1Now that members of Generation Z are graduating college this spring—the most commonly-accepted definition says this generation was born after 1995, give or take a year—the attention has been rising steadily in recent weeks.
主干主语：the attention；谓语：has been rising；状语：steadily in recent weeks
结构Now that引导原因状语从句；破折号插入同位说明（the most commonly-accepted definition says...），give or take a year为插入语；主句为现在完成进行时，强调持续上升的关注。
译文随着Z世代成员今年春天大学毕业——最普遍接受的定义是这一代人出生于1995年之后，前后差一年——近几周来对他们的关注持续升温。
考点Now that引导原因状语从句 · 破折号插入同位语/补充说明
2Everybody wants to know how the people who will soon inhabit those empty office cubicles will differ from those who came before them.
主干主语：Everybody；谓语：wants to know；宾语：how引导的从句
结构how引导宾语从句；从句中people后接who定语从句（will soon inhabit...）；differ from后those再接who定语从句（came before them），形成双重嵌套定语。
译文人人都想知道，即将入住那些空办公隔间的人，会与前人有何不同。
考点how宾语从句 · 双重who定语从句嵌套
3If “entitled” is the most common adjective, fairly or not, applied to millennials (those born between 1981 and 1995), the catchwords for Generation Z are practical and cautious.
主干主语：the catchwords；谓语：are；表语：practical and cautious
结构If引导条件状语从句；fairly or not为插入语；applied to为过去分词短语作后置定语修饰adjective；括号内those born...为同位语解释millennials。
译文如果说“自以为是”是（无论公平与否）最常用来形容千禧一代（1981-1995年出生）的形容词，那么Z世代的关键词则是务实与谨慎。
考点If条件状语从句 · 过去分词短语作后置定语
4The booming economy seems to have done little to assuage this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency, especially for those who have college debt.
主干主语：The booming economy；谓语：seems to have done little；宾语：to assuage this...urgency
结构seems to have done为不定式完成式；to assuage为目的状语；especially for those后接who定语从句；this underlying...urgency为复杂名词短语作宾语。
译文蓬勃的经济似乎几乎未能缓解这一代人潜在的焦虑紧迫感，尤其是对那些背负大学贷款的人而言。
考点不定式完成式seem to have done · especially for引导补充状语
5“Millennials wanted more flexibility in their lives,” notes Tanya Michelsen, Associate Director of YouthSight, a UK-based brand manager that conducts regular 60-day surveys of British youth, in findings that might just as well apply to American youth.
主干主语：Tanya Michelsen；谓语：notes；宾语：引语内容
结构引语前置；notes后接同位语Associate Director...；a UK-based...为YouthSight的同位语，内含that定语从句；in findings后接that定语从句修饰findings。
译文“千禧一代想要生活中有更多灵活性，”YouthSight副总监坦尼亚·米歇尔森指出。该公司是一家英国品牌管理机构，定期对英国青年进行60天调查，其发现同样适用于美国青年。
考点引语前置+notes插入 · 多重同位语与定语从句嵌套