摘要：本文为大家详细分析一篇经济学人杂志的文章，不仅有中文翻译，还总结了大量适用于雅思写作的万用经典句式和高分词汇，对于正在备考雅思写作的同学们来说是绝佳的复习资料。详情见文章。
At dinner the other night with 50 partners in a corporate law firm, I looked around the room and noticed something alarming.I was one of the oldest people in it.
有一天，我和一家从事公司法事务的律师事务所的50位合伙人共进晚餐。环顾四周，我发现了一件令人惊恐的事情——我在里面属于年纪最大的一拨。
【经典句式】
partner合伙人
corporate公司的
law firm律师事务所
alarming令人警觉的
Where were all the lawyers in their late fifties and early sixties? I put the question to the man sitting next to me,who said they had mostly been eased out. The trouble with the law, he explained, is that it takes its toll on you, and if you’ve been at it for 30 years it is almost impossible to hold on to any sense of urgency. By the time you reach your mid-fifties, it is usually time to start thinking about going.
那些六十岁上下的律师们都去哪儿了?我问坐在我旁边的人，他说这些人大多都离开了。他解释道，法律行业的问题就在于它会给人带来负面影响。如果你已经在这个行业里干了30年，那你基本上无法再保持任何紧迫感了。等你到了55岁左右，通常就会考虑离开了。
【经典句式】
ease out退场;客气地请某人离开
take toll on … 让……付出代价
hold on to 坚持
sense of urgency 紧迫感
There was only one exception to this rule, he went on, and that was lawyers in their fifties who had recently been divorced and were starting again with mortgages and young children. They had all the experience of their years — and all the drive of someone 30 years younger. They were propelled by the need to make a vast amount of money but, instead of having a lifetime in which to do it, they had a mere decade. The combination of extreme wisdom and extreme hunger made them unbeatable.
但是这种规律只有一种例外，他接着说，也就是那些刚离婚不久，背着抵押贷款、带着年幼子女重新开始的五十多岁的律师。他们不仅有着多年来积累的经验，还跟比他们年轻30岁的律师一样干劲十足。他们被挣大钱的需求驱使着。可是，不像那些年轻的律师有一辈子的时间来挣钱，他们只有10年。极度的智慧与极度的渴求相结合，这让他们不可战胜。
【大作文万用句式】
There was only one exception to this rule, and that is …但是这种规律只有一种例外，也就是……
【经典句式】
divorce离婚
mortgage抵押贷款
drive干劲
propel驱使
mere仅仅的
unbeatable不可战胜的
I don’t think the man realised quite howwell this divorce-is-great-for-your-career argument was going down with me. In the past six months I have a) separated from my husband, b) bought a wildly expensive house, and c) been feeling more than usually keen at work.
我觉得那个人一定没有想到，这番“离婚有助事业”的论断怎样深得我心。过去的6个月里，我1)离婚了，2)买了一套贵得离谱的房子，3)感觉工作热情不同寻常地高涨。
【经典句式】
keen热衷的
Until that minute it hadn’t occurred to me that the three things were connected, but then I saw what was perfectly obvious: a) and b) have caused c).
我之前一直没想到这三件事是联系在一起的，但那一刻我发现这再明显不过了：正是前两点导致了第三点。
【经典句式】
sth occur to sb 某人意识到……
Everyone will tell you that divorce is ruinous to a career. It makes you so unhinged that you can’t think straight. A couple of years ago the hedge fund boss Paul Tudor Jones told a conference that as soon as he hears that any of his managers is going through a divorce he stops them trading.The emotional turmoil renders them too unpredictable to be trusted with anyone else’s money.
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