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First Encounter
I saw a fish peacefully swimming near a heap of shells.
Suddenly, an octopus sprang from the heap and grabbed the fish.
Amazed at the cleverness of the octopus, I swam a little closer, but it disappeared.
In fact, it had lifted a piece of seaweed, wrapped it around itself, and was
staring at me out of a little gap.
What an extraordinary creature!
I wondered what would happen if I kept watching it.
To see the world from the octopus’s perspective, I left a camera near the den and started visiting regularly.
I even mapped the environment around the den.
Expecting some drama to come, I waited.
I saw a fish peacefully swimming near a heap of shells.
<see(지각동사) + O + V[-ing]>는 ‘⋯가 ~하는 것을 보다’라는 뜻이다.
Amazed at the cleverness of the octopus, I swam a little closer, but it disappeared.
Amazed는 과거분사로 분사구문을 이끌며, 앞에 Being이 생략되었다고도 볼 수 있다.
In fact, it had lifted a piece of seaweed, wrapped it around itself,
and was staring at me out of a little gap.
had lifted는 과거완료로 어떤 일을 이전에 이미 완료했다는 뜻이며, wrapped는 과거 시제, was staring은 과거 진행을 나타내는 동사이다. 세 가지 행위가 접속사 and로 연결된 구조이다.
What an extraordinary creature!
<what + (a[an]) + 형용사 + 명사>는 감탄문으로 ‘얼마나 ~한 ⋯인지’라는 뜻이다.
I wondered what would happen if I kept watching it.
what would happen if I kept watching it은 목적어로 쓰인 wh-절이다.
To see the world from the octopus’s perspective, I left a camera near the den
and started visiting regularly.
To see는 부사적 용법으로 쓰인 to부정사로, ‘보기 위해서’라고 해석한다.
<start + -ing[to V]>는 ‘~을 시작하다’라는 뜻이다.