英语四级阅读理解的精炼50篇015:香格里拉的波波族(含答案)_大学英语阅读

英语四级阅读理解的精炼50篇015:香格里拉的波波族(含答案)

　　英语四级阅读理解精炼第015篇，练习关于香格里拉的波波族的阅读理解，含有四级阅读练习题，参考译文，答案等内容。

　　15. Bobos1 In Shangr i-La

　　Just when China s new affluents have begun to enjoy their xiaozi, or bourgeois lifestyle , along comes a book from America to stir up their lifestyles. Recently young Chinese have been snapping up2 copies of the newly translated version of Bobos in Paradise 3 , by American author David Brooks. The book s thesis that the bohemian spirit of the 1960 s has come together with the acquisitive impulses of the 1980 s to create the hybrid bourgeois-bohemian, a. k. a. 4 the Bobo has sparked debate all around China . All my friends are talking about the Bobos, one Beijing book shopper told the official Xinhua News Agency. Clubs have been formed offering lectures and discussions on the Bobo Lifestyle , and Bobo magazines are appearing on newsstands. Chinese Bobos are being targeted by everyone from real- estate agents to mobile phone companies. A local businessman opened the Bar in Beijing, which is fitted with computers so customers can check their e -mail while sitting on rustic Chinese furniture hand-picked by the owner from peasant villages. Web sites keep springing up to help people determine if they are Bobo qualified , and if so, how to act appropriately.

　　As the pleased and surprised Brooks waits to see whether he ll get his fair share of author royalties out of the phenomenon , Beijing is breeding its fair share of Bobo-bashers. Another journalist says the average Chinese person has a strong disdain for the nouveau riche5 . He wonders how many Chinese today earn enough to be considered a Bobo. And, he argues, those who do are more bourgeois than bohemian. We have people with a lot of money, but there s no social consciousness. He says. Rich people don t care about the environment, unemployment, rural problems or mine disasters.