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Universal basic incomes

汉译英无主句的译法：

1. 被动句
2. 增添主语
3. 复合结构
4. there be句型
5. 形式主语
6. 倒装
7. 祈使

4.译成“there be”

There were no giant cheques, but thepeople who filed into a conference room at theCook County building in downtown Chicago tofill in forms on a snowy morning late last yearhad nonetheless won the lottery.

虽然没有巨额支票，但去年年底，在一个下雪的早晨，那些排队进入芝加哥市中心库克县大楼会议室填写表格的人中了大奖。

1.译为被动句

...which is paid for and administered by states, but in crises often expanded federally.

...由各州支付和管理，但出现危机时，通常会由联邦政府接手。