2021考研英語長難句復(fù)習(xí)（五十三）

　　

　　Steelworkers, airline employees, and now those in the auto industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest rates, stock market fluctuation, and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money.

　?、貲uring the same period, families have been asked to absorb much more risk in their retirement income.

　?、赟teelworkers, airline employees, and now those in the auto industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest rates, stock market fluctuation, and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money.

　　③For much of the past year, President Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a saving-account model, with retirees trading much or all of their guaranteed payments for payments depending on investment returns.

　　④For younger families, the picture is not any better.

　?、軧oth the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risen – and newly fashionable health-savings plans are spreading from legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers, with much higher deductibles and a large new dose of investment risk for families’ future healthcare.

　　⑥Even demographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent – and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance – have jumped eightfold in just one generation.

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　?、倥c此同時(shí)，家庭被要求承擔(dān)更多的退休收入方面的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

　?、阡撹F工人、航空公司雇員以及現(xiàn)在汽車企業(yè)的員工都正在加入上百萬家庭的行列，這些家庭必須擔(dān)憂利率、股票市場(chǎng)的波動(dòng)以及退休金不夠用的嚴(yán)峻現(xiàn)實(shí)。

　　③去年的大半年之中，布什總統(tǒng)致力于將社會(huì)保障體系變成個(gè)人儲(chǔ)蓄賬戶模式。在這種模式下，退休人員將他們的大部分或全部有保障的退休金變?yōu)橐蕾嚮貓?bào)率的投資。

　　④對(duì)于較年輕的家庭來說，境況也不比老年人家庭更好。

　?、葆t(yī)療保健的絕 對(duì)成本以及其中家庭承擔(dān)的份額都已提高，而且新近流行的健康儲(chǔ)蓄計(jì)劃正從議會(huì)大廳流傳到沃爾瑪超市的員工那里。此計(jì)劃意味著未來家庭的醫(yī)療保健將需要支付更高的預(yù)付額并面臨大量新增的投資風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

　　⑥甚至人口統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)的統(tǒng)計(jì)結(jié)果(人口結(jié)構(gòu)變化)都對(duì)中產(chǎn)階級(jí)家庭不利，家庭中出現(xiàn)一個(gè)年老力衰的父(母)親——以及隨之而來的精力和經(jīng)濟(jì)援助的需要——的幾率在一代人的時(shí)間里增加了八倍。