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It was once common to regard Britain as a society with class distinction. Each class had unique characteristics.

In recent years, many writers have begun to speak the 'decline of class' and 'classless society' in Britain. And in modern day consumer society everyone is considered to be middle class.

But pronouncing the death of class is too early. A recent wide-ranging society of public opinion found 90 percent of people still placing themselves in particular class; 73 percent agreed that class was still a vital part of British society; and 52 percent thought there were still sharp class differences. Thus, class may not be culturally and politically obvious, yet it remains an important part of British society. Britain seems to have a love of stratification.

One unchanging aspect of a British person's class position is accent. The words a person speaks tell her or his class. A study of British accents during 1970s found that a voice sounding like a BBC newsreader was viewed as the most attractive voice. Most people said this accent sounded 'educated' and 'soft'. The accents placed at the bottom in this study, on the other hand, were regional city accents. These accents were seen as 'common' and 'ugly'. However, a similar study of British accents in the US turned these results upside down and placed some regional accents as the most attractive and BBC English as the least. This suggests that British attitudes towards accent have deep roots and are based on class prejudice.

In recent years, however, young upper middle-class people in London, have begun to adopt some regional accents, in order to hide their class origins. This is an indication of class becoming unnoticed. However, the 1995 pop song 'Common People' puts forward the view that though a middle-class person may 'want to live like common people' they can never appreciate the reality of a working-class life.

人们曾经普遍认为英国是一个有阶级差别的社会。每个班级都有自己独特的特点。

近年来，许多作家开始谈论英国的“阶级衰落”和“无阶级社会”。在现代消费社会，每个人都被认为是中产阶级。

但宣布阶级死亡还为时过早。最近一项广泛的社会舆论调查发现，90%的人仍然把自己放在特定的阶级中;73%的人认为阶级仍然是英国社会的重要组成部分;52%的人认为仍然存在明显的阶级差异。因此，阶级在文化和政治上可能并不明显，但它仍然是英国社会的重要组成部分。英国人似乎很喜欢分层。

英国人阶级地位不变的一个方面是口音。一个人说的话告诉她或他的阶级。20世纪70年代对英国口音的一项研究发现，听起来像BBC新闻播音员的声音被认为是最有吸引力的声音。大多数人说这种口音听起来“有教养”而且“柔和”。另一方面，在这项研究中垫底的是地方城市口音。这些口音被认为是“普通的”和“丑陋的”。然而，在美国进行的一项关于英国口音的类似研究将结果颠倒过来，认为一些地方口音最具吸引力，而BBC英语最不具吸引力。这表明英国人对口音的态度根深蒂固，而且是基于阶级偏见。

然而，近年来，伦敦中上层阶级的年轻人开始采用一些地方口音，以掩盖他们的阶级出身。这是阶级被忽视的迹象。然而，1995年的流行歌曲“普通人”提出的观点是，尽管中产阶级的人可能“想要像普通人一样生活”，但他们永远无法欣赏工人阶级生活的现实。

句子成分分析：

It was [once] common toregard Britain as a society (with class distinction).

句子语法结构详解：

* it 为先行主语，代表后移的不定式。
* was 为系动词作谓语，采用一般过去时。
* common 为形容词作表语。
* to regard 为不定式。
* a 为不定冠词。

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句子成分分析：

[Thus], class may not be [culturally] and politically obvious, || yet it remains an important part (of British society).

句子语法结构详解：

* be 为系动词作谓语。
* obvious 为形容词作表语。
* yet 为并列连词，连接并列句，表转折。
* remains 为系动词作谓语，采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。
* part 为名词作表语。
* may 为情态动词。an 为不定冠词。

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句子成分分析：

[However],the1995 pop song 'Common People' puts forward the view (that though a middleclass person may 'want 

tolive [like common people'] || they can never appreciate the reality (of a working-class life)).

句子语法结构详解：

* puts 为谓语，采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。
* that 为连词，引导同位语从句。
* though 为连词，引导让步状语从句。
* want 为谓语。
* to live 为不定式，作宾语。
* they 开头为陈述句。
* appreciate 为谓语。
* may, can 为情态动词。they 为人称代词主格。the 为定冠词。a 为不定冠词。

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