And I know that if we put our heads and our hearts into this company,we will deliver, I know that. Now, I love challenges. I love hard work. I look forward to sitting at this very table tossing ideas around until what I fear will be the wee hours of the morning. But most importantly, I want the work we do to say something about who we are, how we think, what we feel. So, as our friends in Hollywood say, “Let’s cut to the chase.”How are we gonna turn this company around?

這里的until是修飾謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞look forward to 還是非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞sitting 還是tossing around？ 我該怎么分辨？ 另外這個(gè)until后跟的是個(gè)名詞還是句子？我判斷不出until在這里是介詞還是連詞，提前感謝各位老師，第一天注冊(cè)，還沒(méi)鮮花，深表歉意!

I look forward to sitting at this very table tossing ideas around until what I fear will be the wee hours of the morning.

1. 本句，until 是連詞，引導(dǎo)的是時(shí)間從句，是一個(gè)“主系表結(jié)構(gòu)”。不是介詞。

2. what I fear （主語(yǔ)）will be （系動(dòng)詞）the wee hours of the morning（表語(yǔ)）：我擔(dān)憂的事兒是凌晨時(shí)分的到來(lái)。

3. tossing ideas around（反復(fù)考慮），目前分詞作 sitting 的隨著狀語(yǔ)。

4. 關(guān)于until 從句，到底是修飾謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞look forward to，還是目前分詞sitting，還是 tossing around，這需要依據(jù)語(yǔ)義判斷。

（1）look forward to 表示，期待的結(jié)果是 sitting，該動(dòng)作到 sitting 即結(jié)束，所以 until 不是修飾 look forward to。

（2）until 從句應(yīng)該同時(shí)修飾 sitting 和 tossing 兩個(gè)動(dòng)作，它們是同時(shí)進(jìn)行的，而且是持續(xù)的。

【翻譯】我期待著坐在這張桌子旁，反復(fù)思量，沉思冥想，直到我擔(dān)憂的凌晨時(shí)分的到來(lái)為止。