1.Before long you will see a paper, a quite important paper for which several men and women have risked their lives...

【參考譯文】不久你就可以看到一份文件，一份非常重要的文件、幾名男女為之冒生命危險(xiǎn)的文件...
【結(jié)構(gòu)解析】before long 意思是“不久以后”，“for which several men...”做定語(yǔ)修飾“paper”，其中的"for"承“risk”，即risk for sth.為某事冒險(xiǎn)。

2.you gave me quite a start...

【參考譯文】你真的讓我吃了一驚...
【結(jié)構(gòu)解析】start此處做名詞，意思是“驚動(dòng)、吃驚”。

3.This is the second time in a month that somebody has gotten into my room off that confounded balcony!

【參考譯文】這是本月第二次有人從那個(gè)討厭的陽(yáng)臺(tái)進(jìn)入我的房間！
【結(jié)構(gòu)解析】這里用的固定結(jié)構(gòu)是"This/it is the +序數(shù)詞+that sb. had done sth",句中sb.后一定要用完成時(shí)。