1Young people who are still getting started in life were more likely than older adults to prioritize personal fulfillment in their work, to believe they will advance their careers most by regularly changing jobs, to favor communities with more public services and a faster pace of life, to agree that couples should be financially secure before getting married or having children, and to maintain that children are best served by two parents working outside the home, the survey found.
主干主语：Young people；谓语：were more likely；比较对象：than older adults；五个并列不定式作补足成分；句末 the survey found 为倒装主句
结构主句实际是 the survey found，前半为大段宾语从句。who are still getting started in life 为定语从句修饰 Young people。were more likely than... 后接五个并列 to do：to prioritize / to believe / to favor / to agree / to maintain。believe、agree、maintain 后又各带宾语从句。比较结构 more likely than older adults 贯穿全句。
译文调查发现，仍处于人生起步阶段的年轻人比年长者更倾向于：把工作中的个人成就感放在首位；相信频繁跳槽最能推动事业；偏爱公共服务更多、生活节奏更快的社区；认同夫妻应在经济稳妥后再结婚生子；并坚持认为双亲都外出工作对孩子最有利。
考点be more likely than A to do 后可接多个并列不定式 · 句末 the survey found 是主谓倒装，前面整段是其宾语
2From career to community and family, these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath of the searing Great Recession, those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of American life, from consumer preferences to housing patterns to politics.
主干主语：these contrasts；谓语：suggest；宾语从句：those...are defining priorities and expectations
结构句首 From...family 为范围状语。suggest 后接 that 宾语从句；从句中 in the aftermath of... 为时间状语。those just starting out in life 中 just starting... 为后置定语。that will increasingly spread... 为定语从句修饰 priorities and expectations；from...to...to... 再举例说明 all aspects。
译文从职业到社区再到家庭，这些反差表明：在灼人的大衰退之后，刚踏入社会的一代正在确立种种优先事项与期望，而这些将日益渗透到美国人生活的几乎所有方面——从消费偏好、居住模式直到政治。
考点suggest that 后宾语从句中嵌套定语从句 · from A to B to C 并列举例修饰 aspects
3While younger people are somewhat more optimistic than their elders about the prospects for those starting out today, big majorities in both groups believe those “just getting started in life” face a tougher climb than earlier generations in reaching such signpost achievements as securing a good-paying job, starting a family, managing debt, and finding affordable housing.
主干让步状语从句后，主句主语：big majorities；谓语：believe；宾语从句：those face a tougher climb
结构While 引导让步状语从句，内含 more optimistic than... about...。主句 believe 后省略 that 的宾语从句。those “just getting started in life” 为同位引用。tougher climb than earlier generations 后接 in reaching... 说明比较范围；such...as 后四个动名词并列举例 signpost achievements。
译文尽管年轻人对当下起步者的前景比长辈略乐观，但两组中的绝大多数都认为，“刚踏入人生”的人要比前几代人更艰难才能抵达那些标志性成就：找到高薪工作、组建家庭、管控债务、觅得负担得起的住房。
考点While 表让步而非时间 · such A as + 动名词并列作举例
4But while young and old mostly agree on what constitutes the finish line of a fulfilling life, they offer strikingly different paths for reaching it.
主干主语：they；谓语：offer；宾语：strikingly different paths
结构But 表转折。while 引导让步状语从句；agree on 后 what 引导宾语从句，constitutes 的主语是 what。主句 they 回指 young and old。for reaching it 中 it 指 finish line。while 此处对比“终点共识”与“路径分歧”。
译文不过，尽管老少大体认同何谓充实人生的终点线，他们给出的抵达路径却截然不同。
考点while 让步 + what 宾语从句作介词 on 的宾语 · it 指代前文 finish line