1Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news.
主干主语：Many people；谓语：talked；宾语：the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent
结构该句为主谓宾结构，主语Many people是动作talked的发出者。宾语部分是复杂的名词短语，包含定语从句the Labor Department reported for June修饰jobs，以及介词短语along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent作为并列成分。as good news是整个句子的补语，表示结果或评价。结构复杂在于宾语的修饰成分多层嵌套，容易被考生误读为简单陈述句，忽略了along with的并列关系和高频考点如介词短语作状语。
译文许多人谈论了劳工部报告的六月份的28.8万个新职位，以及失业率降至6.1%的下降情况，认为这是好消息。
考点talked of后接名词或动名词作宾语 · along with引导并列成分作宾语
2Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction.
主干主语：it；谓语：is worth；宾语：making an important distinction
结构句首的介词短语Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare作时间状语从句，省略了when引导词。主句采用it作形式主语，真正主语是动名词短语making an important distinction。结构分析显示典型的前置状语结构，容易误解为简单陈述句，考点包括介词短语作状语的省略现象，以及it作形式主语的固定搭配。
译文在解释与奥巴马医保法案的关联之前，有必要做出一个重要的区分。
考点介词短语作状语的省略 · it作形式主语
3The survey used by the Labor Department asks people if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week.
主干主语：The survey；谓语：asks；宾语：people if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week
结构主句是The survey asks people...，其中used by the Labor Department是过去分词短语作定语修饰survey，相当于定语从句。宾语从句if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week是疑问词if引导的宾语从句。结构复杂在于被动定语的嵌套，考生易忽略过去分词的修饰功能，属于高频考点如现在分词/过去分词作定语的区分。
译文劳工部使用的调查问卷让人们回答在参考周内是否工作了不到35小时。
考点过去分词短语作定语 · if引导的宾语从句
4They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week.
主干主语：They；谓语：are classified；条件状语：if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week
结构主句是They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers，only修饰classified表示强调。条件状语从句if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week是复杂结构，包含宾语从句they chose to work less than 35 hours a week。句式特点是only...if的强调结构，易被误读为简单肯定句，考点包括条件状语从句的时态一致性和only的修饰范围。
译文只有当他们告诉调查员他们选择每周工作不到35小时时，他们才被归类为自愿兼职工作者。
考点only...if的强调结构 · 条件状语从句的时态
5For many people, especially those with serious health conditions or family members with serious health conditions, before Obamacare the only way to get insurance was through a job that provided health insurance.
主干主语：the only way；谓语：was；定语从句：that provided health insurance
结构句首有三个并列的介词短语For many people, especially those with serious health conditions or family members with serious health conditions, before Obamacare作状语，especially引导插入成分。主句the only way to get insurance was through a job that provided health insurance，that provided health insurance是定语从句修饰job。结构极其复杂，包含多层插入成分和定语从句，考生易断句或忽略修饰关系，是典型的长难句考点。
译文对许多人来说，特别是那些有严重健康问题或有严重健康问题家庭成员的人来说，在奥巴马医保法案之前，获得保险的唯一途径是通过提供健康保险的工作。
考点多层插入成分 · 定语从句的嵌套修饰