Privacy economist Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon (優惠券).
　　主干：Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests...
　　Privacy economist 和 Alessandro Acquisti 是同位語。tests后的that從句作tests的定語，該從句的謂語動詞reveal帶有一個賓語從句people will surrender...。
　　譯文：隱私經濟學家Alessandro Acquisti 進行了一系列的測試，這些測試表明人們會透露像社保卡號這樣的個人信息，就只是為了能拿到微不足道的便宜50美分的優惠券。

　　There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it's like to work in a field dominated by men. (07.6 Passage 1)
　　主干：There was a time
　　本句是個存在句，主語a time由when引導的定語從句修飾。“about+what”引導的賓語從句構成介詞短語，作stories的后置定語在該賓語從句中，it是形式主語，后面的不定式短語to work...是真正的主語。dominated...作a field的后置定語。
　　譯文：我生活中有那么一段時間人們老是問我，供職于一個男性占主導地位的領域感覺如何。

　　The practice that can help you past your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls "free writing." (07.6 Passage 2)
　　主干：The practice...is what...
　　定語從句that can...修飾主語The practice,從句中的介詞短語 past your...habits作賓語you的補語，as you write引導的時間狀語從句修飾trying to edite。what引導的表語從句中用了“call+賓語+補語”的結構，what是賓語，free writing是補語。
　　譯文：這種可以幫助你克服在寫作的同時就試圖編輯的壞習慣的做法便是Elbow所稱作的“自由式”寫作。