2021考研英語長難句復習（五十五）

　　

　　During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure had been transformed by economic risk and new realities.

　?、貲uring the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure had been transformed by economic risk and new realities.

　　②Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months.

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　?、僭谏弦淮酥校疽揽颗ぷ骱凸礁偁幘湍鼙３纸?jīng)濟狀況穩(wěn)定的美國中產(chǎn)階級家庭因經(jīng)濟風險和新的現(xiàn)實狀況而發(fā)生了變化。

　?、诂F(xiàn)在，一張解雇通知書，一個惡性診斷結(jié)果，或者配偶的離去，都可以使一個穩(wěn)固的中產(chǎn)階級家庭在幾個月內(nèi)成為新的貧困戶。