六级So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.

那么，在社区层面上，有哪些因素可以预测贫困儿童是否会在成年后的经济阶梯上上升呢？例如，是什么解释了为什么盐湖城大都会区是最有可能给穷人带来财富的100个最大大都会区之一，而亚特兰大大都会区是最不可能的地区之一？哈佛大学经济学家Raj Chetty指出了经济和种族隔离、社区密度、社区中产阶级的规模，学校的质量、社区的宗教信仰和家庭结构，他称之为向上流动的唯一最强关联。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级A number of prominent economists have also argued that it's harder for the poor to climb the economic ladder today because the rungs（横档） in that ladder have grown farther apart.

许多著名的经济学家也认为，如今穷人更难爬上经济阶梯，因为他们的经济地位越来越高(横档） 在那个梯子上，他们的距离越来越远。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级A number of prominent economists have also argued that it's harder for the poor to climb the economic ladder today because the rungs (横档) in that ladder have grown farther apart.

许多著名的经济学家也认为，如今穷人更难爬上经济阶梯，因为他们的经济地位越来越高(横档) 在那个梯子上，他们的距离越来越远。

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级America's education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequality from one generation to the next.

美国的教育体系与其说是一个机会阶梯，不如说是一个将不平等现象代代相传的结构。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级It is better to start from the community to help poor children move up the social ladder.

最好从社区开始，帮助贫困儿童提升社会地位。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级They can climb the social ladder even without a degree.

即使没有学位，他们也能爬上社会阶梯。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults?

那么，在社区层面上，有哪些因素可以预测贫困儿童是否会在成年后的经济阶梯上上升呢？

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级Higher up the ladder, where a pay cut is usually more significant, the demand for scientists with a wealth of experience in industry is forcing universities to make the transition (转换) to academia more attractive, according to Lee.

在更高的层次上，降薪通常更为显著，对具有丰富行业经验的科学家的需求迫使大学做出转型(转换) 李认为，这对学术界更具吸引力。

2010年12月阅读原文

六级The friend nest door from whom you borrowed for eggs or a ladder has moved and the people in there now are strangers.

你从那里借鸡蛋或梯子的朋友窝门已经搬走了，里面的人现在都是陌生人。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级There, men are still expected to be breadwinners climbing the corporate ladder: traditionally-minded bosses are often unsympathetic to family needs.

在那里，人们仍然期望男人们

2007年12月英语六级真题

六级“Most of our economic gains have gone to people at the very top of the income ladder.

“我们的大部分经济收益都流向了收入阶梯最顶端的人。

2007年12月英语六级真题

四级But as income inequality rises to record levels in the United States, even in the midst of a record eco-nomic expansion, those familiar images are outdated,hurtful, and counterproductive to focusing atten-tion on solutions and building ladders of opportunity.

但是，随着收入不平等在美国上升到创纪录的水平，即使是在创纪录的经济扩张中，这些熟悉的画面也已经过时、有害，而且对专注于解决方案和建立机会阶梯起到了反作用。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

考研Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious.

那些社会地位更高的人同样焦虑不安。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The coming of age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the male-dominated job market have limited the opportunities of teen-agers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved in climbing Japan’s rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs.

战后婴儿潮的成年和女性进入男性主导的就业市场限制了青少年的机会，他们已经在质疑在攀登日本僵化的社会阶梯以获得好学校和工作的过程中所付出的巨大个人牺牲。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题