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As regards social conventions, we must say a word about the well-known English class system. This is an embarrassing subject for
As regards social conventions, we must say a word about the well-known English class system. This is an embarrassing subject for
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2010-07-24
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As regards social conventions, we must say a word about the well-known English class system. This is an embarrassing subject for English people, and the one they tend to be ashamed of, though during the present century class-consciousness has grown less and less, and the class system less rigid. But it still exists below the surface. Broadly speaking, it means there are two classes, the "middle class" and the "working class". (We shall ignore for a moment the old "upper class", including the hereditary aristocracy, since it is extremely small in numbers; but some of its members have the right to sit in the House of Lords, and some newspapers take a surprising interest in their private life.) The middle class consists chiefly of well-to-do businessmen and professional people of all kinds. The working class consists chiefly of manual and unskilled workers.
The most obvious difference between them is their accent. Middle-class people use slightly varying kinds of "received pronunciation" which is the kind of English spoken by BBC announcers and taught to overseas pupils. Typical working-class people speak in many different local accents which are generally felt to be rather ugly and uneducated. One of the biggest barriers "public school" immediately marks you out as one of the middle class. The middle classes tend to live a more formal life than working-class people, and are usually more cultured. Their midday meal is "lunch" and they have a rather formal evening meal called "dinner", whereas the working man’s dinner, if his working hours permit, is at midday, and his smaller, late-evening meal is called supper.
As we have said, however, the class system is much less rigid than it was, and for a long time it has been government policy to reduce class distinctions. Working-class students very commonly receive a university education and enter the professions, and working-class incomes have grown so much recently that the distinctions between the two classes become less and less clear. However, regardless of one’s social status, certain standards of politeness are expected of everybody, and a well-bred person is polite to everyone he meets, and treats a labourer with the same respect he gives an important businessman. Servility inspires both embarrassment and dislike. Even the word "sir", except in schools and in certain occupations (e. g.: commerce, the army etc. ) sounds too servile to be commonly used.
The middle class mainly refers to people ______.
选项
A、who were born as aristocrat
B、who have the right to sit in the House of Lords
C、who speak in many different local accents
D、who are prosperous businessmen or who work in some professions
答案
D
解析
见第一段的倒数第二句:The middle class consists chiefly of well-to-do businessmen and professional people of all kinds。根据短文,中产阶级主要包括富裕的生意人和有一定职业的人。其他三个选项是干扰项。A和B项可以从第一段第五行中可看出是错误的;C项是指中产阶级和工人阶级的重要区别。
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大学英语四级
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