a report for my courses, mediate a disaster between friends, respond to the comments on my online journal이 and에 의해 병렬 구조를 취하고 있다.

I was drowning in a sea of responsibilities, concerns, and anxieties, and that was when I read an article with a simple insight.

of 뒤에 나온 3개의 명사가 of의 목적어로 and에 의해 병렬 구조를 취하고 있다.

when 앞에는 the time이 생략된 것으로 볼 수 있는데, ‘ 그것은 ~한 때였다’로 해석한다.

· affordable

= inexpensive
= reasonable