15.To take just one example，the Chrysler Corporation，third largest of the U.S.motor manufacturers，disclosed that it made questionable payments of more than $ 2.5 million between 1971 and 1976.仅以美国第三汽车制造商克莱斯勒公司为例，该公司透露说从1971至1976年他们就支付了超过250万美元的不正当的款项。
1）to take just one example：不定式短语，在句中是独立成分，又如：To tell the truth，I don't like the idea.说老实话，我觉得这怎么样。
To be frank，I was thirsty like everyone else.坦白说，我和其他人一样渴。
2）disclose 透露，揭露
He wrote a letter to the Public Security Organ to disclose the mayor's scandal of taking bribes.他写了一封信给公安部门来揭露这个市长的受贿丑闻。
16.By making this revelation，it joined more than 300 U.S.companies that had admitted to the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission that they had made dubious payments of one kind or another—bribes，facilitating payments，extra discounts，etc.—in recent years.透露了这一秘密之后，该公司也加入了向美国证券交易署承认近年来曾经支付过各种不正当的款项—行贿、疏通费以及附加折扣等—的三百多家公司的行列。
1）by……，sb./sth.join……：通过做……，加入了……的队伍。
2）the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission：美国证券交易署。
3）……of one kind or another：不同类的……，不是这种就是那种的……。
4）facilitating payments：为了事顺利而支付的款项。
5）extra discounts：超额折扣。
17.For discussion purposes，we can divide these payments into three broad categories.为了讨论便利起见，我们把这种款项分为三大类。
divide……into：把（人、事或物）分为……。
又如：In oral classes，we divide the class into two groups.
上口语课时，我们把全班学生分成两组。
According to their political attitude，the faculty can be divided into three categories：the radical，the conservative，and the middle-of-the-roader.
按其政治态度，教职人员可分为三类：激进派、保守派和中间派。
18.The first category consists of substantial payments made for political purposes or to secure major contracts.—（The first type of bribery involves large amounts of money paid for political reasons，i.e.，to a candidate who is running for political office or for obtaining major contracts.）为了政治目的，或是为了获得重大项目合同而付的巨款属第一类。
1）consist of：由……组成。
又如：Their diet chiefly consists of rice and vegetables.
他们日常的主要食物是大米和蔬菜。
The delegation consists of students from all corners of the country.
代表团由业自全国各地的学生组成。
2）made for……major contracts 是分词短语，作定语修饰substantial payments，介词短语for political purposes和不定式短语to secure major contracts都是目的状语，修饰made.
19.For example，the U.S.conglomerate ITT（International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation）offered a large sum of money in support of a U.S.presidential candidate at a time when it was under investigation for possible viol
