2.In the American economy, the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual.

【核心词汇】

property [’prɔpəti] n.财产，所有权，性质 ownership [’əunəʃip]n.所有(权)，所有制

embrace [im’breis] v.包括，包含，拥抱 contract [’kɔntrækt] n.合同;v.收缩

productive resources生产资料

【考点透析】并列结构not only… but also(不仅…而且)

【结构导图】

In the American economy, (the concept of private property) embraces //[陈1] not only the ownership

状语 主语 谓语

of productive resources but also certain rights, //including the right to determine the price of a

宾语 定语

product or to make a free contract with another private individual.

【具体分析】本句的主干为The concept embraces not only … but also … (私有财产的概念不仅包含…而且包含…)，其中but also certain rights(也包含某些权力)后面的部分including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with an other private individual(包括产品价格的决定权，或者和其他个人自由签订合同的权利)是修饰certain rights的定语 ，补充说明其范围。

【技巧点拨】right to 为固定搭配表示…的权力，例如Everyone has the right to live in his own way.#FormatimgID_0#(每人都有权按自己的方式生活)。

【参考译文】在美国经济中，私有财产这一概念不仅包含生产资料的所有权，而且包含某些权力，包括产品价格的决定权或和其他个人自由签订合同的权利。

4.Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales. They can keep a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom.

【核心词汇】

cash register现金出纳机，收银机 ring up记录，打电话

more than不仅仅是 a range of一些，一系列考试用书

【考点透析】比较级more than 的用法

【结构导图】

(Electronic cash registers )can do //much more than simply ring up sales. (They )can keep//

主语 谓语 宾语 主语 谓语

a wide range of records//, including who sold what, when, and to whom.

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【具体分析】 第一句中的由do much more than的意思是“做的不只是”，说明ring up sales(记录销售金额)只是electronic cash registers(电子现金出纳机)工作的一部分;第二句中的who sold what, when, and to whom(谁在何时把什么东西卖给了谁) 是including的宾语。

【技巧点拨】more than的本意表示“超过，多于”在不同的语境下也可以翻译成“不仅仅，不只是，非常”例如，They were more than glad to help us.(他们非常乐意帮助我们。)She was more than a student.(她不只是个学生。)

【参考译文】电子现金出纳机做的不只是简单地记录销售金额。它们可以做一系列的记录，包括谁在何时把什么东西卖给了谁。