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、一个不利诊断结果或者配偶去世都可能在几个月之内将一个家庭从稳定中产阶层家庭降格成为一个新贫困家庭。

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，成群北方中产阶级开始要求废除奴隶制奴役黑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.

我们经济运转和不够快，少数发财，却以更多中产阶级为代价。这也包括那些站在梯子上想要加入中产阶级。

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

中产阶级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.

甚至口统计状况也对中产阶层家庭不利，因为有一个体弱、年迈父母——以及由此而产 生所有物资和经济援助——就在仅仅一代间里了8倍。

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

这样公司都将期望寄予中国富裕中产阶级加。

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

其父是个中产医生。-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?

中产阶级所面临一个令恼火挑战是，当机器来抢他们工作，会引起什么后果？而在下届总统竞选中，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.

在经济迅速发展代，威士忌是为越来越多中产阶级所提供高级饮酒。

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

我们中产阶级财富被剥夺，从自己家园拿走，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获得有意义住房所有权和教育项目，而正这些项目使得数百万美国白得以进入中产阶级。

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。因为中国中产阶级发展得很快，所以我认为我做出了一个很好选择。

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.

我争取总统一职是为了恢复美国灵魂，重塑这个国家脊梁——中产阶级，让美国再次受到全世界尊重，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，对伊迪丝说了很多出彩台词，维奥莱特说：“不要当个失败主义者，亲爱，这是中产阶层才会做。”

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.

这让委内瑞拉许多感到高兴。它完全提高了中产阶级生活水平。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.

去听音乐会需要间，需要钱，通常是贵族或中上层阶级才有间坐下来欣赏为他们演奏音乐。

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产阶级。并且，好吧，他们成为了百万富翁！

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

这极大地提高了中产阶级生活水平。但问题是没支付这些物资。

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中产阶级涌现在曾被认为奢侈品上花费大把金钱。

A) To facilitate the rise of the middle class.

A）促进中产阶级崛起。