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今日长难句

As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback—a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick.（text3. 2007）

parachute / ˈpærəʃu:t / n.降落伞

setback / ˈsetbæk / n.挫折；阻碍

workforce / ˈwə:kfɔ:s / n.全体员工

primary / ˈpraiməri / adj.主要的；最重要的

lay off 解雇

结构分析

你需要知道

1.修饰parachute的定语从句省略了引导词that。

2.以下情况that可以省略：(1) that引导宾语从句时，可以省略。(2) that在定语从句中作宾语的时候，可以省略。

翻译

结果，他们失去了经济受挫时期曾经拥有的“降落伞”——如果家里的主要赚钱者失业或生病的话，可以走进职场的候补赚钱者（通常是母亲）。

预告明日长难句

From the middle-class family perspective, much of this, understandably, looks far less like an opportunity to exercise more financial responsibility, and a good deal more like a frightening acceleration of the wholesale shift of financial risk onto their already overburdened shoulders.（text3. 2007）