From the middle-class family perspective, much of this, understandably, looks far less like an opportunity to exercise more financial responsibility, and a good deal more like a frightening acceleration of the wholesale shift of financial risk onto their already overburdened shoulders. #anki

• frightening /ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/ adj. 令人害怕的，令人恐惧的
• frighten /ˈfraɪtn/ v. 使害怕，惊恐
• wholesale /ˈhəʊlseɪl/ adj. 大规模的，大批的 n. 批发
• overburdened /ˌəuvə'bə:dənd/ adj. 不堪重负的

翻译：从中产阶级家庭的角度来看，可以理解的是，（上述现象中的）许多看起来远不像是履行更多经济责任的机会，而更像是以令人害怕的增速将金融风险大规模转嫁到他们已经不堪重负的肩膀上。

Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risen—and newly fashionable health-savings plans are spreading from legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers, with much higher deductibles and a large new dose of investment risk for families’ future healthcare. #anki

• share /ʃeə(r)/ n. 一份，份额  v. 分享，共享
• bear /beə(r)/ v. 承担，负担；忍受 （过去式 bore，过去分词 borne）
• spread /spred/ v. 传播，流传
• deductible /dɪˈdʌktəbl/ n. 保险扣除条款（文中指“免赔额”） adj. 可扣除的，可减免的

翻译：医疗保健的绝对成本和家庭所承担的份额都上涨了——而且，最近流行的健康储蓄计划正在从立法大厅蔓延到沃尔玛的员工那里，随之而来的是（比过去）高出很多的（医保）免赔额，以及对于家庭未来的医疗保健来说大量新增的投资风险。

Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their worst accounting and compliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance, a new problem threatens to earn them—especially in America—the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads rolling in the executive suite: data insecurity. #anki

• sort out troubles 解决问题，解决麻烦
• compliance /kəmˈplaɪəns/ n. 合规；服从，顺从，遵守
• feeble /ˈfiːbl/ adj. 薄弱的，脆弱的
• nasty /ˈnɑːsti/ adj. 极差的；令人厌恶的；令人不悦的
• earn /ɜːn/ v. 招惹；获得，赚得

翻译：就在老板和董事会终于解决了最棘手的财务和合规问题，并改善了薄弱的公司管理的时候，一个新的问题可能会为他们招惹来——特别是在美国——那种会不可避免地导致管理层受到严惩的负面头条，即数据不安全。

Several massive leakages of customer and employee data this year—from organizations as diverse as Time Warner, the American defense contractor Science Applications International Corp and even the University of California, Berkeley—have left managers hurriedly peering into their intricate IT systems and business processes in search of potential vulnerabilities. #anki

• diverse /daɪˈvɜːs/ adj. 不同的；多种多样的
• peer into… 检查……，往……中仔细看
• contractor /kənˈtræktə(r); ˈkantræktər/ n. 承包商，承包公司
• vulnerability /ˌvʌlnərəˈbɪləti/ n. 脆弱，易受攻击
• vulnerable /ˈvʌlnərəbl/ adj. 脆弱的，易受攻击的，易受伤害的

翻译：多亏了电子器件和微机械的不断微型化，现在已经有机器人系统能够进行一些精确度达到亚毫米的脑部和骨科的手术，远超技术高超的医生仅凭其双手所能达到的精确度。