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1. This group will still include middle-income seniors on Medicare, wholl have to dig deeply into their pockets before getting much from the new drug benefit that starts in 2006.

【譯文】這一羣體中仍然包括依賴醫療保障制度的老年中產階級，他們在享受到2006年起實施的新藥改福利之前要投入大量積蓄。

【析句】複合句。主句This group will still include middle-income seniors on Medicare。主句後，who引導定語從句修飾middle-income seniors。而定語從句中，又包含定語從句that starts in 2006修飾the new drug benefit。

2. Buoyed by laws and court decisions, more and more older Americans are declining the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job-thereby lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers.

【譯文】由於受到法律和法庭裁決的支持，越來越多的.美國老年人拒絕退休，選擇繼續工作因而導致就業率降低，年輕人的晉升機會減少。

【析句】複合句。主句more and more older Americans are decling the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job。主句前，buoyed by laws and court decisions是過去分詞作原因狀語;主句後，thereby lessening ers則是現在分詞作結果狀語。