1The concept of man versus machine is at least as old as the industrial revolution, but this phenomenon tends to be most acutely felt during economic downturns and fragile recoveries.
主干主语：The concept of man versus machine；谓语：is；表语：at least as old as the industrial revolution；并列主语：this phenomenon；谓语：tends to be felt
结构并列复合句，but连接两个分句。前一分句为主系表结构，as old as引导比较状语；后一分句tend to be后接被动语态felt，during引导时间状语，most acutely为程度副词修饰felt。
译文人机对抗的概念至少可以追溯到工业革命时期，但这一现象往往在经济衰退和脆弱复苏阶段感受最为强烈。
考点tend to be + 过去分词表示倾向性被动 · as...as比较结构
2When there is rapid improvement in the price and performance of technology, jobs that were once thought to be immune from automation suddenly become threatened.
主干主语：jobs；谓语：become；表语：threatened
结构主从复合句。When引导时间状语从句（there be结构）；主句中jobs后接that引导的定语从句（were thought to be为被动+不定式），suddenly修饰become。
译文当技术的价格与性能迅速提升时，那些一度被认为不会被自动化取代的工作突然面临威胁。
考点that定语从句修饰jobs · be thought to be + 形容词
3This argument has attracted a lot of attention, via the success of the book Race Against the Machine, by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, who both hail from MIT’s Center for Digital Business.
主干主语：This argument；谓语：has attracted；宾语：a lot of attention
结构简单句主干后接via介词短语作方式状语，by引出作者，who引导非限制性定语从句修饰两位作者，both强调共同来源。
译文这一观点因《与机器赛跑》一书的成功而备受关注，该书作者埃里克·布林约尔松和安德鲁·麦卡菲均来自麻省理工学院数字商业中心。
考点who非限制性定语从句 · via表示途径
4Hagel says we have designed jobs in the U.S. that tend to be “tightly scripted” and “highly standardized” ones that leave no room for “individual initiative or creativity”.
主干主语：Hagel；谓语：says；宾语从句主语：we；谓语：have designed；宾语：jobs
结构主句Hagel says后接省略that的宾语从句。jobs后接两个that定语从句：第一个修饰jobs（tend to be并列形容词），ones为同位复指，第二个that修饰ones。
译文哈格尔指出，我们在美国设计的工作往往是“严格脚本化”和“高度标准化”的，这类工作没有给个人主动性和创造力留下任何空间。
考点双重that定语从句嵌套 · ones复指jobs
5In our rapidly changing economy, we more than ever need people in the workplace who can take initiative and exercise their imagination “to respond to unexpected events”.
主干主语：we；谓语：need；宾语：people
结构简单句。In介词短语作地点状语，more than ever为比较状语修饰need；people后接who引导定语从句（can后并列动词take和exercise），不定式to respond作目的状语。
译文在我们这个快速变化的经济中，我们比以往任何时候都更需要职场中那些能够主动出击并发挥想象力“以应对意外事件”的人。
考点who定语从句修饰people · more than ever比较结构