2015年12月01日 每天半小时学英语

中文素材:

互联网公司的雇主倾向于招募更年轻、没有孩子的员工，认为他们效率更高。“年轻人的生活更简单，”Facebook创始人马克•扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）说，“生活简单能让人把注意力集中在重要的事情上。”

英语原文：from New York Times：

Employers of Internet companies prefer younger, childless employees who were presumed to be more productive. “Young people just have simpler lives,” Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder said, “Simplicity in life allows you to focus on what’s important.”

中英转化：

1）互联网公司的雇主倾向于招募更年轻、没有孩子的员工，认为他们效率更高：Employers [后置定语of Internet companies] prefer younger, childless employees [定语从句who were presumed to be（被假定） more productive].
2）年轻人的生活更简单，Facebook创始人马克•扎克伯格说：Young people just have simpler lives, Mark Zuckerberg [同位语Facebook’s co-founder] said
3）生活简单能让人把注意力集中在重要的事情上：Simplicity in life（对前面的变化） allows you to focus on [宾语从句what’s important]

重要语法点：

1）后置定语/定从能让句子结构更紧凑、简洁：Employers [后定of Internet companies] prefer younger, childless employees [定从who were presumed to be more productive]
2）同位语：“…lives,” Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder said, “Simplicity…”；另，Mao Zedong, the founder of PRC, was once shrined by hundreds of millions of his fanatical followers.

好词好句整理：

1）be presumed to…：被推定、被假设…；例句：The earth which was once presumed to be the center of universe was later proven by science to orbit round the Sun.
2）…allow…to…：让（某人）做（某事）；例句：Attending parties allows one to release all the pressure from work or life.
3）focus on：专注于；例句：He was focusing on writing the paper, which made him ignore what was happening around.