1While the conversation around our environment and our responsibility toward it remains centered on shopping bags and straws, we’re ignoring the balance of power that implies that as “consumers” we must shop sustainably, rather than as “citizens” hold our governments and industries to account to push for real systemic change.
主干主语：我们；谓语：忽略；宾语：the balance of power
结构这是一个复合句。主句是we’re ignoring the balance of power，引导词While引导时间状语从句，修饰主句的动作。宾语从句that implies that...是balance of power的定语从句，包含宾语从句that as “consumers” we must shop sustainably，rather than as “citizens” hold our governments and industries to account to push for real systemic change。句子结构复杂，包含时间状语从句、定语从句和并列宾语结构，容易混淆主从关系和逻辑连接。
译文当我们谈论环境以及我们对它的责任时，谈话常常围绕购物袋和吸管展开，但我们却忽略了这种权力平衡——作为“消费者”我们必须可持续购物，而不是作为“公民”要求政府和企业承担责任，推动真正的系统性变革。
考点While引导时间状语从句，主句与从句逻辑对应 · that引导定语从句修饰balance of power，包含宾语从句和并列结构
2In her latest book, Why Good People Do Bad Environmental Things, Wellesley College professor Elizabeth R. DeSombre argues that the best way to collectively change the behavior of large numbers of people is for the change to be structural.
主干主语：Elizabeth R. DeSombre；谓语：argues；宾语：that the best way... is for the change to be structural
结构这是一个复合句。介词短语In her latest book, Why Good People Do Bad Environmental Things是地点状语，修饰动词argues。主句是professor Elizabeth R. DeSombre argues that...，that引导宾语从句，宾语从句中the best way to collectively change the behavior of large numbers of people是主语，is for the change to be structural是谓语，结构为is for...to be...，句中包含同位语Why Good People Do Bad Environmental Things和介词短语作状语，语法结构复杂，考查介词短语、宾语从句和动名词短语。
译文在她的最新著作《为什么好人会做坏环境事》中，威尔斯利学院教授伊丽莎白·R·德桑博姆指出，集体改变大量人们行为的最佳方式是使这种改变具有结构性。
考点In her latest book作地点状语，修饰动词 · that引导宾语从句，is for the change to be structural结构考查动词词组
3My concern with leaving it up to the individual, however, is our limited sense of what needs to be achieved.
主干主语：My concern；谓语：is；宾语：our limited sense of what needs to be achieved
结构这是一个简单句。主句是My concern... is our limited sense...，with leaving it up to the individual是介词短语作定语，修饰concern，however是插入语，句子结构简单但含介词短语和插入语，容易误解what needs to be achieved的宾语从句。
译文然而，我对把事情交给个人的担忧在于，我们对需要实现什么缺乏清晰的认识。
考点with leaving it up to the individual作定语修饰concern · however插入语，强调转折
4They could even be detrimental, satisfying a need to have “done our bit” without ever progressing onto bigger, bolder, more effective actions – a kind of “moral licensing” that allays our concerns and stops us doing more and asking more of those in charge.
主干主语：They；谓语：could be；宾语：detrimental
结构这是一个复合句。主句是They could even be detrimental，satisfying a need to have “done our bit”是现在分词短语作结果状语，修饰谓语，破折号后a kind of “moral licensing”是同位语，that allays our concerns and stops us doing more and asking more of those in charge是定语从句修饰moral licensing，句子包含现在分词短语、破折号同位语和定语从句，结构复杂，容易混淆修饰关系。
译文它们甚至可能有害，因为满足了‘尽了本分’的心理需求，却从未迈向更大的、更勇敢的、更有效的行动——一种‘道德许可’的做法，它缓解了我们的担忧，让我们不再要求那些掌权者做更多事情。
考点satisfying a need to have “done our bit”现在分词短语作结果状语 · 破折号后同位语解释前半句，that引导定语从句修饰moral licensing