Exercise
Americans admire the self-made personthe one who, with neither money nor family influence, fights his or her way to the top.
Silly or wise, terrible or delightful, it is a further helping of experience, an additional joy after dark, another slice of life cut differently for which, it seems to me, we are never sufficiently grateful.
Quite a different problem, but one that is causing growing concern, is that computers may violate peoples privacy.
要點分析和參考譯文
要點：破折號後的the one是前面person的同位語，the one後面又有一個由who引導的.定語從句，其中主語和謂語之間有一個插入語：with neither money nor family influence.
參考譯文：美國人欽佩靠個人奮鬥而成功的人士：這種人既沒有金錢也沒有家庭背景，靠自己的奮鬥攀登到最上層。
要點：Silly or wise, terrible or delightful爲平行結構，在句中作讓步狀語。另外句子的表語也是平行結構a further helping of experience, an additional joy after darkit seems to me爲插入語，插入到for which引導的定語從句中。
參考譯文：不管是愚蠢還是聰明，可怕還是愉悅，夢中的生活都是更深一層的另外一種體驗，是天黑以後纔有的另一種歡樂，是生活另一個不同的側面，對此我似乎覺得怎麼感激也不爲過。
