Read the title of the text and think about the amazing abilities of our brain.

You carry around a three-pound mass of
wrinkly material in your head that controls
every single thing you do.

From enabling you to think, learn, create, and feel emotions
to controlling every blink, breath, and heartbeat — this fantastic
control center is your brain.
Let’s explore the reason why
our amazing brain is often called
“the most complex thing we have yet
discovered in our universe.”
You carry around a three-pound mass of wrinkly material in your head that controls every single thing you do.

three-pound는 명사 두 개가 하이픈(-)으로 연결되어 ‘3파운드의’라는 형용사로 사용되었으며, that은 주격 관계대명사이다.

From enabling you to think, learn, create, and feel emotions to controlling every blink, breath, and heartbeat ― this fantastic control center is your brain.

<From ~ to ...> 는 ‘~에서부터 …까지’라는 의미이며 전치사이므로 뒤에 동명사 enabling과 controlling이 쓰였다. 「enable A to B」는 ‘A에게 B하는 것을 가능하게 하다’라는 뜻이며 think, learn, create, feel이 병렬 구조로 연결되었다.

Let’s explore the reason why our amazing brain is often called “the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.”

why는 관계부사로 선행사인 the reason을 구체적으로 설명하는 절을 이끌고 있다.

It was on June 23rd that the extraordinary events began to unfold.

<It ~ that ... > 강조구문으로, 이 사건이 일어나기 시작한 날짜인 on June 23rd를 강조하고 있다.

It started as a typical Saturday for the “Wild Boars” team.

It은 사건의 발생 날짜인 6월 23일을 가리킨다.

After a soccer practice, the boys and their soccer coach decided to explore Tham Luang Nang Non caves in Chiang Rai.

After는 ‘…이후에’라는 뜻의 전치사로 사용되었으며, decide는 to부정사(to explore)를 목적어로 취하는 동사로 ‘…할 것을 결정하다’이다.

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Amazing Brain!
놀라운 뇌!
You carry around a three-pound mass of wrinkly material in your head that controls every single thing you do.
여러분은 여러분이 하는 모든 일을 통제하는 3파운드의 주름진 물질 덩어리를 머릿속에 가지고 다닙니다.
From enabling you to think, learn, create, and feel emotions to controlling every blink, breath, and heartbeat — this fantastic control center is your brain.
여러분이 생각하고, 배우고, 창조하고, 감정을 느낄 수 있도록 하는 것부터 모든 눈 깜박임, 호흡, 그리고 심장
박동을 통제하는 것까지 — 이 놀라운 통제 센터는 여러분의 뇌입니다.
Let’s explore the reason why our amazing brain is often called “the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.”
우리의 놀라운 뇌가 종종 “우리가 우주에서 지금까지 발견한 가장 복잡한 것”이라고 불리는 이유를 탐구해 봅시다.
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