Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months.

如今，一份解雇通知书、一个不利的诊断结果或者配偶的去世都可能在几个月之内将一个家庭从稳定的中阶层家庭降格成一个新贫困家庭。

As early as 1830 groups of middle class northerners began demanding what they called abolition; freedom and full civil rights for enslaved blacks.

1830左右，成群的北方中阶开始要求废除奴隶制奴役黑人享有自由和完全公民权。

Our economy doesn’t work as well or grow as fast when a few prosper at the expense of a growing middle class, and ladders for folks who want to get into the midle class.

我们的经济运转和增长还不够快，少数人发财，却以更多的中阶价。这也包括那些站在梯子上想要加入中阶的人。

The rise of the middle class is driving a travel renaissance!

中阶的崛起正在推动旅游复兴！

Even demographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent - and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance - have jumped eightfold in just one generation.

甚至人口统计状况也对中阶层家庭不利，因有一个体弱、年迈的父母——以及由此 的所有物资和经济援助——就在仅仅一人的时间里增长了8倍。

Firms such as these are betting on the continued rise of the affluent middle class.

这样的公司都将期望寄予中国富裕的的中阶的增加。

And the son of a middle class doctor. -Upper middle class.

其父还是个中医。-是中上阶层。

Among the annoying challenges facing the middle class is one that will probably go unmentioned in the next presidential campaign: What happens when the robots come for their jobs?

中阶所面临的一个令人恼火的挑战是，当机器人来抢他们的工作时，会引起什么后果？在下届总统竞选中，可能根本不会提及这个挑战。

In emerging economies it is the high-status tipple for a burgeoning middle class.

在经济迅速发展的时，威士忌是越来越多的中阶所提供的高饮酒。

The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed all across the world.

我们中阶的财富被剥夺，从自己的家园拿走，却在全世界进行分配。

Program administrators barred Black Americans from meaningful access to the homeownership and education programs that ensconced millions of white Americans in the middle class.

项目管理者禁止美国黑人获得有意义的住房所有权和教育项目，正这些项目使得数百万的美国白人得以进入中阶。

On the day one I made a rule, I only worked with famous brands because the middle class of China will grow very fast, so I think I made a good choice.

一开始我就制定了一个规矩，我只和著名品牌合作。因中国的中阶发展得很快，所以我认我做出了一个很好的选择。

I sought this office to restore the soul of America, to rebuild the backbone of this nation, the middle class, and to make America respected around the world again and to unite us here at home.

我争取总统一职是了恢复美国的灵魂，重塑这个国家的脊梁——中阶，让美国再次受到全世界的尊重，达到国内团结一心。

There's a couple of very good lines that Maggie has to Edith when she's feeling a bit blue and she's moaning and moping a bit, and Violet says, " Don't be defeatist, dear, it's very middle class" .

玛吉不开心，抱怨和无精打采的时，对伊迪丝说了很多出彩的台词，维奥莱特说：“不要当个失败主义者，亲爱的，这是中阶层才会做的。”

And that made many people in Venezuela happy. It totally brought up the standard of living in the middle class. The problem was there was no way to pay for these things.

这让委内瑞拉的许多人感到高兴。它完全提高了中阶的活水平。问题是没有办法支付这些东西。

To have a concert requires leisure, requires money, and oftentimes, it's the aristocrats or the upper middle class who had the time to sit back and enjoy music performed for them.

去听音乐会需要时间，需要钱，通常是贵族或中上层阶才有时间坐下来欣赏他们演奏的音乐。

Nowadays some players come from the middle class already. And they… well, they become millionaires!

现在有一些运动员来自中阶。并且，好吧，他们成了百万富翁！

It totally brought up the standard of living in the middle class. The problem was there was no way to pay for these things.

这极大地提高了中阶的活水平。但问题是没人支付这些物资。

A middle class is emerging with more money to spend on items that were once considered a luxury.

现在拥有大量闲置资金的中阶涌现在曾被认的奢侈品上花费大把金钱。

A) To facilitate the rise of the middle class.

A）促进中阶的崛起。