在过去的几十年里，美国的中产阶级家庭曾经依靠努力工作和公平竞争来保证自己的财务安全，但现在的经济风险和新出现的情况已经改变了这种状况。
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.
其中的经典标题充分反映了这一早期时代的特征：《日本的进出口——过去和现在》、《钢铁：一个人的成名史》、《美国女孩眼中的日本》。
Their very titles stand as totems of an earlier era: “Japan’s Ports—Past and Present”; “Iron and Steel: A Success Story”; “American Girl Finds Japan.”
更要命的一点，现在美国还有远远多于过去的，在制造和发射卫星市场上的对手。
On top of that, America has a lot more competition than it used to in the markets for making and launching satellites.
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