Exercise

　　Ideally then, a school system should be one in which the love of learning, rather than the acquisition of facts , is cultivated.

　　Still, he could not help thinking that if anything should happen, the nearest person he could contact by radio, unless there was a ship nearby , would be on an island 885 miles away.

　　Yet this other life has its interests, its enjoyments, its satisfaction, and , at certain rare intervals, a peaceful glow or a sudden excitement.

　　要點分析和參考譯文

　　要點：one 后面有一個in which 引導得定語從句，其中rather than the acquisition of facts是插入語，可以看成是主語the love of learning的并列成分
　　參考譯文：因此，理想的教育制度應該是培養學生酷愛學習，而不是獲得實際的東西

　　要點：虛擬條件句“if anything ……885 miles away.”是thinking的賓語從句，作thinking的賓語。在這個虛擬條件句的主句中，主語和謂語之間插入了一個條件狀語從句“unless there was a ship nearby”，使得主謂分離。
　　參考譯文：他仍禁不住尋思起來，要是果發生什么意外，如果附近連一條船也沒有，他用無線電能聯系上得最近得人遠在885英里以外得島上。

　　要點：句中 interests, enjoyments, satisfaction, glow和excitement共五哥并列成分，皆作賓語。 At certain rare intervals為插入語，意為“間或，偶爾”。
　　參考譯文：然而這另一種生活也有它的趣味，歡樂和滿足，并間或有一種寧靜得喜悅或一陣突發得激動。