1. It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not-so-bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels that can yet be trusted. (1991. 閱讀. 12月. Text 3)
【譯文】如果你徹底無知的話，那麼無知也就不是那麼糟糕。困難的是人們詳細瞭解無知的實際情況——最差的方面以及各處並不太差的.方面，但並不瞭解這種困難根本沒有結束的跡象，甚至還沒有可以信賴的任何解決問題的途徑。
【析句】句子的主幹是it is not so bad being ignorant if...;the hard thing is knowing the reality…but no true light……nor even any tunnels……分號連線兩個並列分句。前面的分句句首it為形式主語，真正的主語為being ignorant;if引導條件狀語從句。後一分句的is knowing…和no true light…nor even any tunnels由but連線做系表謂語;句尾that引導的定語從句修飾tunnels.
2. The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town-and-country planning, has in my opinion resulted in disproportionate attention for forms of recreation far from home, whereas there was relatively little attention for improvement of recreative possibilities in the direct neighbourhood of the home. (1991. 閱讀. 12月. Text 4)
【譯文】多年來，生活、工作、交通、娛樂分離的理論，一直被用於城市鄉鎮規劃中，在我看來，這會造成人們過度關注遠離居民區的娛樂方式，，然而卻很少有人關注家附近消遣方式的改善。
【析句】複合句。主句是The theoretical seperation of... resulted in disproportionate attention,其中，recreation後有which引導的定語從句which has been used in town-and-country planning。逗號後，whereas為從屬連詞，引導表示對比或與主句意思相反的狀語從句，比較正式。
3. The very best standard of living is nothing if it is not possible to take a pleasant walk in the district, if the children cannot be allowed to play in the streets, because the risks of traffic are too great, if during shopping you can nowhere find a spot for enjoying for a moment the nice weather, in short, if you only feel yourself at home after the street-door of your house is closed after you. (1991. 閱讀. 12月. Text 4)
【譯文】如果你不能在街區裡悠閒地散步，如果孩子們因為巨大的交通危險性而不能在街道上玩耍，如果在購物時找不到一處可以欣賞一會美景的地點，如果只是在臨街門關上之後才覺得自己身在家中，那麼再好的生活條件都毫無價值。
【析句】漢語中的排比句能夠增強文中的感情色彩，加強語氣，英語中也同樣如此。主句The very best standard of living is nothing, 後面是四個並列的if條件狀語從句，具體來說，第四個是前三個的總結。其中，第二個條件狀語從句中，又包含because引導的原因狀語從句。
