更正昨日长难句

But if the district is essentially giving a pass to students who do not do their homework because of complicated family lives, it is going riskily close to the implication that standards need to belowered for poor children.（Text 1. 2012. 英二） 

更正说明：句子主干中，it为主语，is going为系动词，close to the implication为表语。

今日长难句

Many said that unemployment, while extremely painful, had improved them in some ways: they had become less materialistic and more financially prudent; they were more aware of the struggles of others.（Text 4. 2012. 英二）

materialistic / məˌtiəriəˈlistik / adj.物质享乐主义的；贪图享乐的

prudent / ˈpru:dnt / adj.谨慎的；慎重的；精明的

be aware of 意识到；察觉到

结构分析

翻译

许多人说，尽管失业是十分痛苦的，但其也能以某些方式提升自己：他们不再物质至上，在经济问题上更加谨慎；他们更加体会到他人的艰苦奋斗。

预告10.15长难句

In The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, the economic historian Benjamin Friedman argues that both inside and outside the U. S., lengthy periods of economic stagnation or decline have almost always left society more mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped or reversed the advance of rights and freedoms.（Text 4. 2012. 英二）