8. For years executives and headhunters have adhered to the rule that the most attractive CEO candidates are the ones who must poached.
【分析】多重复合句。句子主干为 executives and headhunters have adhered to the rule...。that 引导同位语从句,对 rule 进行解释说明。从句中又包含 who 引导的定语从句,修饰先行词 the ones。
【译文】多年来,执行官和猎头们都认同这样一个原则:最有吸引力的 CEO 候选人是那些需要偷偷挖来的人。
【点拨】1) adhere“粘附,附着;坚持,支持”,常与介词 to 连用。原意为“水煮(蛋);2) poach(侵入他人地界)偷猎(或捕猎);侵占,侵犯,窃取”,本句中引申为“挖角”。
【临摹】我们节约教育经费有个原则,就是不能因其而影响教学质量。
9. Says Korn/Ferry senior partner Dennis Carey: "I can't think of a single search I've done where a board has not instructed me to look at sitting CEO's first."
【分析】复合句。句子为倒装句,引号中的部分为 says 的宾语。该宾语从句的主干为 I can't think of a single search,I've done 是省略引导词的定语从句,修饰先行词 search,where 也是修饰 search 的定语从句。
【译文】光辉国籍的资深合伙人 Dennis Carey 说:“我所举办的每一次招聘中,董事会都要求我从那些在任的 CEO 中寻找人选。”
【点拨】sitting“在任的,在任期中的”。
临摹答案:
8. One principle we should adhere toin economizing on educational funds is that the quality of instruction should not be affected as a result.