本文主要讨论两个问题:1、生活方式的描述模式;2、当代美国社会阶层与生活方式之间的关系。在这里,生活方式的定义是个人作出的一系列可见的行为选择。这些选择仅仅受个人的客观需要和财力、物质文化水平以及支配各种文化因素的政治经济准则的制约。所以,生活方式是划分社会阶层的一个重要 This article focuses on two issues: 1, describing the mode of life; 2, the relationship between contemporary American social class and lifestyle. Here, the definition of lifestyle is a series of visible choices of behavior made by individuals. These choices are limited only by the individual’s objective needs and financial resources, the material and cultural levels, and the political and economic norms that govern various cultural factors. Therefore, lifestyle is an important part of the social class