1. Hunting for a job late last year , lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder , a job database on the Internet . He searched it with no success but was attracted by the site’s “ personal search agent ”.
结构：
Hunting for a job late last year [状] ,lawyer Gant Redmon [主] stumbled across [谓] CareerBuilder , a job database on the Internet [宾] .He [主] searched [谓1] it with no success [宾1] but was attracted [谓2] by the site’s “ personal search agent ” [宾2]
单词：
Stumble vi.踉跄 绊脚
词组：
Hunt for 寻找
Stumble across 偶然遇见 意外发现
解析：
but连接两个并列句，共用主语he
直译：去年年末找工作的时候，；律师GR意外发现了CB，一个互联网上的工作数据库。他在这上面并没有找到工作，但是他被网站的“个人搜索代理”吸引了。
译文：去年年底，在找工作时，甘特雷德曼律师偶然发现了CB这样一个网上求职资料库。他搜索了一下没什么收获，但却被该网站的“个人搜索代理”所吸引
重点：
Stumble across 偶然遇见 意外发现but连接两个并列句，共用主语he
2. It’s an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location , title , and salary , then E-mail them when a matching position is posted in the database .
结构：
It’s an interactive feature [主1]同位语从句：that lets visitors [主] key in [谓] job criteria such as location , title , and salary [宾],then E-mail [谓1] them [宾1]时间状语从句：when a matching position [主] is posted [谓（被动）] in the database [状]
单词：
Feature n.特点 特征 功能
criteria n.标准 条件
词组：
Such as 例如
解析：
that引导同位语从句，补充说明interactive featureThen...的主语是interactive featureWhen 引导时间状语从句
直译：这是一个互动的功能，让访问者输入工作条件，例如位置，岗位和薪水等等，之后，当在数据库中贴出了合适的岗位时，就给他们发电子邮件
译文：其所具有的互动性让访问者输入求职标准，比如工作地点，工作职位以及薪水等。然后，当资料库贴出一个合适的职位时，这一“个人搜索代理”就会向访问者发送电子邮件。
重点：
that引导同位语从句，补充说明interactive featureThen...的主语是interactive featureWhen 引导时间状语从句
3. Redmon chose the keywords legal , intellectual property , and Washington , D.C . Three weeks later , he got his first notification of an opening . “ I struck gold , ”says Redmon , who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company .
结构：
Redmon [主] chose [谓] the keywords legal , intellectual property , and Washington , D.C [宾] .Three weeks later [状], he [主] got [谓] his first notification of an opening [宾] .“ I struck gold , ”says Redmon ,非限制性定语从句：who [主] E-mailed [谓1] his resume to the employer [宾1] and won [谓2] a position as in-house counsel for a company [宾2]
单词：
Notification n.通知
Strike n.罢工 vi.击中
Resume n.简历
Counsel n.法律顾问
词组：
Intellectual property 知识产权
In-house 室内
解析：
who引导非限制性定语从句，修饰Redmon,句子中做主语定语从句中的and连接两个并列句，共同使用主语who
直译：雷德曼选择的关键词是法律，知识产权和华盛顿。三周以后，他收到了第一个空缺职位的通知。“我碰到金子了”雷德曼说，他把他的简历用电子邮件发给了雇主，并得到了公司内部法律顾问的职位
译文：雷德曼选择了关键词，法律，知识产权以及华盛顿特区。三个星期后，他收到了一个职位空缺的通知。“我淘到金子了”雷德曼说，他用电子邮件把他的履历寄给了雇主，便获得了一家公司内部法律顾问的职位
重点：
who引导非限制性定语从句，修饰Redmon,句子中做主语定语从句中的and连接两个并列句，共同使用主语who
4. With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet , finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient .
结构：
With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet[状] ,finding promising openings [主] can be [系] time-consuming and inefficient [表]
词组：
Thousands of 成千上万
直译：在互联网上，有成千上万的和求职有关的网站，找到一个可靠的空缺职位是耗时和效率低的
译文：由于网上有成千上万与求职有关的网站，所以，找到有前景的职位空缺即浪费时间又效率不高
5. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases . But although a search agent worked for Redmon , career experts see drawbacks .
结构：
Search agents [主] reduce [谓] the need for repeated visits to the databases [宾] .But although a search agent [主] worked [谓] for Redmon , career experts [主] see [谓] drawbacks [宾]
单词：
Drawback n.缺点 缺陷 障碍
直译：搜索代理减少了重复访问资料库的需要。但是，尽管搜索代理对雷德曼起作用了，求职专家也看到了它的缺点
译文：搜索代理，降低了反复访问资料库的需要，不过，虽然搜索代理为雷德曼找到了工作，但是就业专家还是注意到其中存在的缺陷
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