会保障制度。

unemployment insurance指"失业保险"，disability insurance指"残疾保险"。

weather在句中作动词，表示"抵御；承受；平安渡过"，如：weather a crisis（渡过危机）。

bad times意为"坏时光；艰苦的日子"，其反义词是good times。

 5、Steelworkers, airline employees, and now those in the auto industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest rates, stock market fluctuation, and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money.

 【译文】 钢铁工人、航空公司的雇员，以及在汽车工业中就业的人，他们现在和数百万的家庭一样，必须操心利率和股票市场的升降，担心他们的退休金不够用的严峻现实。

 【析句】 句子的主干结构是Steelworkers...are joining millions of families，families后面跟一个定语从句。而在定语从句中，主语是who，谓语是worry about，宾语是interest rates, stock market fluctuation, and the hash reality。that they may outlive their retirement money是一个定语从句，修饰the harsh reality。

 【讲词】worry about表示"操心；担心"。

interest rates指"利率"，stock market指"股票市场"，fluctuation指股票市场的波动，retirement money指"退休金"。

outlive意为"比......长命；比......耐久；经受住"，如：This regulation has outlived its usefulness.（这一规则没用却仍然存在。）

 

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