While young and old mostly agree on what constitutes the finish line of a fulfilling life, they offer strikingly different paths for reaching it.
必记词汇:
①mostly ['mostli] ad.
整体而言,大体上
②constitute ['kɑnstətut] vt.
组成
③fulfilling [fʊl'fɪlɪŋ] a.
令人满足的
④strikingly ['straɪkɪŋli] ad.
醒目地,惹眼地
⑤path [pæθ] n.
路径
写作积累:
①young and old
年轻人与老年人
②agree on
在…有共识
③the finish line
终点线
④a fulfilling life
成功的人生,心满意足的人生
⑤strikingly different
显然不同的
⑥paths for reaching …
抵达…的路径
结构解析:
While …mostly agree …, they offer strikingly different …
While引导让步状语从句,反向强调主句的内容。
参考译文:
尽管年轻人与老年人在成功人生终点线的内容上大体有着共识,但对于如何抵达终点线他们却有着显然不同的路径。