But the epidemic of obesity epitomizes the unsettled character of progress in affluent Western society.

然而，肥胖的蔓延成为富足的西方社会发展不稳定这一特点的典型例证。

But I think the problem is that we've become, in the affluent societies, too greedy.

但我认为问题在于，在富裕的社会中，我们变得过于贪婪。

Post-World-War-II America is said to have created an affluent society for its people.

2. 据说二战后的美国为其人民创造了一个富裕的社会。

As is known, those older generations were brought up in a less affluent and isolated society, they were denied a favorable social background.

众所周知，这些老者都是在贫苦的社会长大的，他们缺少良好的社会环境。

To the extent that the majority of American families were eager participants in the culture of abundance, post-World-War-Il America can be said as an affluent society.

就大多数美国家庭热切参与富裕文化而言，二战后的美国可以说是一个富裕的社会。