1·During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has been transformed by economic risk and new realities.
在过去的几十年里，美国的中产阶级家庭曾经依靠努力工作和公平竞争来保证自己的财务安全，但现在的经济风险和新出现的情况已经改变了这种状况。
2·Over the past generation, a generation came again, and it lingers on.
一代过去，一代又来，大地却永远长存。
3·If we want any progress, we had better start on the base of the past generation wisdom.
如果我们想要有任何的进步，我们最好是以前人的智慧为基础。
4·On this fourth point there has been a significant change in China during the past generation.
关于第四点，在上一代中国人身上已经发生了巨大的变化。
5·The trend, which has taken place over the past generation, represents a reversal of fortune for women.
这种趋势在上一代人中已有苗头，如今是女性命运得以改变的一种表现。
6·But Professor Flynn also found that teenagers' scores had dipped slightly over the past generation.
但弗林教授也发现，青少年的得分却比他们的上代人有所降低。
7·Butt Professor Flynn also found that teenagers' scores had dipped slightly over the past generation.
但弗林教授也发现，青少年的得分却比他们的上代人有所降低。ꉐ。
8·32% of men and 29% of women think that their generation will have happier marriages than past generations.
只有32%的男人和29%的女人认为他们这一代将比上一代有更幸福的婚姻。
9·The rise and rise of English soccer has been one of the defining cultural narratives of the past generation.
日益兴旺的英格兰足球一直被定义为过去一代人的文化叙事之一。
10·And now attention turns to the task of the next decade: slowly unwinding the debt that has built up over the past generation.
于是目前的注意力转到下一个十年的任务：缓慢地偿还上一代人积欠的债务。