"we have democratized elitism in this country.now everybody can be a snob" this essay brings us to the awareness that today people tend to overestimate themselves to such a degree that they exalt themselves to be an elite of some sort whlie casting blind contempt to others around them,some critical thoughts are produced by the writer upon this "overrate thyself " mentality
下面是单句翻译。they are raised by loving parents who slather them with praise.
they stride through life with a confidence built on an amazing over estimation of their own abilities.
and they settle into an old age made comfortable by the warm glow of selfsatisfaction
.each of these people is a god of self-esteem,dwelling on a private Olympus
下面是整段.image two of these gods meeting at a nursery-school parents' social.she is an anthropologist an a community college and charis the local gobalization study seminar.he is an upper-level cxecutive who was recently named payroll person of the year by the west coast regional payroll professionals association.
she appears before him with her tibetan-motif dangly earrings,andrea dworkin-inspired hairstyle,peasant blouse,and open-toed sandal(left-wing activists of a certain bent have a stange tendency toward toe exhibitionism).she has constructed a life that"validates" her at evey turn.her working assets cell-phone rate plan,her yeast-free spelt bread ,and her membership in chain store boycott league all remind her of her enlightened values and commitment to social justice.her accomplishments are really quite impressive.her journal essay on latino urban quilting generated intense discussion in the field.she is by far the best outdoorswoman in the georgia o'keeffe hiking club.she has a reputionin her circle as something of a salad connoisseur,and her views on progressive bluegrass festivals are sought by people she barely knows.in short ,she can enter any room aware that she is a person of consequence.
谢谢啊,辛苦了。