by acting upon their class interest."

对阶级进行区分
Now let's go on to the question of status groups;

下面我们继续地位群体的问题
what are status groups?

什么是地位群体
And well I briefly want to identify who status groups are,

我来简单讲一下地位群体包括哪些人
what status privileges are, and then status stratification

什么是特权地位地位分层等级
and the caste, and the question of ethnicity in Weber.

以及韦伯对种姓问题的看法
So what is a status group?

那么什么是地位群体呢
Well, unlike classes, status group,or Stande

不同于阶级和地位财产
-this is the plural of the word Stand-

Stande是Stand的复数形式
-are nominally groups.

地位群体是名义上的群体
Status groups means that you belong to a group--right?--

这意味着你属于一个团体
and you have a high esteem, and you have a solidarity within the group.

你被高度尊重并和团体休戚与共