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