而欧洲的情况则恰恰相反，提升一个人的社会地位一向是相当困难的；而且在经济停滞和失业率惊人高企的情况下，提升社会地位的难度更是可想而知。
In Europe, by contrast, improving one’s social standing has always been very difficult; and, at a time of economic stagnation and staggeringly high unemployment, it is not getting any easier.