[22번 지문 분석]

1. 문장 구조 분석 (내신 핵심 문법 중심)

(1) An increasing awareness of our effect on the ocean is slowly seeping into the public agenda, dragging behind it a conversation that is decades overdue.
→ 현재진행 의미의 is seeping into: 서서히 스며들고 있다.
→ dragging behind it... : 분사구문(부가적 설명), it은 awareness.
→ that is decades overdue : 관계사절(형용사적 수식).
어휘: awareness (의식), seep into (스며들다), overdue (지연된), agenda (의제)

(2) But this conversation faces a massive obstacle.
→ 단문, faces : 타동사로 ‘직면하다’.
어휘: massive (거대한), obstacle (장애물)

(3) It’s almost impossible to discuss what to do about something changing if you don’t initially know how it works.
→ It is + 형용사 + to부정사 구조(가주어-진주어).
→ what to do about... : 의문사 + to부정사 명사절.
→ 조건절 if you don’t initially know....
어휘: initially (처음에), discuss (논의하다), work (작동하다)

(4) If a doctor tells a patient that they have a problem with their kidneys, the patient probably already has at least a vague idea about where their kidneys are and what they’re up to.
→ tells A that절 : 4형식 → 3형식 전환 가능.
→ what they’re up to : “무엇을 하고 있는지” → 구어체 표현.
어휘: vague (모호한), kidney (신장), be up to (하고 있다)

(5) They learned about that part of their own personal life-support system at school.
→ learn about + 명사 : ~에 대해 배우다.
→ life-support system : 복합명사(생명 유지 체계).
어휘: learn about (~에 대해 배우다), system (체계)

(6) But that’s not the case for the oceans.
→ that’s not the case (for) : “~의 경우에는 그렇지 않다.” 관용 표현.
어휘: the case (사실, 상황), ocean (해양)

(7) When we see a news story about the long-term decline in the numbers of krill in the Southern Ocean, it sounds generally like a bad thing.
→ when절 : 시간 부사절.
→ decline in the numbers of krill : 전치사 in + 명사구 구조.
어휘: decline (감소), krill (크릴새우), Southern Ocean (남극해)

(8) But there’s far more to it than the risk of whales going hungry.
→ 비교 구문 more A than B (단순 비교).
→ there is : 존재 구문.
어휘: risk (위험), go hungry (굶주리다), whale (고래)

(9) Krill are a part of the ocean engine.
→ 단순진술문, be동사 + 보어 구조.
어휘: engine (엔진, 핵심 동력)

(10) We need to understand at least some of the context before we can discuss the change and take appropriate action.
→ need to + 동사원형 : ~할 필요가 있다.
→ before절 내 can discuss, take 병렬 구조.
어휘: context (맥락), appropriate (적절한), action (조치)

2. 문법 포인트 요약

  • 분사구문 : dragging behind it... (부가 설명)

  • 가주어-진주어 구문 : It is impossible to discuss...

  • 관계사절 : that is decades overdue

  • 비교 구문 : more to it than...

  • 조건절 : if you don’t initially know...

3. 괄호 넣기 변형 문제

다음 괄호 안에서 문맥상 알맞은 것을 고르시오.
(출제 포인트: 분사구문, 가주어-진주어, 관계사절, 비교구문, 조건절)

(1) An increasing awareness of our effect on the ocean is slowly seeping into the public agenda, (drag / dragging) behind it a conversation.
(2) It’s almost impossible (to discuss / discuss) what to do about something changing.
(3) The awareness is connected to a conversation (that / what) is decades overdue.
(4) There’s far more to it (than / as) the risk of whales going hungry.
(5) If you (don’t know / didn’t know) how it works, you can’t discuss it.


정답 및 해설
(1) dragging — 분사구문으로 부가 설명 역할.
(2) to discuss — It is + 형용사 + to부정사 구조.
(3) that — 관계대명사(형용사절).
(4) than — 비교 구문 more A than B.
(5) don’t know — 사실·일반적 조건 → 현재시제 사용.


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