2017职称英语理工A考试教材阅读理解(八)

1、1 2017 职称英语理工 A 考试教材阅读理解 （八） The Cha ngi ng Middle Class The United States perceives itself to be a middle-class nation. However , middle class is not a real designation , nor does it carry privileges.1 It is more of a perception , which probably was as true as it ever could be right after World War

2、 II. The economy was growing , more and more people owned their own homes , workers had solid con tracts with the compa nies that employed them , and n early every one who wan ted a higher educati on could have one. Successful people enjoyed upward social mobility. They may have started out poor , b

3、ut they could become rich. Successful people also found that they had greater geographic mobility. In other words , they found themselves moving to and living in a variety of places. The middle class collectively holds several values and 2 prin ciples. One strong value is the n eed to ear n eno ugh

4、money to feel that one can determine ones own economic fate. In addition , middle class morality embraces principles of in dividual resp on sibility , importa nee of family, obligati ons to others , and believ ing in someth ing outside on eself. 2 But in the 1990s those in the middle class found tha

5、t there was a price for success. A U. S.News & World Report survey in 1994 in dicated that 75 perce nt of America ns believed that middle class families could no Ion ger make ends meet 3. Both spouses now worked , as did some of the children; long commutes became routine; the need for child care

6、 put stra ins on4 the family; and public schools were not as good as they once were. Members of the middle class were no Ion ger financing their lifestyles through earnings but were using credit to stay afloat. The understanding of just what middle class meant was cha nging. 词汇： designation /dezigne

7、i?n/ n. 称号 commute /k?mju:t/ n. 上下班路程 mobility /m?ubil?ti/ n. 流动性 注释： 3 1. However , middle class is not a real designation , nor does it carry privileges. 然而，中产阶级既不是一个真实的称号， 也不会带来特别待遇。 2. In addition ， middle-class morality embraces principles of in dividual resp on sibility ， importa nee of family ，obligati ons to others , and believingin something outside