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　　These committees are made up of persons representing diverse interest and knowledge who volunteer to participate in coats-off,sleeves-up,pencils-out drafting sessions and committee deliberations.

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　　要点：由who引导的定语从句who volunteer to participate in coats-off,sleeves-up,pencils-out drafting sessions and committee deliberations和其先行词persons被representing diverse interests and knowing分割。定语从句子中的coats-off在这里是说脱下外套，sleeves-up是说卷起袖子，pencils-out是说拿出铅笔这些指开会时各人的姿态，表示在紧张工作。

　　译文：这些委员会是由代表不同利益的集团和知识阶层的人组成的。这些人脱下上衣，卷起袖子，拿出铅笔，自愿参加起会议和委员会的审议工作。