"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(dǎo)的狀語從句：When I was young

　　主句(主語+謂語+that引導(dǎo)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(dǎo)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(jié)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(shù)，時代

　　參考譯文

　　年輕時我發(fā)現(xiàn)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)