prEstigE
1 prEstigE rEFErs to A pErson’s soCiAl stAnDing--thE lEvEl oF rEspECt thAt othEr pEoplE ArE willing to show.A、pErson with high prEstigE is honorED or EstEEmED By othEr pEoplE, whilE A pErson with low prEstigE is DisrEspECtED or mArginAlizED、prEstigE is A vAluED rEsourCE For pEoplE At All lEvEls oF A soCiEty, AnD this CAn BE sEEn Among innEr-City youth, whErE to DisrEspECt or "Diss" somEonE hAs nEgAtivE ConsEquEnCEs.ExACtly whAt quAlitiEs ArE rEspECtED will vAry From onE soCiEty to AnothEr.
2 in thE unitED stAtEs, thE top-stAtus oCCupAtions ArE thE proFEssions--physiCiAns, lAwyErs, proFEssors, AnD ClErgy--rEquiring mAny yEArs oF EDuCAtion AnD trAining.At thE othEr EnD oF thE hiErArChy, thE lowEst prEstigE is AssoCiAtED with oCCupAtions rEquiring littiE FormAl EDuCAtion--For ExAmplE, Bus DrivErs, sAnitAtion workErs, AnD jAnitors. prEstigE is linkED to inComE, But thErE ArE ExCEptions, suCh As CollEgE proFEssors, who hAvE high prEstigE But rElAtivEly low sAlAriEs CompArED to physiCiAns AnD lAwyErs.ConvErsEly, somE low-prEstigE workErs rECEivE high union wAgEs AnD BEnEFits.CriminAls ArE oFtEn wEll rEwArDED with inComE AnD rEspECt in thEir CommunitiEs, whilE politiCiAns--mAny oF whom ArE wEAlthy--ArE FrEquEntly lEss rEspECtED thAn oCCupAtions suCh As sECrEtAry AnD BAnk tEllEr.
whiCh sEntEnCE BElow BEst ExprEssEs thE EssEntiAl inFormAtion in thE highlightED sEntEnCE in pArAgrAph 1 inCorrECt ChoiCEs ChAngE thE mEAning in importAnt wAys or lEAvE out EssEntiAl inFormAtion.
A、thE most vAluABlE rEsourCE in Any soCiEty is prEstigE, But young pEoplE who DisrEspECt othErs rEjECt this.
B、pEoplE At All soCiAl lEvEls vAluE prEstigE, AnD to DisrEspECt AnothEr is punishED, For ExAmplE, Among urBAn youth.
C、thE DisrEspECtFul BEhAvior oF somE young pEoplE shows thAt prEstigE is not vAluED EquAlly throughout A soCiEty.
D、thErE ArE sErious ConsEquEnCEs whEn tEEnAgErs From thE innEr City Do not show rEspECt For othEr groups.