一、Reading
Some people have goals in life. For these people it is important to achieve their goals. As for my brother Billy, his goal in life is to make people happy. He tries to accomplish this by being a good student and an obedient son. In this way, he is able to give joy to those who are dearest to him --- his teachers and his family. It's too bad we don't all have goals like Billy.
二、解析
■ Some people have goals in life.
- 主：Some people
- 谓：have
- 宾：goals
- 时状：in life.
■ For these people it is important to achieve their goals.
- 状：For these people
- 形主：it
- 系：is
- 表：important
- 主：to achieve their goals.
- 虚词：to
- 谓：achieve
- 宾：their goals.
■ As for my brother Billy, his goal in life is to make people happy.
- 状：As for my brother Billy,
- 介：As for
- 定：my brother
- 宾：Billy
- 主：his goal in life is to make people happy.
- 主：his goal
- 定：in life（修饰 goal ）
- 系：is
- 表：to make people happy.
- 虚词：to
- 谓：make
- 宾：people
- 宾补：happy.
■ He tries to accomplish this by being a good student and an obedient son.
- 主：He
- 谓：tries
- 宾：to accomplish this
- 虚词：to
- 谓：accomplish
- 宾：this
- 方状：by being a good student and an obedient son.
- 介：by
- 宾：being a good student （分词短语）
- 连：and
- 宾：an obedient son.
■ In this way, he is able to give joy to those who are dearest to him --- his teachers and his family.
- 状：In this way,
- 主：he
- 谓：is able to give
- 间宾：joy
- 目状：to those who are dearest to him --- his teachers and his family.
- 介：to
- 宾：those
- 定从：who are dearest to him
- 引：主：who
- 系：are
- 表：dearest
- 目状：to him
- 介：to
- 宾：him
- 同：his teachers and his family.（those 的同位语）
■ It's too bad we don't all have goals like Billy.
- 形主：It
- 系：is
- 表：too bad
- 主：（that）we don't all have goals like Billy.
- 引：that
- 主：we all
- 谓：don't have
- 宾：goals
- 状：like Billy.
- 介：like
- 宾：Billy.
三、语法
- 介绍 way 的用法。
- be able to（能够）的用法。
- it 代替名词性从句的用法。
以上语法详见教材讲解。