研究生综合英语上册第九单元翻译转译

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1、SeventyyearsafterPresidentFranklinD.RooseveltdeclaredthattheDepressionhadleftone-thirdoftheAmericanpeople“ill-housed,ill-clothedandill-nourished,”Americansarewell-clothedandincreasinglyovernourished.(para.1)

70年前，富兰克林D罗斯福总统发表声明，美国大萧条使得三分之一的美国人住房条件差，衣衫褴褛，营养不良，如今，美国人穿衣得体并且越来越多的人营养过剩。

2、Homeownershipisnearanall-timehigh,butthegapisgrowingbetweentheOwnsandtheOwn-Nots—aswellastheOwnsandtheOwn-80-Miles—From—Work.(para.2)

OwnsandtheOwn-Nots：thosewhoownhousesandthosewhodonotowntheirownhousesbutrentthem住房拥有率接近历史最高位，但有房子的人和没房子的人的差距却越来越大，这种差距也体现在有房子和距离工作地点80英里以外有房子的人上面。

3、Theprogramhaseliminatedmostofthehigh-risehellholesthatgavepublichousingabadnameandhasrevivedsomeurbanneighborhoods.Butishasrazedmoresubsidizedapartmentsthanithasreplaced.(para.4)

eliminate:tocompletelygetridofsomethingthatisunnecessaryorunwantedhellhole:averydirty,ugly,andunpleasantplace计划消除了大部分使得公共住房有坏名声的高层危房并且重建了部分城市社区。但是该项计划拆毁的政府补助房要比建立的多。

4、Todayforeveryoneofthe4.5millionlow-incomefamiliesthatreceivefederalhousingassistance,therearethreeeligiblefamilieswithoutit.(para.6)

eligible:beingableorallowedtodoit今天本应450万的低收入家庭都应得到联邦政府的住房补助，而四分之三符合条件的家庭却没有得到补助。5、Itsoundsodd,butthevictimsoftoday’shousingcrisisarenotpeoplelivingin“theprojects”,butpeoplewhoaren’teventhatlucky.(para.6)

这听起来很奇怪，但如今住房危机的受害者不是已经享受“救助计划”的人，而是没有那么幸运去享受这个计划的人。

6、AbillpendingtheCongresswoulddivertapercentageofprofitsfromfederallycharteredinstitutionssuchasFannieMaetoanationalaffordable-housingtrustfund,butitseemsstalled.(para.12)

pendingadj.notyetdecidedorsettledFannieMae房利美，一个房贷机构trustfundAtrustfundismoneybelongingtosomeoneoragroupofpeoplewhichisheldandusuallymanagedorthembyatrustee.stallv.tostopmakingprogressordeveloping一项等待国会决定的法案可能会把联邦特许机构如房利美的利润按照一定的百分比转移到国家廉价房的信托基金下，但是这项法案似乎停滞不前。

7、Priceshavetoofartofall,in2000,two-thirdsofthehomesalesinFairfaxwerefor$250,000orless,butlastyear,fewerthanone-twentiethwere.Andevenamodestpriceslumpcouldtriggeraconstructionslowdownthatwouldmakeshortagesofaffordablehousingformoderate-incomefamiliesevenworse.(Para.13)

slumpv.tosuddenlygodowninprice,value,ornumber暴跌

triggervt.引发，触发，引