Middle-Class Squeeze(2)

■Words and Phrases

  • Attitude
    • 意識
  • make six figure
    • 年に6桁(10万ドル以上)を稼ぐ
  • stand out from the crowd
    • 目立つ=be conspicuous
  • date back
    • さかのぼる
  • look at something through rose-colored glasses
    • バラ色の眼鏡を通して〜を見る
  • have a tough time
    • 苦労する
  • get by
    • 暮らしていく
  • obsolete
    • 時代遅れの
  • cling to
    • にしがみつく
  • bedrock
    • 根幹
  • the salt of the earth
    • 地の塩(高潔の人)

■Daily Exercise

  1. Alyce says rich people don't want to be [conspicuous].
  2. How does Alyce describe her feelings about the postwar era? [nostalgic]
  3. Bill says Americans continue to be [attached] to the middle-class ideal.