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Unit 7 Dialogue A: 你听说过一个词叫做“蚁族”吗？ B: Of course. As a matter of fact, I am one of the ants. A: 是真的吗？太凑巧了。我觉得“蚁族”这个词很有趣，但是我不太明白它到底是什么 意思。 B: “Ant tribe”, a term coined by China’s sociologists is to describe the struggling young migrants like me, who, armed with our diplomas, scramble to big cities in hope of a better life only to find low-paying jobs and awful living conditions A: 明白了。这么说“蚁族”主要生活中国大城市里。请原谅我这样称呼你。不过你知道 “蚁族”这个人群的具体数量吗？ B: According to a survey in the Blue Book About the Country’s Talents, which was released by the Social Sciences Academy Press, more than 1 million such “ants” live in the big cities of China. The survey said more than 100,000 low-income college graduates live in Beijing, and such groups also exist in large scales in cities like Guangzhou, Xi’an, Chongqing, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou and Nanjing. A: 所以在中国一个严峻的现实是有庞大数量的高校毕业生。毫无疑问这对你们是不小的 挑战。 B: Quite right. The number of college graduates, aged 22 to 29, has been growing since China greatly expanded its university enrollment over the past decade. According to statistics from the Ministry of Education, the number of college graduates has jumped from 1.07 million in 2000 to 6.11 million in 2009. A: 李，原谅我的好奇心。不过我很想知道你的生活究竟是什么样的？ B: I don’t have a stable job and my average salary is around 2,000 yuan per month. I live far away from the city. I rent an 8-square-meter room that costs 500 yuan a month, a quarter of my salary. Many people like me living in clusters, and we are the so called “ant tribe”. The shabby houses where we live usually have many tiny restaurants, Internet bars, hair salons and clinics around.A: 现在我知道了“蚁族”每天要面对比较糟糕的生活条件。你们和蚂蚁有着许多类似特 点：群居在狭小的空间中；高智商，勤劳肯干，但却默默无闻，收入微薄。 B: My story is similar to that of many low-income graduates who have moved into the fringes of China’s wealthiest cities like Beijing and Shanghai to squeeze out a living. A: 那么，李，你的生活梦想是什么呢？你不是北京人，对吧？ B: No, I’m not. I’m a 27-year-old native of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. My dream of life is trying to save