课前准备unit

1、课前准备-U ni t -作者:日期:U ni t 9: The H o us i ng Cri s is G oes S uburbanMichael Gru nwa Id注：a.找出所列单词和短语在文中的英文和中文释义，并找出一个同义词（全班同学完成）b.对于所列出的句子，首先用汉语解释划出的重点单词或词组，最后将整句 翻译成流利的汉语。对于结构比较复杂的句子,翻译者需要作简要的分析。（由 4、5、6小组负责完成）P aragra ph1:1.New Word s :il 1 -no urish ed (adj .)2.a ffor d ab 1 e (ad j .)3.cram (v.)

2、4.cra s h (v.)S ente n ce Transla t io n :1)B u t t h e s a rci t y of a ffo r dable hous i ng is a deepe n i g n a t ion al c r i sis, an d not just fo rinn er-city families o n w e lfare.Paragr a ph 2:New Wor d s:5.cri t ic a l (a dj.)6.boom (n.)Sen tence Trans 1a t i on:2)The re a I estat eboom o

3、 f th e pas t de ca deha s p roducedwin df a 11 s forA m eric a ns w h o owne d be f o re i t be gan,pr o blem fo rbut af f o r dab le hou s i n g i s now a s e r io u smore 1 ow and m ode ra te-incom e Ameri c an s than ta x e s , So cia 1 Sec u r ity or g as pri ces.ar ag r aph 3:N e w W o rds:7.

4、mort g age (n.)8. d e cent (ad j .)9. s ubsidize (v.)10. vouch ers (n.)11. debate (n.)12. tenant (n.)Ph r ases:13. down on thei r luck14. revo lve aroundSen tence TransI a tion:3)R o o s eve 1t si gn ed hou si ng I e gisla t ion in 1 9 3 4 and 1937, pr o vid i ng m o r t agag es , governmen t ap ar

5、tments and c onstruct ion jo bsf o r wo rkers d own o n th ei r luck .Pa r ag r ap h4:N e w Word15. ini t i a tive (n .)16. demo lish(V 17. elimin a te(V.18. hellho le19. re vive (v .20. r a z e (v.)S e nten c e T r ans l atio n:4) But for the past tw o decades the on l y new federa l ho us ingin it

6、i ative h as been HO PE VI, a C l inton a dmi n is t rat io nun it s of the worst p ublprogra m t hat hasdemo l ish e d 8 0,0 0 0i c ho u sing andbuiltm ixe d -inc o m ed e ve l opments in t heirp lace.Pa r a g raph 5:New Wo r ds:21. h ou seho ld s(n.)22. f l atli n e23. bal l oon(v.)24. vir tual ly

7、 (ad v .)25. prese rve (v.)26. s t atu s quo (n.)Sen t en c e Tran slat i on:5)Overall, th e n urn ber of hou seho1 ds recei ving fede ra1 aexpand i n gi d has flat 1 ined sin c e the early 199 0 s, des pi teanpopu lat io nan d a ba 1 loo n in g budget.a ragr a ph 6:N e w Wo rd s :27. e l igi b 1 e

8、(adj .)Se nte nc e T r ansla t ion:6)It sounds odd,but the V i ctims of tod ay' hou si ngc r isi s aren ot p e ople liing in the p r oj e ct s ”，but peop 1 e whoaren't ev enate rec i pi ents to g e t o ff thedo le.that 1 u c k y .P a ragrapNew Wo rds28. d eficit(n.)29. c ontr ove r s ial ( a

9、d j.)30. moti vat e (v.)31. re ipi e nt (n.)32. d o1 e (n.)Senten c e Tran slatio n :7) The time lim i t s inc lud e din w elfar e re f orm 1 0 years agowere controv e rsial, but studie ssugg est th ey've h e 1 ped mo t i v8) An d u nl i ke welfare, hou s ing a id is not a f ederal entitlement ,

10、 so tak ing it a wa y fr o m on e famil y after a f ew years woul dro v i de a b re a k f o r an e qually de s erving fa m i l y.P a ra graph 8 9:New Word s :33. s ustain (v .)34. contradiction (n.)35. stri k i n g (adj.)36. m isma t ch (n .)37. skim p (v .)38. co mmu t es (n .)39. qu a lify(v.)Sent

11、 ence T ran sla t ion:9) O t h e rs reducethe i r rents b yover c row d ing, whi c h studiesink to h igher c rm e rates, poore r aca d e mic p er for ma neendpoorer heal th；L os A n gel es alo ne has 620,0 0 0 home swithmore tha n on ep erson per ro om.Parag ra ph 1 0:N e w Wor d s：40. l ousy (a dj.

12、) 41. so ar (v .) 42. exu r ban ( a dj.)43. spr awl (n.)44. cl og (v.)Ph r ase s:45. m ake ends meethildre n w h o dSen t en c e T ran s lation:10)Th i s c re ate s al 1 kinds of lousy o ut c omescon'g e t to se e their pa r en ts , workers who ca n 'm a k e end s mewithwhen gas price s soar

13、,e xurban spra w I, r oad s c Io g ged1 o n g-distancec o mmuter s e mi t ti n g g ree nho u se ga ses.Pa r a g r aph 111 2:New Word s :46. lot s (n.) 47. b lock (V.)48. conv ert (v.)49.ra r e (adj .)50.pe nd ing (n.)51.d iver t (v.)52.s tal 1 (V .)53.t raction (n.)54.m ini mu m (ad j. / n .)Ph r as

14、es:55.a t on es d isposal56. tea r sth d ownSentence T ranslation:11) T he on 1 y aff o r dab ility i d eas with any tra cti o n at th e n a tion a 1 l eve l a re no t r eall y ho u sing ideas; fo rexa mple, o neway to make hou singmore aff or dab 1 e t o w or kers would b eto ra ise the i r incom e

15、st hrou g h hi g her minimum w a geslow e r pa y roll tax e s oran exp a n ded Ear ned I n come Tax Cre dit.P aragrap h 1 3:NewW o rds:57.de v a st a t e (v.) 58. s 1 ump (n.)59. trigge r (v.) 60. m oder a t e in come (n.)Se nt en ce T r a ns 1 at io n:12) T he re is one c lear so lut i on to t he a

16、ffordabi e - hou si ng c risis: ar e al e stat e c ra s h.13) B u t w hi le a n eas in g of prices co uld be d evasta ti ng for l o wer in c om e Owns withr i s k y m ortgages, it pro b ablewouldn ' b ri n g hom e ow n ersh i pw it hi n reach for ma ny O wn-Nots .Paragraph 1 4 :New Wor d s:61. d e