1Even in traditional offices, “the lingua franca of corporate America has gotten much more emotional and much more right-brained than it was 20 years ago,” said Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn.
主干主语：the lingua franca of corporate America；谓语：has gotten；表语：much more emotional and much more right-brained
结构主句为直接引语+said引导的倒装引述结构。引语内部含比较状语从句than it was 20 years ago，修饰gotten的程度。句首Even in traditional offices为地点状语，修饰整个引述内容。Harvard Business School professor为Nancy Koehn的同位语。
译文即便在传统办公室里，“美国企业界的通用语也比20年前感性得多、右脑色彩浓得多，”哈佛商学院教授南希·科恩说道。
考点比较结构than it was的省略与时态对应 · 引语后倒装said+人名的常见新闻体
2These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning – and, as Rakesh Khurana, another professor, points out, increase allegiance to the firm.
主干主语：These terms；谓语：are intended；宾语：to infuse work with meaning and increase allegiance to the firm
结构主句为被动be intended to do，后接两个并列不定式。破折号后and连接第二个不定式increase。as Rakesh Khurana...points out为插入的方式状语从句，another professor为Khurana的同位语，打断并列结构。
译文这些用语还意在给工作注入意义——而且正如另一位教授拉凯什·库拉纳所指出的，增强对公司的忠诚。
考点be intended to后接并列不定式 · as引导的插入评注从句
3The “mommy wars” of the 1990s are still going on today, prompting arguments about why women still can’t have it all and books like Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, whose title has become a buzzword in its own right.
主干主语：The “mommy wars” of the 1990s；谓语：are still going on；地点状语：today
结构主句后接现在分词prompting作结果状语。prompting的宾语为并列的arguments about+why宾语从句 以及 books like...。whose title...为非限制性定语从句，修饰Lean In。in its own right为介词短语作状语。
译文上世纪90年代的“妈妈战争”至今仍在继续，引发了关于女性为何仍无法两全其美的争论，也催生了诸如谢丽尔·桑德伯格《向前一步》这类著作，其书名本身已成流行语。
考点现在分词作结果状语 · whose引导的非限制性定语从句
4But if your work is your “passion,” you’ll be more likely to devote yourself to it, even if that means going home for dinner and then working long after the kids are in bed.
主干主语：you；谓语：will be more likely；宾语：to devote yourself to it
结构主句前有if条件状语从句。后接even if让步状语从句，其谓语means后接并列动名词going...and working...。after the kids are in bed为时间状语从句，修饰working。
译文可一旦工作成了你的“激情”，你就更可能全身心投入，哪怕这意味着回家吃晚饭后，等孩子入睡还要加班很久。
考点even if让步从句中means+动名词 · be likely to后接不定式
5In a workplace that’s fundamentally indifferent to your life and its meaning, office speak can help you figure out how you relate to your work – and how your work defines who you are.
主干主语：office speak；谓语：can help；宾语：you figure out how...and how...
结构句首In a workplace+that定语从句作地点状语。help后接不带to的不定式figure out，其宾语为两个并列的how宾语从句，由破折号and连接。第二个how从句内嵌who you are宾语从句。
译文在一个对你的人生及其意义根本漠不关心的职场里，办公室套话能帮你弄清自己与工作的关系——以及工作如何定义你是谁。
考点help+不带to不定式 · 并列how宾语从句+嵌套who从句