研究生英语Unit9分析.pptVIP

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 apartments, 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 ① 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。 ②.deepening n. 加深，延深；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。 ③.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 unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something come 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。 ④. climbed the income ladder 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, everybody 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