Track 14

Unit 3

Sociology

Social status: flaunting your success

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Build your vocabulary.

1. advertise: To advertise means to bring a product to the public’s attention in order to encourage people to buy it.

2. affluent: Affluent means having plenty of money or possessions.

3. attaining: Attaining means reaching or requiring something.

4. consumption: Consumption is the act of buying and using products.

5. global: Global means affecting the entire world.

6. hierarchies: Hierarchies can be described as systems that organize people into higher and lower ranks, or status.

7. iconic: Iconic means being famous for representing an important idea.

8. income: Income refers to the money a person generates from a job.

9. reflecting: Reflecting means indicating or being a sign of a particular situation or idea or feeling.

10. status symbols: Status symbols are the things that people do or own that indicate how successful they are.