"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引导的状语从句：When I was young

　　主句(主语+谓语+that引导的宾语从句)：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)。

　　该句中，ten things后面省略了引导定语从句的连词"That / which"：(That / which) I did修饰前面的先行词ten things.

　　连词so引出的结果状语从句：so I did ten times more work.

　　单词提示

　　young：年轻的，年幼的

　　observe：注意到，观察

　　failure：失败

　　times：次数，时代

　　参考译文

　　年轻时我发现自己做事十之八九是不成功的，所以我付出了更多的努力。(英国剧作家萧伯纳)