英语阅读基本功练习：长难句过关(13)

　Exercise

　　Americans admire the self-made person—the one who, with neither money nor family influence, fights his or her way to the top.

　　Silly or wise, terrible or delightful, it is a further helping of experience, an additional joy after dark, another slice of life cut differently for which, it seems to me, we are never sufficiently grateful.

　　Quite a different problem, but one that is causing growing concern, is that computers may violate people's privacy.

　　要点分析和参考译文

　　要点：破折号后的“the one”是前面person的同位语，“the one”后面又有一个由who引导的定语从句，其中主语和谓语之间有一个插入语：with neither money nor family influence.
　　参考译文：美国人钦佩靠个人奋斗而成功的人士：这种人既没有金钱也没有家庭背景，靠自己的奋斗攀登到最上层。[英语零起点、职称/四六级CET ]

　　要点：Silly or wise, terrible or delightful为平行结构，在句中作让步状语。另外句子的表语也是平行结构“a further helping of experience, an additional joy after dark”“it seems to me”为插入语，插入到for which引导的定语从句中。
　　参考译文：不管是愚蠢还是聪明，可怕还是愉悦，梦中的生活都是更深一层的另外一种体验，是天黑以后才有的另一种欢乐，是生活另一个不同的侧面，对此我似乎觉得怎么感激也不为过。

　　要点：句中“but one that is causing growing concern”，在句中作插入语。在意义上是对“Quite a different problem”的补充说明。One代替上文提到的“problem”
　　参考译文：一个截然不同但却越来越引起人们关注的问题是：计算机可能会侵犯人们的隐私。
[英语零起点、职称/四六级CET ]