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13377857833 · 34.New ways of organizing the workplace--all that reengineering and downsizing--are only one contribution to the overall productivity of an economy, which is driven by many other factors such as joint investment in equipment and machinery, new technology, and investment in education and training. 【词汇突破】re-engineering and downsizing 重新设计、缩小规模 contribution 原因和因素 【主干识别】New ways of organizing the workplace are only one contribution to the overall productivity of an economy.主系表结构 【其他成分】 all that re-engineering and downsizing 同位语；which is driven by many other factors such as joint investment in equipment and machinery, new technology, and investment in education and training.非限定性定语从句。 【微观解析】such as 做后置定语 【难点揭秘】后置定语从句和后置定语的冗长会产生一定的阅读障碍。 【译文赏析】厂房布置的新方法--所有那些重新设计、缩小规模的做法--只是影响对一个经济体的整体生产力的一个因素，整体的生产力还受许多其他因素的影响，比如结合设备和机械上的投资、新技术，以及在教育和培训上的投资。 35. President Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a saving-account model, with retirees trading much or? all of their guaranteed payments for payments depending on investment returns. 【词汇突破】 campaigned to do 致力于. (写作替换词：devote to，focus on, dedicate oneself to) social Security 社会保障 saving-account model 账户储蓄模式(如果不能准确的理解这个词的意思，提取 主干时去掉它也不会有影响，只要理解是一种模式就好。) trade 交换 guaranteed 保障，确保 swear to , guarant to , assure to 都是保障和确保的意思。 【主干识别】Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a model加独立主格结构。 【其他成分】with retirees trading much or all of their guaranteed payments for payments。depending on investment returns。在这里需要搞清楚独立主格的本质，就是将两个主语不同但有内在逻辑联系的句子合为一个句子，因而这个结构便可理解为retirees traded much or all of their guaranteed payments for payments。 depending on investment returns非谓语作后置定语修饰payments。 【微观解析】理解含有独立主格的句子的关键在于分割，要将with后面的句子还原，单独翻译。而对payments修饰若是变为定语从句则为 which depended on investment returns.这种对于名词修饰形式的转变可以灵活的运用于写作中的。 【难点揭秘】独立主格的存在会使直接翻译略显僵化。 【译文赏析】布什总统致力于将社会保障转变为帐户储蓄模式，在这个模式里，退休人员将用他们大量甚至是全部的有保障的收入换来依靠于投资回报的收入。 36. It’s all deliciously ironic when you consider that Sh