BBC news 2009-06-16 加文本

1.People had suddenly thrown off the mental of fear that’s ruled this country for I don’t know how long and were going out in complete defiance of pretty unveiled threats from the authorities, were enjoying themselves, were encouraging us to film them, and were speaking out open against the system, against Supreme Leader, against everything the country stands for, really.

参考翻译：人们突然抛弃统治了这个国家不知有多久的精神恐惧，他们走向街头，表达对来自政府的公开威胁的完全挑衅，他们在尽情的发泄，鼓励我们拍下这个场景，公开发表反对体制，反对最高领袖，反对国家代表的一切。

结构分析：这句话比较长，但是结构比较简单。主语和谓语是：People had suddenly thrown off，and were going out，were enjoying，were encouraging and were speaking out.that’s ruled this country……是定语从句，修饰the mental of fear。I don’t know how long是for的宾语从句。in complete defiance是were going out这一句的状语。the country stands for是定语从句，修饰everything。三个against是并列的成分。

2.There have been incidents in which opposition activists have been confronted by the forces of the state.

参考翻译：当天发生了一些暴力事件，反对派积极分子遭到国家力量的对抗。

结构分析：这个句子相对比较简单，in which引导定语从句，修饰incidents。这里要注意的是in不能省略，要保持短语的完整性。

3.In his first comments on the contested election, President Obama was at pains to stress that it is for Iranians themselves to resolve their differences, but he added that he was deeply troubled by reports of violence.

参考翻译：在针对竞选活动发表的首次评论中，奥巴马总统尽力强调，伊朗人民要自己解决分歧，但是他补充说，他为关于暴力的报道感到非常不安。

结构分析：In his first comments是状语。that it is for Iranians themselves……是宾语从句，表示stress的内容。for sb to do sth这种不定式也是经常见到的。