simp eng :class in American

consumption patterns

модели потребления / структура потребления People of similar economic position may share political attitudes and ____

to get ahead

продвинуться / преуспеть / добиться успеха Cultural interests and opportunities ____ vary between classes

accepted

принятый / общепринятый The commonly ____ big three classes have broken down into microclasses

occupations

профессии / занятия Microclasses are defined by ____ or lifestyles

broke down

распались / раздробились The big three classes have ____ into dozens of microclasses

source

источник Today class is a ____ of identity a system of exclusion culture and taste

exclusion

исключение / изоляция Class is a system of ____ culture and taste

outcome of life

результат / исход жизни Class is an accident of birth that can influence the ____

allegiances

приверженности / верность Religion and political ____ are no longer reliable markers of class

appearance of classlessness

видимость бесклассовости The United States has gone a long way toward an ____

worship

поклоняться / почитать It has become harder to identify status in the God they ____

linked tightly

тесно связанный Success in school remains ____ to class

racially

расово / с точки зрения расы The country is increasingly integrated ____

isolating

изолируя / отделяя The rich are ____ themselves more and more

lifespan

продолжительность жизни Class differences in health and ____ are wide

be widening

расширяться / увеличиваться Class differences in health appear to ____

overwhelming

подавляющий / огромный An ____ majority of Americans end up in the class they were born into

start out poor

начать бедным / начинать с бедности More Americans than 20 years ago believe it is possible to ____ and become rich

getting ahead

продвижение / достижение успеха Hard work and a good education are more important to ____

connections

связи / знакомства Hard work matters more than ____ or a wealthy background

wealthy background

богатое происхождение / обеспеченная семья Hard work is more important than connections or a ____

inherited privilege

унаследованная привилегия The old system of ____ has been replaced by merit

merit

заслуги / достоинства The old system of inherited privilege has been replaced by ____

appointment

приём / встреча / назначение The drives include getting an ____ with the best medical specialist

affluent

богатый / обеспеченный The ____ and educated are winning the quiet contest

earning power

способность зарабатывать / заработок Children are had later when their ____ is high

offspring

потомство / дети People used to believe the ____ of the poor had chances as good as the rich

hierarchy

иерархия Americans have never been comfortable with the notion of a ____

contradict

противоречить Class ____ their assumptions about the American dream