1. My interest leads me to widen my knowledge of people, and this in turn compels me to believe in the common goodness of mankind.

【难句释义】这一兴趣使我不停地了解更多的人，而对人的深入了解则促使我相信人之初，性本善。

【难句解析】本句是一般的并列句，句中 widen my knowledge 是意思为“扩大知识面”。

2. I know that in environments of uncertainty, fear, and hunger, the human being is dwarfed and shaped without his being aware of it, just as the plant struggling under a stone does not know its own condition.

【难句释义】 我知道，处于饥饿、恐惧、无法预测未来的环境中，人类没有意识到他们的发展遇到了很大的阻力，正如石头下的植物挣扎着生长却不知道自己被石头压住了一样。

【难句解析】本句主干是个宾语从句，主要结构为I know that...，其中“in environments of uncertainty, fear, and hunger”做从句的状语，从句的主干为“ the human being is dwarfed and shaped without his being aware of it”，而“just as the plant struggling under a stone does not know its own condition”则为比较状语。

3. Such faith keeps me continually ready and purposeful with energy to do what one person can towards shaping the environment in which the human being can grow with freedom.

【难句释义】 这种信念使我精力充沛、尽我所能去营造人类能自由发展的环境且乐此不疲。

【难句解析】 本句的主干为Such faith keeps me ...，其中， continually ready and purposeful with energy 作keeps的表语，而to do what one person can towards shaping the environment...为energy的后置定语起补充说明作用，另外，定语从句in which the human being can grow with freedom用于修饰environment。