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）
