1.he is writing a letter on th desk that has a laptop on it
- 여기서 it이 무엇을 가리키나요? desk를 가리키는 건가요?2.the team made sure to prepare that there was no way there would be outdone.

-there was no way there would be outdone 에서 way를 그 뒤의 문장이 꾸미는 것 같은데
자세히 설명해 주세요!3.having strong cognitive abilities, he was a good student4.circumstanced as we were, we decided to move to a different city

-3,4번은 컴마이전의 문장이 어떻게 되는 건지 잘 모르겠어요. 제가보기에는
분사구문 같은데 어떻게 he를 꾸미는지, circumstanced as we were가 어떻게
해석되는지 잘 모르겠네요.
5.whatever their disadvantage with respect to distributing education tax dollars equally
among school districts
여기서는 dollars가 어떻게 해석되는지 잘 모르겠어요.
부탁드립니다!!