1Having endured a painful period of unsustainability in his own life made it clear to him that sustainability-oriented values must be expressed through everyday action and choice.
主干主语：Having endured a painful period of unsustainability in his own life；谓语：made；形式宾语：it；宾补：clear to him；真正宾语：that从句
结构动名词短语Having endured...作主语，谓语made后接形式宾语it、宾补clear to him，真正宾语是that引导的宾语从句。从句中sustainability-oriented values作主语，must be expressed为被动谓语，through短语作方式状语。整体为“经历使某人明白某事”结构，无插入语。
译文他亲身经历过一段痛苦的不可持续时期，这让他明白：以可持续为导向的价值观必须通过日常行动和选择来体现。
考点动名词短语作主语时谓语用单数 · make it clear that...中it为形式宾语
2He’d been through the dot-com boom and burst and, desperate for a job, signed on with a Boulder agency.
主干主语：He；谓语1：had been through；宾语1：the dot-com boom and burst；谓语2：signed on；宾语2：with a Boulder agency
结构并列谓语had been through...and signed on...，中间插入形容词短语desperate for a job作原因状语，修饰第二个谓语。He’d为He had的缩写，been through表示“经历”。Boulder agency为地点名词作介词宾语。无从句。
译文他经历了互联网泡沫的膨胀与破裂，急于找份工作，便与博尔德的一家保险公司签了约。
考点并列谓语之间插入状语需用逗号隔开 · be desperate for后接名词表示“急需”
3“It was a really bad move because that’s not my passion,” says Ning, whose dilemma about the job translated, predictably, into a lack of sales.
主干主语：Ning；谓语：says；直接引语作宾语；whose引导非限制性定语从句修饰Ning
结构主句为倒装says Ning，引语作宾语。whose dilemma...为非限制性定语从句，whose指代Ning’s。从句中dilemma作主语，translated into为谓语，predictably为插入语作评注性状语。because引导原因状语从句修饰bad move。
译文“那真是一步错棋，因为那不是我的热情所在，”宁说。他对这份工作的纠结可想而知地转化成了销售业绩的惨淡。
考点whose引导非限制性定语从句可指人的所有格 · translate into表示“转化为”
4I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling.
主干主语：I；谓语：had；宾语：so much anxiety；结果状语从句：that I would wake up...and stare...
结构so...that...引导结果状语从句。主句had so much anxiety，从句主语I，并列谓语would wake up and stare，in the middle of the night作时间状语。would表示过去习惯性动作。无插入或定语从句。
译文我焦虑得要命，常常半夜醒来盯着天花板发呆。
考点so+形容词/名词+that引导结果状语从句 · would表示过去反复发生的动作