During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has been transformed by economic risk and new realities.

• 在过去的一代中，一些依靠努力工作和公平竞争获得固定财政收入的美国中产阶级家庭现在也正被经济危机和新的现实情况所改变。