分析:主语:Americans;谓语:say;that引导一个宾语从句,还包含有一个省略了关联代词的定语从句,a person can be sure in life修饰two things. 当先行词在定语从句中作宾语时,常可省略。
Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes.(*)
大部分及物动词可跟反身代词作宾语。
Most transitive verbs can take a reflexive pronoun as object.
他获得了金牌,这是全家的光荣。(关系代词作宾语,代表整个句子)
She was awarded a gold medal , which the whole family considered a great honour .
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