[考研英语长难句]历年考研英语试题长难句练习及详细分析(41)

(英语二2016Text4)while younger people are somewhat more optimistic than their elders about the prospect for those starting out today, big majorities in both groups believe those “just getting started in life ”face a tougher climb than earlier generations in reaching such signpost achievements as securing a goog-paying job, starting a family, managing debt, and finding affordable housing.

解析：在这个长难句子中，首先整体上分析句子结构。While引导让步状语从句，主句从big majorities开始到housing。先看主句部分结构，big majorities是主语，believe是谓语，those “just getting started in life ”face a tougher climb than earlier generations in reaching such signpost achievements as securing a goog-paying job, starting a family, managing debt, and finding affordable housing是宾语。进一步来分析这个非常长的宾语从句部分结构，those “just getting started in life ”是主语，face是谓语，a tougher climb是宾语，这里出现了一个比较级，tougher....than...，意思是比....更艰难...。in reaching such signpost achievements as A, B, C, and D, 这里介词+动宾做宾语补足语。再来看从句部分，主系表结构，people are optimistic about the prospect, 同样有一个比较级more...than....