I hear poor Tom has died of a heart attack. Died instantly, I believe. Mind you, if you were looking for a heart attack victim, he was a classic case. You need only ask around to hear everyone say that he worked all hours, never taking a break. That sort of person all too often risks not surviving long enough to retire on a pension. No doubt the chief executive is already looking around for Tom’s replacement. I know you can’t afford to be sentimental in business, not with stock holders breathing down your neck all the time. Still, he must have found it difficult to look Tom’s widow in the eye at the funeral after allowing him to overwork like that.

1） mind you, 是“注意”的意思？

解答："mind you"注意，留心，记住，相当于在提醒对方。

2） never taking a break 是现在分词作伴随状语？

he was a classic case. You need only ask around to hear everyone say that he worked all hours, never taking a break.

=he was a classic case. You need only ask around to hear everyone say that he worked all hours without taking a break.

解答如下：作方式伴随状语

3) That sort of person all too often risks not surviving long enough to retire on a pension.请问，这个句子的结构和中文意思？

解答：all too often “时常；常常；一而再；再而三地”

参考译文(1)这种类型的人常常冒着不能活到足够长的寿命去领养老退休金的风险。

参考译文(2)这样类型的人时常冒着不能活到去领养老退休金的风险。

(1)risk  vt冒着…的危险;担着…的风险

(2)risk doing sth 冒着做某事的风险/危险

Pregnant women who are heavy drinkers risk damaging the unborn foetus.

酗酒的孕妇可能会给体内的胎儿造成伤害。

(3)risk not doing sth 冒着不做某事的危险/风险

(4)surive long enough to do sth 活得足够长时间去做某事

(5)retire on a pension 领养老金退休

以上句子语法结构分析如下:

主语：That sort of person

状语：all too often

谓语：risks

宾语：not surviving long enough to retire on a pension

4) I know you can’t afford to be sentimental in business, not with stock holders breathing down your neck all the time. 

=I know you can't afford to be sentimental in business,(and you can't afford to be sentimental in business 省略部分) with stock holders breathing down your neck all the time

请问，这个句子的结构和中文意思？

解答：我知道在生意场上你可负担不起感情用事的,尤其是,有很多持股票者/股东一直在你耳边喋喋不休的时候,你不能感情用事.

(1)breathe down one's neck将某人盯得死死的/在某人背后唠唠叨叨/掐着你的脖子.

(2)can't afford to do sth 负担得起/承受得起做某事

(3)all the time 一直；向来， 一向；时时刻刻；每时每刻

(4)stock holder 股东，股票持有人，公债持有人

(5)sentimental adj. 伤感的；多愁善感的；感情用事的；寓有情感的 

(6)in business 在生意场上 

以上句子语法结构分析如下:

主语：I

谓语：know

引导宾语从句连词:that（省略）

宾语从句：you can't afford to be sentimental in business,(and you can't afford to be sentimental in business 省略部分) with stock holders breathing down your neck all the time

he must have found it difficult to look Tom’s widow in the eye at the funeral after allowing him to overwork like that.

翻译：在他允许他像那样过分劳累的工作之后，他一定发现在葬礼现场很难直视汤姆的遗孀。

(1)look sb in the eye 直视某人

He could not look her in the eye. 

他不敢直视她的眼睛。

请问陈老师，with stock holders breathing down your neck all the time是with复合结构吧？作什么成分？

（2017年11月27日）继续跟踪回到如下

with the stock holders breathing down your neck all the time 结构属于”with+名词+现在分词“的复合结构，也叫with的独立主格结构，在句中作状语成分。

with的复合结构主要以以下几种形式出现在句子中，并在句子作状语成分。

 【一】With + 名词+现在分词

She stood on the top of the hill with her hair flowing in the breeze.

她站在小山顶上，长发在微风中飘拂。

 I was about to declare myself here in Southampton with trains  rattling overhead.

在南安普敦，火车在我上面的铁轨上隆隆作响，我就要表明我自己的身份，开始拉琴卖艺了。

With economy recovering, people’s living standard is improving.

随着经济的复苏，人民的生活水平也在改善。

【二】With +名词+过去分词

  They left with most of their work undone.

大部分的工作还没有做他们就离开了。

The year 2000 ended with nothing settled. 

2000年过去了，什么也没有解决。

The prisoner was brought in with his hands tied and feet chained. 

囚犯被带进来，手被捆着，脚被锁链锁着。

The shopping bag ladies wear layers of clothes, with newspapers 

stuffed between the layers as further protection against cold.

流浪女穿着一层层的衣服，层与层之间还塞满了报纸来进一步抵御严寒。

【三】 With+名词+不定式短语

With a lot of work to do, I don’t know whether I have time to go to the concert with you.

有这么多的工作要做，我不知道是否有时间和你一起去听音乐会。

  I really did not have time to relax with so many small children to  look after.

有很多的小孩儿要照顾，我真的没有时间去放松一下。

 I can’t go out with a lot of dishes to wash。

有这么多的盘子要洗，我出不去。

【四】With+名词+介词短语

He stood on a big rock with his face towards the rough sea.

他站在一块儿大岩石上，面朝着波涛汹涌的大海。

They stood with their arms round each other.

他们站在那里，相互拥抱着。

 His wife came down the stairs, with her one-year-old son in her arms. 

他 的妻子走下楼来，怀里抱着她那个一岁的儿子。

 【五】 With+名词+形容词

Even in winter he still slept with the window open.　

即使在冬天，他仍然开着窗户睡觉。

With chairman of the board seriously ill, we had to cancel the meeting.

由于董事长病的很严重，所以我们只好取消了这次会议。

With the weather unbearably hot, we had to have our air-conditioner working all the time。

由于天气热得令人难以忍受，所以我们只得一直开着空调。

【六】With+名词+副词

With two people away ill, we’ll have to close the office this afternoon.

由于两人有病没来，今天下午我们不得不停止办公。

 Her three children lay on the bed with all their clothes on.

她的三个孩子穿着衣服躺床上。

The child was free to do everything with her mother not in. 

母亲没在家，这个孩子可以自由地做一切事情。