休闲对话：年轻人，就该买不起房?

Ann: Have you watched the TV play which is very hot on the Internet?

你看过网络上非常火的一部电视剧吗?

Lily: Which one? I only watch movie on the Internet.

哪一部?我在网上只看电影。

Ann: Humble Abode. This TV play is concerned about a social problem, the high room rate.

《蜗居》，这部电视剧涉及到一个社会问题，高房价。

Lily: It sounds a good play.

听起来像是一部好剧呢。

Ann: Good or not is very hard to say. But it really tells us something.

好或不好很难说，但是真的告诉我们一些东西。

Lily: A famous land agent said that the young people shouldn’t afford an apartment.

一个著名的房地产商说到，年轻人就该买不起房。

Ann: Why did he say so?

为什么他要怎么说呢?

Lily: In his opinion, young people under 40 in the developed countries who have no job or his income could just make both end meet haven’t bought an apartment, while in China, it is totally different.

在他看来，在发达国家的四十岁以下的年轻人，没有工作的，或者说收支平衡的，是买不起房的，而在中国却是相反的。

Ann: Yes, the money they used to buy a house were from there parents or loan from the bank. They don’t earn the money.

是的，他们用来买房的钱要么是父母的，要么是贷款的。他们根本赚不了钱。

Lily: Chinese traditional thought is the main reason.

中国的传统思想是最主要的原因啊。