1In particular, the corporate workplace will never be completely family-friendly until women are part of senior management decisions, and Europe's top corporate-governance positions remain overwhelmingly male.
主干主语：the corporate workplace；谓语：will never be；表语：family-friendly；并列分句主语：positions；谓语：remain；表语：male
结构until 引导时间状语从句，其内部由 and 连接两个并列分句：women are part of… 与 Europe's top… remain…。主句含 never…until 否定结构，强调条件未满足则结果不成立。In particular 为评注性状语。family-friendly 为复合形容词作表语。
译文尤其是，除非女性参与高层管理决策，否则职场永远不可能真正对家庭友好；而欧洲顶级公司治理岗位仍几乎清一色由男性占据。
考点never…until 表示“直到…才”，until 从句可含并列结构 · remain + 形容词 表示持续处于某种状态
2Quotas get action: they “open the way to equality and they break through the glass ceiling,” according to Reding, a result seen in France and other countries with legally binding provisions on placing women in top business positions.
主干主语：Quotas；谓语：get；宾语：action；后一分句主语：they；谓语：open / break through
结构冒号后 they 引导并列谓语解释 get action。according to Reding 为插入语。a result 是前面整句内容的同位语，seen in… 为过去分词短语作后置定语；with legally binding provisions 修饰 countries，on placing… 修饰 provisions。
译文配额能促成行动：用雷丁的话说，它们“为平等开辟道路，并打破玻璃天花板”——法国及其他对女性进入企业高层有法律约束性规定的国家已见到这一结果。
考点同位语 a result 概括前文整句 · with…on doing 介词短语层层后置修饰
3But, when one considers the obstacles to achieving the meritocratic ideal, it does look as if a fairer world must be temporarily ordered.
主干形式主语：it；谓语：does look；表语从句：as if a fairer world must be ordered
结构when 引导时间状语从句；主句 it does look as if… 中 does 强调，as if 引导表语从句。must be ordered 为情态被动，表示“必须被人为安排/强制推行”。obstacles to achieving… 中 to 为介词，后接动名词。
译文可是，一旦正视实现任人唯贤这一理想所面临的种种障碍，就似乎不得不承认：一个更公平的世界必须暂时靠强制来安排。
考点as if 从句作 look 的表语 · obstacles to + 动名词；ordered 此处意为“被规定/强制推行”
4After all, four decades of evidence has now shown that corporations in Europe as well as the US are evading the meritocratic hiring and promotion of women to top positions – no matter how much “soft pressure” is put upon them.
主干主语：evidence；谓语：has shown；宾语从句：corporations are evading the hiring and promotion
结构that 引导宾语从句。as well as the US 插入修饰 Europe。evading 的宾语为 hiring and promotion of women to top positions。破折号后 no matter how much 引导让步状语从句，soft pressure 被引号强调，is put upon them 为被动。
译文毕竟，四十年来的证据已表明：无论施加多少“软性压力”，欧洲以及美国的企业都在回避按能力公平聘用和提拔女性进入高层。
考点no matter how much 引导让步状语从句 · evade + 名词短语 表示回避某种做法
5If appropriate public policies were in place to help all women – whether CEOs or their children's caregivers – and all families, Sandberg would be no more newsworthy than any other highly capable person living in a more just society.
主干条件从句：policies were in place；主句主语：Sandberg；谓语：would be；表语：no more newsworthy than…
结构虚拟条件句（were / would be）表示与现在相反的假设。to help… 不定式作目的状语。破折号内 whether…or… 插入，补充 all women 的范围。no more…than 比较结构；living in… 现在分词短语修饰 person。
译文倘若已有恰当的公共政策来帮助所有女性——无论是首席执行官还是照看其子女的人——以及所有家庭，桑德伯格就不会比生活在更公正社会里的任何其他能干之人更值得新闻炒作。
考点if 虚拟语气：were in place / would be · no more…than 表示“并不比…更…”