"When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work."

—Bernard Shaw

分析

When引導的狀語從句：When I was young

主句（主語+謂語+that引導的賓語從句）：I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures.

Nine out of ten things = nine in ten（十之有八九）。

該句中，ten things后面省略了引導定語從句的連詞"That / which"：(That / which) I did修飾前面的先行詞ten things.

連詞so引出的結果狀語從句：so I did ten times more work.

單詞提示

young：年輕的，年幼的

observe：注意到，觀察

failure：失敗

times：次數，時代

參考譯文

年輕時我發現自己做事十之八九是不成功的，所以我付出了更多的努力。（英國劇作家蕭伯納）

編輯推薦：學位英語輔導：名人名言學習（匯總）