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1、Unit 9 THE HOUSING CRISIS GOES SUBURBAN,英语四组,第一段,But the scarcity of affordable housing is a deepening national crisis, and not just for inner-city families on welfare. The problem has climbed the income ladder and moved to the suburbs, where service workers cram their families into overcrowded apar
2、tments, college graduates have to crash with their parents, and firefighters, police officers and teachers cant afford to live in the communities they serve.,翻译,但经适房稀缺性是一个不断加深的民族危机，而不仅仅是依靠福利为生的城市家庭的危机。这个问题已经波及到了高收入人群，并向郊区蔓延，在那里的服务工作人员们及其他们的家属在拥挤的公寓里，大学毕业生不得不借宿在他们的父母家里，而消防队员、警察和教师在他们所服务的社区也买不起房。,难词解释
3、, scarcity n. 缺乏，不足, 稀少，罕见 n. a small and inadequate amount 同近义词 shortage , short of , deficiency , insufficient e.g. This is indispensable in a region like the Near East, where the scarcity of water prohibits further agricultural expansion. 对于近东这样的区域来讲，这是极为必要的，在这里，水的短缺限制了农业的扩展。 .deepening n. 加深，延深；
4、向下侵蚀 v. 使深化；加深（deepen的现在分词） n. a process of becoming deeper and more profound adj. accumulating and becoming more intense 同近义词 saddening , downcutting e.g.There are some general ways to approach developing and deepening your skills.有一些常规的方法可用于发展和加深您的技能。,.crisis n. 危机；危险期；决定性时刻 adj. 危机的；用于处理危机的 n. an
5、 unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty a crucial stage or turning point in the course of somethingcome unraveled or undone as if by snagging defining moment , critical stage e.g. Many companies have been sent under in the economic crisis. 在这次经济危机中，已有许多公司倒闭了。 . climbed the income ladder
6、climb vi. 爬；攀登；上升 vt. 爬；攀登；上升 n. 爬；攀登 n. an upward slope or grade (as in a road) v.go upward with gradual or continuous progress 同近义词 vi. 爬；攀登；上升arise , raise , scale vt. 爬；攀登；上升scale , come up n. 爬；攀登escalade e.g.1.He made a difficult climb. 他作了一次艰难的攀登,2.Watching him climb up the precipice, everybo
7、dy was breathless with anxiety. 看着他往悬崖上爬， 大家都捏一把汗 income ladder 高收入人群 e.g.Most of our economic gains have gone to people at the very top of the income ladder.我们绝大多数的经济增长都是由高收入人群取得的 ladder n. 阶梯；途径；梯状物 vi. 成名；发迹 vt. 在上装设梯子 n. steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing u
8、p or down v. come unraveled or undone as if by snagging 同近义词 n. 阶梯；途径；梯状物 mechanism , approach , pass vi. 成名；发迹 raise oneself , make his mark e.g. He loaned the ladder to his neighbour. 他把梯子借给了邻居。,.to the suburbs 到郊区 e.g.His family moved/removed to the suburbs. 他的一家搬到郊区去了 suburb n.附近；边缘部分；市郊，近郊，郊区 n
9、. a residential district located on the outskirts of a city 同近义词 margin , banlieue e.g. He wanted to home in the suburb. 他想在郊区安个家。 .cram: v. 把塞入，把塞满，把挤满 v. to force something into a small space 同近义词 stuff , be packed with e.g. Jessica crammed her clothes into the bag.,.overcrowded adj. 过度拥挤的 v. 拥挤（o
10、vercrowd的过去分词） v.cause to crowd together too much 同近义词 crowded e.g.To David, this was not just one more bauble in an already overcrowded jewelry box. Rather, this was his love displayed on my arm for all the world to see. 对戴维来说，这个不仅仅是一个装在拥挤的首饰盒中的小玩意，而是一个向世界宣布他对我的爱，戴在我手臂的爱 .crash: n. 撞碎；坠毁；破产；轰隆声；睡觉
11、vi. 摔碎；坠落；发出隆隆声；(金融企业等)破产 vt. 打碎；使坠毁、撞坏；擅自闯入；借宿 v. slang to stay at someones house for the night 同近义词 借宿 stay overnight at sb elses place ; put up for the night e.g. I crashed for one night at my friends house when I was in Chicag,. afford to （有条件）做；能承担；买得起某物；支付的起 同近义词 come , doest e.g.Only then can
12、 you figure out what you can afford to pay. 只有这样你才能算出你能买得起什么样的房子 afford vt. 给予，提供；买得起 be able to spare or give up 同近义词 allow , deal , extend , deliver , tender e.g.At that time only, not every day, if you can afford it. 只有在那个时刻，而非每天都如此，而且是在你能力所及之处。,第二段,Home ownership is near an all-time high, but th
13、e gap is growing between the Owns and the Own-Nots as well as the Owns and the Own-80-Miles-From-Work. One-third of Americans now spend at least 30% of their income on housing, the federal definition of an “unaffordable“ burden, and half the working poor spend at least 50% of their income on rent, a
14、 “critical“ burden. The real estate boom of the past decade has produced windfalls for Americans who owned before it began, but affordable housing is now a serious problem for more low- and moderate-income Americans than taxes, Social Security or gas prices.,翻译,住房拥有率接近历史最高位，但有房户和无房户之间的差距越来越大，有房户和房子离
15、工作单位80英里远的有房户之间的差距也越来越大。现在，13的美国人花费至少30的收入用于住房，联邦政府将这种情况定义为“无力支付”的负担，而有一半的穷打工仔花费至少50的收入用于租房，这种情况被称为“极其严重”的负担。在过去10年里，房地产迅猛发展，这使得在此之前就已经购置房产的美国人发了笔横财，但现在经济房对中、低收入的美国人来说，是一个比税收、社会保险、汽油价格更为严重的问题。,第三段,Roosevelt signed housing legislation in 1934 and 1937, providing mortgages, government apartments and c
16、onstruction jobs for workers down on their luck. For half a century, most housing debates in Washington revolved around how much to expand federal assistance. mortgages vt. 抵押贷款，按揭 n. 抵押，房屋抵押贷款 n. a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan v. put up as security or collateral 同近义词 v. hold in pledge , hypothecate n. hypothecation , pledge e.g. The bank refused to accept any mortgage on land. 银行拒绝接受任何土地抵押.,
