San Jose was among the best cities in America for poor kids to move up the social ladder.
圣何塞是美国最适合贫困孩子实现阶级跨越的城市之一。
As impoverished farmers, they knew it promised a comfortable middle-class life and a giant step up the social ladder for their daughter.
作为一个贫穷的家庭，他们知道考上大学预示着他们的女儿将获得中产阶级的舒适生活，并且在社会等级的阶梯上跨一大步。
As one of those lowest in social class and a lover of someone much higher up the social ladder, the woman is subjected to all kinds of moral judgments.
一个生活在社会最底层的女人爱上一个地位比她高的多的男人，这个女人经受了一切道德上的谴责。
It is a dilemma echoed by other rural and small town students. Once graduation rolls around, they face more difficulties climbing up the social ladder than their urban peers.
这是农村和小城镇学生面临的困境。一旦临近毕业，他们登上更高社会阶层的难度比城市同龄人大得多。
The American social system has, of course, made it possible for Americans to move, relatively easily, up the social ladder, whereas this is impossible to do in many other countries.
当然，美国的社会制度也使得美国人能够相对容易地顺着社会阶梯往上爬，而这在许多其它国家却是不可能的。
Are you determined to maintain a certain social class or climb a rung up the ladder because you'll feel less successful in your parents' eyes if you don't?
你下定决心保持某种社会地位，还是再向上爬一级(因为如果你不往上爬，你会觉得在父母眼中不够成功)？
Are you determined to maintain a certain social class or climb a rung up the ladder because you'll feel less successful in your parents' eyes if you don't?
你下定决心保持某种社会地位，还是再向上爬一级(因为如果你不往上爬，你会觉得在父母眼中不够成功)？
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