27. Have regular-table discussion about people the family knows and how they got where they are.
【分析】多重复合句。主句主干为 Have discussion。介词短语 about...作 discussion 后置定语;其中,the family knows 为省略关系词的定语从句,修饰 people。how they got where they are 作 about 的宾语,其中 where they are 又作 got 的宾语。
【译文】经常在就餐时讨论全家都认识的人以及他们是如何取得现在的成就的。
【临摹】他们进行了很多努力,才有了今天的成就。
28. When asked what they want to do, they should be discouraged from saying "I have no idea."
【分析】多重复合句。when 引导时间状语从句,从句的主语和 be 动词被省略,补充完整应为 when they are asked...。what 引导的宾语从句作 asked 的宾语。
【译文】当孩子被问到“以后想干什么”时,家长应该阻止他回答说:“我不知道”。