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