1If she hopes her new-found fortune will yield lasting feelings of fulfilment, she could do worse than read Happy Money by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton.
主干主语：she；谓语：could do worse than read；宾语：Happy Money
结构条件状语从句 If she hopes...fulfilment 置于句首，hopes 后接宾语从句 her new-found fortune will yield...。主句用 could do worse than + 动词原形，表示“不妨做某事、没有比这更糟的选择”，than 后直接跟不定式短语作比较对象。by... 为书名后的作者状语。
译文如果她希望这笔新得的财富能带来持久的满足感，她不妨读一读伊丽莎白·邓恩和迈克尔·诺顿合著的《幸福的金钱》。
考点could do worse than do sth 表示委婉建议 · hope 后接宾语从句时常用将来时
2It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television (something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it).
主干主语：It；谓语：seems；表语从句：most people would be better off
结构It seems 后接省略 that 的表语从句。从句含虚拟条件 if they could...，三个并列动词 shorten、spend、spend 的省略形式。括号内 something 引导定语从句修饰 watching television，and is hardly jollier for it 与 spends 并列，for it 指看电视这件事。
译文看来，如果大多数人能缩短上下班路程、多陪家人和朋友、少看电视（普通美国人一年居然花两个月看电视，却并未因此更快乐），境况会更好。
考点would be better off if + 虚拟语气 · less of it 指代 less time，避免重复
3This is apparently the reason McDonald’s restricts the availability of its popular McRib – a marketing trick that has turned the pork sandwich into an object of obsession.
主干主语：This；谓语：is；表语：the reason
结构the reason 后省略 why 的定语从句 McDonald’s restricts...。破折号引出同位语 a marketing trick，其后 that 引导定语从句修饰 trick，turn...into... 为固定结构。apparently 作评注性状语。
译文麦当劳限制其大受欢迎的烤猪排堡供应，显然就是出于这个原因——这一营销伎俩把猪肉三明治变成了令人痴迷的对象。
考点reason 后定语从句常省略 why · 破折号后同位语补充说明
4Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world, and scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people.
主干主语：the link；谓语：can be seen；并列主语：scarcity；谓语：enhances；宾语：the pleasure
结构Yet 表转折。主语 the link 后 between...and... 介词短语作后置定语。被动 can be seen 后 among... 地点状语。and 连接并列分句，scarcity 作第二分句主语，of most things 与 for most people 分别为宾语补足与受益对象。
译文然而，无论贫富，世界各地都能看到“为他人花钱”与“感觉良好”之间的关联；而且稀缺会提升大多数人对大多数事物的愉悦感。
考点between A and B 作后置定语 · and 连接两个独立分句形成并列
5Not everyone will agree with the authors’ policy ideas, which range from mandating more holiday time to reducing tax incentives for American homebuyers.
主干主语：Not everyone；谓语：will agree with；宾语：the authors’ policy ideas
结构部分否定 Not everyone。which 引导非限制性定语从句修饰 ideas，range from A to B 结构中 A、B 均为动名词短语 mandating... 与 reducing...，for American homebuyers 修饰 incentives。
译文并非所有人都会认同作者的政策主张，这些主张从强制增加休假时间到削减美国购房者的税收优惠，不一而足。
考点Not everyone 部分否定 · range from doing to doing 表范围