今日长难句：

选自《经济学人》

Like his counterparts in the business, Mr. Ostberg insists that many of his riders choose to be freelancers because that lets them work as much as they want, whenever they want.

与他的业内同行一样，奥斯特伯格先生坚称，公司的许多骑手是自己选择成为自由职业者的，因为这样他们就可以想工作多长时间就工作多长时间。

第一步 划分句子成分，进行断句

Like his counterparts/ in the business, Mr. Ostberg insists that/ many of his riders /choose to be freelancers /because that lets them work/ as much as they want, whenever/ they want.

第二步 抓动词、主语，句子主框架显现

句子的主语是Mr. Ostberg，这个人，相当于He；动词是insist 坚持认为，坚称...

后面that引导的是一个宾语从句，表示具体内容：

Mr. Ostberg insists that many of his riders choose to be freelancers.

奥斯特伯格先生坚称，公司的许多骑手是自己选择成为自由职业者的。

because后面引出原因，属于因果逻辑关系：because that lets them work as much as they want, whenever they want.

that 代指Being freelancers；as...as结构表示：“和什么一样”，也就是和他们想要的工作量一样，whenever= no matter when；意思是随时，也就是没有具体时间点的限制。整体意思就是“他们就可以想工作多长时间就工作多长时间”。

最后再去看句子最开头的状语，Like his counterparts in the business，显然是说这个人与他的业内同行一样。

第三步 从头到尾来梳理一下：

Like his counterparts in the business, Mr. Ostberg insists that many of his riders choose to be freelancers because that lets them work as much as they want, whenever they want.

与他的业内同行一样，奥斯特伯格先生坚称，公司的许多骑手是自己选择成为自由职业者的，因为这样他们就可以想工作多长时间就工作多长时间。

核心要点：

1. counterpart n. 同行

He is much more generous to his employees than his counterparts in the tech business, which attracts more ambitious young people to his start-up company in the silicon valley.

2. freelancer n. 自由职业者

Being a freelancer brings you freedom and risks at the same time.

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