19考研英語：屠屠長難句（四十五）

1每日一句長難句
The coming of age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the male-dominated job market have limited the opportunities of teenagers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved in climbing Japan’s rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs.
 

2【分析】
本句句式比較簡單，主語是一個並列結構the coming of age of the postwar baby boom和an entry of women into the male-dominated job market，謂語動詞是have limited，the opportunities of teenagers是賓語，後面是who引導的定語從句，從句中are questioning是謂語部分，the heavy personal sacrifices是賓語，後面是involved引導的分詞結構做後置定語。

3【詞彙】
postwar 戰後

baby boom 嬰兒潮

dominate 統治

question 質疑

the heavy personal sacrifice 巨大的個人犧牲

rigid 嚴格的，嚴酷的

social ladder 社會階梯

4【譯文】
戰後嬰兒潮的一代人步入成年，女性打入男性主導的勞動力市場，這些限制了青少年的發展機會。青少年已經在不停地質疑，爲了爬上日本國內那通往優秀學校和體面工作的嚴酷的社會階梯，他們做出的巨大個人犧牲到底值不值得。

5【明日長難句】
If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality, it must be widely shared; and it especially must be highly regarded by people who are themselves admired, the educated not least among them.