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Is that true that neurons generate electricity?
Absolutely.
Your brain generates enough electricity to power a
light bulb.
light bulb.
Whenever you dream, laugh, think, see, or move, it’s
because tiny chemical and electrical signals are racing between
the neurons along billions of tiny neuron highways.
because tiny chemical and electrical signals are racing between
the neurons along billions of tiny neuron highways.
Believe it or
not, the activity in your brain never stops.
not, the activity in your brain never stops.
Countless messages
race around inside it every second.
race around inside it every second.
Your neurons create and send
more messages than all the phones in the entire world.
more messages than all the phones in the entire world.
And
while a single neuron generates only a tiny amount of
electricity, all your neurons together can generate
enough electricity to power a low-wattage bulb.
while a single neuron generates only a tiny amount of
electricity, all your neurons together can generate
enough electricity to power a low-wattage bulb.
Whenever you dream, laugh, think, see, or move, it’s because tiny chemical and electrical signals ~.
복합관계부사 whenever는 ‘…할 때마다’의 의미이며, 문장의 it은 앞선 문장 Your brain generates ~ to power a light bulb. 전체를 가리키는 말이다.
Believe it or not, the activity in your brain never stops.
Believe it or not은 믿기 어려운 놀라운 사실을 소개할 때 사용한다.
Your neurons create and send more messages than all the phones in the entire world.
뇌의 뉴런이 만들고 보내는 메시지의 수와 전 세계의 전화가 만들고 보내는 메시지의 수가 비교되고 있으므로, world 뒤에는 앞에 나온 create and send가 생략되었다.
And while a single neuron generates only a tiny amount of electricity, all your neurons together can generate enough electricity to power a low-wattage bulb.
while은 두 문장을 연결하는 접속사로 ‘…하는 반면에’의 의미이다. single neuron이 만들어 내는 ‘아주 적은 양의 전기’와 all your neurons together가 만드는 ‘전구를 켜기에 충분한 양의 전기’를 대조하기 위해 사용되었다.