30. The generality of office ladies have had the idea of returning to their families and being house-wives.

核心结构：绝大多数的职业女性都曾经有过回归家庭、安心当家庭主妇的想法。

1. the generality of 绝大多数的

31. Urbanization, although seeming to be an irreversible result of population growth, is caused by both gentrification and industrialization in fact.

城市化现象，虽然看起来是人口增长的必然结果，事实上是由士绅化与工业化所造成的。

核心结构：

1. an irreversible result 一个不可逆转(必然)的结果

2. gentrification 士绅化

3. industrialization 工业化

注：最近4年，中国的房地产发展在价格上、区域上、概念炒作上都到达了令人瞠目结舌的地步。城市中心的住宅不断翻新、价格也是一路高歌猛进。有钱阶层占据了城市的心脏位置，以前在这里居住的人可以得到一些补偿费，然后他们搬到了城市的周边地区。那么城市周边地区的人怎么办?往乡村搬!这就是士绅阶层对城市化进程所施加的影响。

32. Driven by envy and vanity, the idea of making money by fair means or foul will naturally germinate in a poor girl’s mind.

受到嫉妒心与虚荣心的驱使，不择手段赚钱的想法会很自然的在贫穷女孩的头脑中萌芽。

核心结构：

1. A be driven by B A被B驱使

2. envy and vanity 嫉妒心与虚荣心

3. by fair means or foul 不择手段地(副词结构)

4. germinate 萌芽

33. The phenomenon of gerontocracy has existed for millennia because the young are accustomed to following the aged.

因为年轻人习惯于跟从老年人，所以老年政权现象得以存在了几个世纪的时间。

核心结构：

1. gerontocracy 老年政权

2. A be accustomed to (doing) A习惯于做……

34. Youngsters observe that the marital relationship of their parents is nothing but an empty charade.

年轻人发现他们父母之间的婚姻关系不过是一场没有实质内容的猜谜游戏。

核心结构：

1. marital relationship 婚姻关系

2. A be nothing but BA不过是B而已

3. an empty charade 一场没有实质内容的猜谜游戏

35. Licenses are inactive in some situations in fact because youngsters’ desire to consume alcohol can hardly be controlled.

因为年轻人对于酒精类饮品的消费很难被控制，所以，事实上，禁令在很多情况下是没有作用的。

核心结构：A be inactive in B A在B当中是没有作用的

36. Environmental protection did not become a contentious issue until the end of 1980s.

直达20世纪80年代末，环境保护问题才成为了一个倍受争议的问题。

核心结构：a contentious issue 一个倍受争议的问题

37. The decadence of young offenders is always firstly caused by their families and then society.

少年犯的堕落首先是由他们的家庭造成的、然后才是由社会造成的。

核心结构：decadence 堕落

38. Most adults are unaware of the social contract they have been subject to since childhood.

核心结构：

很多成年人从少年时代起就不知道他们要受制于社会契约。

1. A be unaware of B A不知道B

2. A be subject to B A受到B的限制

注：“无规矩不成方圆”就是社会契约的最好概括。

39. The generality of parents tend to constrain their children under the misconception that their children are their properties.

由于怀有子女是他们私人财产的错误观念，绝大多数的父母倾向于压制他们的子女。

核心结构：

1. A constrain B A压制B

2. under the misconception that….. 怀有……的错误观念(THAT后接从句)

40. Although encouraging youngsters to play their roles in social activities, I cannot condone violence under any circumstances.

虽然鼓励年轻人在社会活动中扮演他们自己的角色，但是在任何情况下我都不能容忍暴力行为。

核心结构：

1. A play a role in BA在B当中扮演角色

2. condone 容忍

3. under any circumstances 在任何情况下