1With its theme that “Mind is the master weaver,” creating our inner character and outer circumstances, the book As a Man Thinketh by James Allen is an in-depth exploration of the central idea of self-help writing.
主干主语：the book As a Man Thinketh；谓语：is；表语：an in-depth exploration
结构主句为“the book ... is an exploration”。句首With介词短语作状语，其中that引导同位语从句解释theme；creating分词短语作伴随状语，修饰theme的内容。by James Allen为后置定语。整体为“状语+主语+系表”结构，插入成分较多。
译文詹姆斯·艾伦的《思考的人》以“心灵是织造大师”为主题，认为心灵塑造我们的内在品格与外在境遇，该书深入探讨了自助类写作的核心思想。
考点with复合结构作状语，其后可接分词 · that引导同位语从句解释抽象名词theme
2Allen’s contribution was to take an assumption we all share – that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts – and reveal its erroneous nature.
主干主语：Allen’s contribution；谓语：was；表语：to take ... and reveal ...
结构系表结构，表语为不定式并列（to take ... and reveal）。assumption后接省略关系代词的定语从句we all share；破折号内that引导同位语从句，进一步解释assumption，其中because引导原因状语从句。破折号为插入解释成分。
译文艾伦的贡献在于抓住我们共有的一个假设——因为我们不是机器人，所以能控制自己的思想——并揭示其错误本质。
考点不定式并列作表语 · 破折号插入同位语从句解释assumption
3This seems a justification for neglect of those in need, and a rationalization of exploitation, of the superiority of those at the top and the inferiority of those at the bottom.
主干主语：This；谓语：seems；表语：a justification ... and a rationalization ...
结构主系表结构，表语为and连接的两个名词短语。后半部分of exploitation后接两个并列的of短语（of the superiority ... and the inferiority ...），作rationalization的后置定语，形成多层of结构。those in need、those at the top为介词短语后置定语。
译文这似乎是在为忽视贫困者开脱，为剥削行为、为上层人的优越和下层人的卑微进行合理化辩护。
考点多层of短语作后置定语 · and连接两个表语名词，后接并列修饰
4circumstances seem to be designed to bring out the best in us, and if we feel that we have been “wronged” then we are unlikely to begin a conscious effort to escape from our situation.
主干前分句主语：circumstances；谓语：seem；后分句主语：we；谓语：are unlikely
结构and连接两个并列分句。前分句seem to be designed不定式作表语，后接目的状语to bring out。后分句为if条件状语从句（内含that宾语从句），主句为be unlikely to do结构。then强调条件结果。
译文环境似乎就是为了激发我们的潜能而设；若我们觉得自己“受了委屈”，便不太可能开始有意识地努力摆脱现状。
考点seem to be designed to 表“似乎旨在” · if条件从句+then主句，be unlikely to do
5The upside is the possibilities contained in knowing that everything is up to us; where before we were experts in the array of limitations, now we become authorities of what is possible.
主干前分句主语：The upside；谓语：is；表语：the possibilities；后分句主语：we；谓语：become
结构分号连接两个分句。前分句contained过去分词短语作possibilities后置定语，in knowing后接that宾语从句。后分句where引导对比状语从句（before ... now ...），experts in、authorities of为介词搭配，what is possible为of的宾语从句。
译文好处在于：一旦明白一切取决于我们自己，便蕴含无限可能；从前我们精通各种局限，如今则成为“何为可能”的权威。
考点分号连接对比分句 · where before ... now ... 表示前后对照