Millennial, born 1980-2000, are a generation 92 million strong. They stand to inherit large amounts of wealth and will control the spending power in the US for quite some time. This generation has grown up with immense uncertainty, being witness to the 2008-2009 stock market catastrophe and partners –in-crime that has wrapped students in debt.These have let lasting reminders for millennials that owning things might not be the smartest financial decision.
译文: 千禧一代出生于1980年至2000年间,人口多达9,200万。他们将继承大量的财富,并且将在相当长的一段时间内制约着美国的消费能力。这一代人的成长充满了巨大的不确定性,他们见证了2008-2009年的股灾,以及使学生陷入债务之中的犯罪合作现象。这些都给千禧一代留下了持久的警醒——拥有可能并非是最明智的财务决策。
曹老师好,
(1)being witness中,witness是名词,所以相当于as witness意思是作为目击证人。之所以名词用单数是因为句子主语this generation 是单数。我分析的正确吗?
(2)如果想用witness的动词功能,则being witness 应改为having witnessed,因为千禧一代已经目睹过了08-09年的股灾。是这样吗?谢谢老师。