1The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing- Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.5bn, but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service, which doesn’t have any physical product at all.
主干主语：The power and ambition；谓语：is；表语：astonishing；后接并列分句说明 Amazon 与 Facebook 的收购
结构破折号后为并列复合句：Amazon has announced... but Facebook paid...。which 引导非限制性定语从句修饰 WhatsApp messaging service。of the giants of the digital economy 为介词短语修饰主语；upmarket grocery chain 作 Whole Foods 的同位修饰。主谓一致上 power and ambition 被当作整体，用 is。
译文数字经济巨头的实力与野心令人咋舌——亚马逊刚宣布以135亿美元收购高端超市连锁 Whole Foods，而两年前脸书为收购即时通讯服务 WhatsApp 付出的代价甚至更高，后者根本没有任何实体产品。
考点which 非限制性定语从句修饰整个先行名词短语 · 破折号后用 but 连接两个对照的收购事例
2What political journalist, what party whip, would not want to know the makeup of the WhatsApp groups in which Theresa May’s enemies are currently plotting?
主干主语：What political journalist, what party whip；谓语：would not want；宾语：to know the makeup
结构双重 what 并列主语构成修辞性反问，相当于“谁会不想知道”。in which 引导定语从句修饰 groups，which 指代 groups，介词 in 前置。the makeup of... 作 know 的宾语。否定疑问表达强烈肯定：几乎人人都想知道。
译文有哪位政治记者、哪位议会党鞭，会不想知道特蕾莎·梅的政敌眼下正在哪些 WhatsApp 群里密谋呢？
考点修辞性反问：否定形式表达肯定含义 · 介词+which 定语从句：in which = where
3It may be that the value of Whole Foods to Amazon is not so much the 460 shops it owns, but the records of which customers have purchased what.
主干形式主语：It；谓语：may be；真正主语：that 从句；从句主语：the value；系动词：is；表语：not so much A but B
结构It may be that 引出主语从句。not so much A but B 表示“与其说是A，不如说是B”。it owns 为省略关系代词的定语从句修饰 shops。of which customers have purchased what 中 which...what 为双疑问词结构，作 records 的内容同位/介词宾语从句。
译文对亚马逊而言，Whole Foods 的价值或许并不主要在于它拥有的460家门店，而在于哪些顾客买过什么的消费记录。
考点not so much A but B：与其说……不如说…… · records of which...what：双疑问词名词性结构
4Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services don’t pay for them.
主干主语：Competition law；谓语：deals with；宾语：financial disadvantage；and 后并列分句主语：this；谓语：is not obvious
结构as presently interpreted 为 as 引导的方式/限定状语，修饰 law，相当于“按目前的解释”。and 连接两个并列分句，this 回指前一分句所述情况。when 引导时间/条件状语从句。them 指 these services。
译文按目前的解释，竞争法针对的是消费者在金钱上的损失，而当这些服务的用户并不为此付费时，这种损失并不明显。
考点as + 过去分词：按……被解释的那样 · this 指代前文整个命题
5Just as some ants farm the bugs called aphids for the honeydew they produce when they feed, so Google farms us for the data that our digital lives yield.
主干Just as 从句：ants farm aphids；主句：Google farms us
结构Just as..., so... 引导比较状语从句，表示类比。called aphids 为过去分词短语修饰 bugs。they produce 为省略 that 的定语从句修饰 honeydew；when they feed 为时间状语从句。that our digital lives yield 为定语从句修饰 data。farm 在此为及物动词“养殖/收割”。
译文正如有些蚂蚁养殖蚜虫，是为了获取它们取食时分泌的蜜露，谷歌也在“养殖”我们，以收割我们数字生活所产出的数据。
考点Just as..., so... 类比结构 · farm 作及物动词：养殖并榨取产物