1. SMART TV
智能電視

They buy smart TV, they use the extra functions for the first week or two, but after that it reverts to being used as a standard television. But it is important for friends to know you own a TV that does so much more than play out BBC1.
他們買智能電視,前一兩周用用特殊功能,之后就當(dāng)普通電視用了。但重點(diǎn)是朋友知道你有一臺(tái)電視不只能看BBC1!

2. A BARBECUE
戶外燒烤

The barbecue is beloved by the men of the middle classes. A focal point for alfresco entertaining.
戶外燒烤受到中產(chǎn)階級(jí)男人們的廣泛喜愛,是戶外消遣的重要部分。

3. VINYL RECORDS
黑膠唱片

Many youngish, trendy middle- class couples in search of an identity now ‘collect’ vinyls as if to show how different they are.
很多年輕時(shí)尚的中產(chǎn)階級(jí)夫妻為了彰顯身份,現(xiàn)在都搜集黑膠唱片,以此顯示他們與眾不同。

4. MAC COMPUTER
蘋果電腦

You have to hand it to Apple, their product design is very good. It’s so good it’s so expensive. It’s a silent symbol of wealth.
你不得不認(rèn)可蘋果,他們的設(shè)計(jì)真的很棒。因?yàn)楹?,所以貴,可以用來低調(diào)炫富。

5. NUTRIBULLET
Nutribullet榨汁機(jī)

It sits proudly on the worktop as there’s no point putting it in a cupboard as visitors won’t be able to see that their hosts are paragons of health.
它被高調(diào)地?cái)[在櫥柜上,放進(jìn)柜子里就沒有意義了,因?yàn)槟菢拥脑捒腿司涂床怀鲋魅耸丘B(yǎng)生達(dá)人了。

6. ANTLER OR SAMSONITE LUGGAGE
安特麗或新秀麗行李箱

What could be smarter than arriving at the airport with numerous suitcases of varying sizes, but all of the same design, from a leading brand like Antler or Samsonite?
有什么做法比帶著好幾個(gè)像安特麗或新秀麗這樣(知名品牌)設(shè)計(jì)相同而尺寸不同的名牌行李箱更英明呢?

7. MULBERRY BAG
邁寶瑞的包包

The Mulberry bag is still a very smart bag but something that every middle class woman of a certain age owns. It’s a status symbol.
邁寶瑞的包包依然是每個(gè)中產(chǎn)階級(jí)女性在特定年齡擁有的時(shí)尚包包,是身份的象征。

杯墊

Perhaps the most middle class of all things to have in a house is a set of coasters. Even more middle class, however, matching coasters.
可能最具中產(chǎn)階級(jí)特點(diǎn)的東西就是家里的一套杯墊了;更有甚者,放一套配套的杯墊。

9. HOT TUB
熱水浴缸

Trendy middles are obsessed with having a hot tub.
時(shí)髦的中產(chǎn)階級(jí)家庭都癡迷于熱水浴缸。

10. SMEG FRIDGE
Smeg冰箱

When it comes to home refrigeration, for the middles, size does matter. Big is beautiful.
一提到家里的冰箱,對中產(chǎn)階級(jí)家庭來說,尺寸很關(guān)鍵,大的就漂亮。

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