第二段：④they were impressionable kids during the crash of 2008, when many of their parents lost their jobs or their life savings or both.⑤they aren’t interested in taking any chances.⑥the booming economy seems to have done little to assuage this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency, especially for those who have college debt.⑦college loan balances in the u.s. now stand at a record $1.5 trillion, according to the federal reserve.
单词：
impressionable英/?m?pre??n?b(?)l/adj.敏感的；易受影响的
crash英/kr??/v./n.撞车，坠毁,破产，倒闭，暴跌
life savings一生的积蓄
savings英/?se?v??z/n.储蓄；存款；救助；节省物（saving的复数形式）
take chances冒险
booming英/?bu?m??/adj.飞速发展的，繁荣的
assuage英/??swe?d?/vt.平息；缓和；减轻
underlying英/??nd??la???/adj.根本的，潜在的
generational英/?d?en??re???n(?)l/adj.一代的；生育的
sense英/sens/n.（对某物的）感觉，合理性；见识，良好的判断；理智v.感觉到，觉察到
anxious英/???k??s/adj.焦虑的，担心的；渴望的，急切的
urgency英/???d??nsi/n.紧急，迫切；迫切需要；紧急的事
loan英/l??n/n.贷款，借款；借用
balance英/?b?l?ns/n.平衡，均衡，均势；平衡能力；账户余额，结存；结欠，余款
stand at达到
stand英/st?nd/v.达特定水平（或数量、高度等）
trillion英/?tr?lj?n/adj.万亿的num.万亿，兆
the federal reserve美联储
语法解释
第二段：④they were impressionable kids //during the crash of 2008, //when many of their parents lost their jobs or their life savings or both.
主句：they（主语）+ were（系动词）+ impressionable kids（表语）+ //during the crash of 2008（时间状语）
定语从句：//when（引导词）+ many of their parents（主语）+ lost（谓语）+their jobs（宾语1）+ or（并列连词）+ their life savings（宾语2）or（并列连词）both（宾语3）.
整句翻译：
they were impressionable kids //during the crash of 2008, //when many of their parents lost their jobs or their life savings or both.
④在2008年经济危机期间，他们都是受到影响的孩子，当时他们父母中的许多人失去了工作，或毕生的积蓄，或两者兼而有之。
⑤they（主语）+aren’t interested in（谓语）+ taking any chances（宾语）.
⑤他们对任何冒险都不感兴趣。/他们不想冒险。
⑥the booming economy（主语）+seems to have done little to assuage（谓语）+this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency（宾语）,// especially for those（同位语）//who have college debt（定语从句）.
⑥繁荣的经济似乎并没有缓解这一代人潜在的焦虑和紧迫感，尤其是对那些大学背负债务的学生来说。
⑦college loan balances（主语）+ in the u.s.（状语）+ now（状语）+ stand at（谓语）+ a record $1.5 trillion（宾语）, according to the federal reserve（插入语）.
⑦根据美联储的数据，美国的大学贷款余额目前达到了创纪录的1.5万亿美元。
第二段：④they were impressionable kids during the crash of 2008, when many of their parents lost their jobs or their life savings or both.⑤they aren’t interested in taking any chances.⑥the booming economy seems to have done little to assuage this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency, especially for those 
who have college debt.⑦college loan balances in the u.s. now stand at a record $1.5 trillion, according to the federal reserve.
④在2008年经济危机期间，他们都是受到影响的孩子，当时他们父母中的许多人失去了工作，或毕生的积蓄，或两者兼而有之。⑤他们不想冒险。⑥繁荣的经济似乎并没有缓解这一代人潜在的焦虑和紧迫感，尤其是对那些大学背负债务的学生来说。⑦根据美联储的数据，美国的大学贷款余额目前达到了创纪录的1.5万亿美元。
