Nineteenth-century Britain was a class-conscious society.

19世纪的英国是个等级意识森严的社会。

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As a member of the middle class, Gaskell could hardly help approaching working-class life as an outside observer and a reporter, and the reader of the novel is always conscious of this fact.

作为中产阶级的一员，Gaskell 不得不以旁观者和记者的身份接近工人阶级的生活，而小说的读者也总是意识到这一点。

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Retailers said demand was also high among status-conscious members of Indonesia's burgeoning middle class.

经销商称，在印尼快速增长的高要求中层消费者中，对麝香猫咖啡的需求量还是很大。

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But when shopping, middle-class Brazilians are more conscious of status than middle-class North Americans or Europeans.

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Businesses focused on markdowns and value attract the budget-conscious middle class.

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The country's steady economic and political advance since its restoration of democracy is leading to the development of a larger and more environmentally conscious middle class, a phenomenon which in richer countries has forced governments to take tougher action to conserve natural resources.

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