BBC news 2009-05-22 加文本

1.I ran for president because I believe that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together.

【参考翻译】我竞选总统是因为我相信，只有我们团结一致才能解决我们时代的挑战。

【结构分析】句子的主干是I ran for president，because引导原因状语从句。that we cannot……引导宾语从句，believe的内容。we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together.是unless引导的条件状语从句。

2.Speaking elsewhere in Washington, the former Vice President Dick Cheney said closing Guantanamo was, as he put it, unwise and extreme, and will make Americans less safe.

【参考翻译】美国前副总统迪克·切尼在华盛顿其他场合发表讲话，用他的话说，关闭关塔纳摩监狱是非常不明智的，非常极端的行为，会让美国人民更加不安全。

【结构分析】Speaking elsewhere in Washington是现在分词短语做伴随状语。
as he put it是插入语，表示引用的他的说法。如果去掉这个成分，句子还是完整的。

3.With the national flag being raised all over the country, the president said people should ensure that what he called the outpouring of joy at the defeat of terrorism leaves no room for anyone’s feelings to be hurt in any manner.

【参考翻译】随着国家插遍全国，总统称，人们必须确保击败恐怖主义的兴奋情绪不能以任何方式伤害到其他人的感情。

【结构分析】with+过去分词做状语
the president said后跟的是宾语从句，表示说的内容。ensure 后的that引导的也是宾语从句，ensure的内容。