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Unit 9: The Housing Crisis Goes Suburban Michael Grunwald 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） Paragraph 1: New Words: ill-nourished (adj.) affordable (adj.) cram (v.) crash (v.) Sentence Translation: But the sarcity of affordable housing is a deepenig national crisis, and not just for inner-city families on welfare. Paragraph 2: New Words: critical (adj.) boom (n.) Sentence Translation: 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. Paragraph 3: New Words: mortgage (n.) decent (adj.) subsidize (v.) vouchers (n.) debate (n.) tenant (n.) Phrases: down on their luck revolve around Sentence Translation: Roosevelt signed housing legislation in 1934 and 1937, providing mortagages, government apartments and construction jobs for workers down on their luck. Paragraph 4: New Words: initiative (n.) demolish (v.) eliminate (v.) hellhole (n.) revive (v.) raze (v.) Sentence Translation: But for the past two decades, the only new federal housing initiative has been HOPE VI, a Clinton administration program that has demolished 80,000 units of the worst public housing and built mixed-income developments in their place. Paragraph 5: New Words: households (n.) flatline (v.) balloon (v.) virtually (adv.) preserve (v.) status quo (n.) Sentence Translation: Overall, the number of households receiving federal aid has flatlined since the early 1990s, despite an expanding population and a ballooning budget. Paragraph 6: New Words: eligible (adj.) Sentence Translation: It sounds odd, but the victims of today’s housing crisis are not people living in “the projects”, but people who aren’t even that lucky. Paragraph 7: New Words: deficit (n.) controversial (adj.) motivate (v.) reipient (n.) dole (n.) Sentence T