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.

过去十几年，那些曾经可以依靠辛勤劳动和公平条件维持稳定收入中产阶层家庭生活被经济风险和新现实改变了。

I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down, that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me.

我感到自己辜负了前辈企业家期望，就像接力棒交到我手，而我却把它丢掉了。

Young and old converge on one key point: Overwhelming majorities of both groups said they believe it is harder for young people today to get started in life than it was for earlier generations.

两个群体绝大多数人都表示，他们认为现年轻人比前几代人更难起步。

A shortage of skilled workers looms as older generations retire.

随着老一代人退休，技术工人短缺问题迫眉睫。

A generation on, the trade is braced for big changes.

经历一个时代演变，这个行当呈现出崭新面貌。

Also, the trait spreads only with each successive generation.

其次，性状只有不停繁衍下才会传播。

Today I will pluck grapes of wisdom from the tallest and fullest vines in the vineyard, for these were planted by the wisest of my profession who have come before me, generation upon generation.

今天，我要从最高最密藤上摘下智慧果实，这葡萄藤是好几代前智者种下。

By contrast the recent happy photographs of four generations of the Royal Family together suggest the sort of continuities the frenzy of modern politics can never supply.

与之对比，最近皇室家族四世同堂温馨家庭合影也象征着一种当代近乎疯狂政坛所不可企及家庭感。

She's grown up online in the public gaze, connecting her to a global digital generation.

她公视下伴随着网络长大，将她与全球数字一代联系起来。

Does the younger generation have a clear conception of what they want?

年轻一代清楚他们到底想要什么吗？

But recently, many historians have begun to focus on the roles slavery played in the lives of the founding generation.

但是最近开始，历史学家开始越来越关奴隶制开一代人生活中所扮演角色。

We, as a new generation in China, should shoulder the responsibility of protecting and rejuvenating them so that our offspring can enjoy and learn them in the long future.

我们作为新一代中人，应该肩负起保护，振兴他们责任，只有这样，我们后代才能学习，了解。

Either way, this new generation of feral rabbits has the run of the land.

不管怎样，新一代野兔都有土地。

So, in Britain, patrilineal surnames go down through the male line, down through the generations.

所以，英，父系姓氏是由男性代代相传。

The soft rock, ideal for carving out caves. Local families have lived here for generations.

这种软质岩石最适合挖掘洞穴。当地居民已这生活了世世代代。

So, this is the new generation of China, right?

所以，这是中新一代？

It's very conventional for every generation to underestimate the potential of the following one.

每一代人都会低估下一代人潜力，这是非常传统。

'Cause this is what he did for this country and defined generations to come.

因为这是他为这个家做并为后来人所定义远景。

He's thought of as one of the best-read, best-informed and most-experienced generals of his generation.

“马蒂斯是那个时代最博学、多才、经验丰富将军之一。”

No generation has ever held more power than yours. And no generation has a chance to change things faster than yours can.

你们这一代强大，能够迅速做出改变，这是其他年代都比拟不了。