1.you’ll find something drives you to make this kind of contribution---something drives every human being to find a purpose that lives on after death.

【參考譯文】你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)促使你做出這種貢獻(xiàn)的驅(qū)動力-一種驅(qū)使每個(gè)人尋找在自己死后仍能繼續(xù)存在的事業(yè)的驅(qū)動力。
【結(jié)構(gòu)解析】句中的"drives you ...after death"修飾something, 其中的“something drives human being...after death”修飾"contribution"。

2.Is the purpose of lifetime contribution an ego-driven desire for a mortal being to have an immortal name or is it something more?

【參考譯文】難道終有一死的人貢獻(xiàn)一生自我鞭策的欲望就是想要獲得不朽名聲的？抑或是其他更偉大的事物？
【結(jié)構(gòu)解析】句子的主語是"the purpose",謂語是“is”,賓語是“ to have an immortal name or is it something more”。

3.By virtue of inhabiting a body we accept these risks.

【參考譯文】由于附著于肉體之身，所以我們就得接受這些風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
【結(jié)構(gòu)解析】這是個(gè)因果句，因是“By virtue of inhabiting a body ”，果是“we accept these risk”。