高等院校研究生英语系列教材综合教程（上）INTEGRATED COURSEUnit 9 Affordable HousingContentStarting outReading FocusReading MorePractical TranslationFocused WritingFinal ProjectTask 1 With rapid economic development in China, peoples housing conditions have been greatly improved, but house prices have also risen. Interview some of your friends, especially those who were born before or during the 1970s, about the changes they have experienced in the cost and condition of their housing. The following are some possible topics that you may like to raise.Starting outStarting outPossible topics Location/ Size/ Interior decoration/ Electrical appliances/ Running water/ Hot water/ Showering or bathing facilities/ Indoor toilets/ Electric or gas stoves/ Refrigerators/ Central heating and/or air conditioning/ Lighting/ Telephone / Cable TV/ Internet access/ Housing costrent or ownership Starting outTask 1Starting outTask 1Task 2 F People have a number of different reasons for choosing a particular area to live in. Compare the benefits and shortcomings of the following locations and decide where youd like to live. You could add to the list.Starting outTask 2Starting outTask 2Task 3 Read the following paragraph and discuss with your partner what your choice would be if you were in Lao Wangs situation. Give the reasons for your choice. Starting outTask 3Starting outTask 3Lao Wang and his wife live in a 15 m2 old apartment in downtown Shanghai. The area will be redeveloped in a couple of years time. They will be given 300,000 Yuan as compensation for their apartment and can either use the money to buy a house in the suburbs, or pay the developer 8,000 Yuan per square meter for a new 130 m2 downtown apartment which they will have to wait for five years before moving in. The Housing Crisis Goes SuburbanGlobal Understanding 1Detailed Information2Critical Thinking3Language Points4Reading FocusReading FocusVocabulary in Action5Reading FocusReading Focus Global UnderstandingMain ideaPara. 1Causes of the problemParas. 2-9Consequences of the problemPara. 10 Solutions to the problemParas. 11-13SummaryPara. 14Main ideaAffordable housing has not only become a problem for _, but has affected _. Its now a serious problem for more low- and moderate-income Americans than _. Fairfax is an example for this situation.Reading FocusReading Focus Global Understandingthe urban poor the suburban middle-classtaxes, Social Security or gas pricesCauses of the problemA. Governments attitude towards affordable housing.a. From Roosevelt to Nixon, _b. Nowadays,_. B. The striking mismatch between _ affordable housing, or affordable housing near jobs.a. In the past two decades, much poor housing has been _ but not all has been _ and there has been _.b. Many middle income people can not find _ near their place of work. Reading FocusReading Focus Global UnderstandingAmericans used to care a lot about it. federal aid has not been increasedaffordable homesrazed/demolishedthe demand for and the supply ofrebuilt no increaseConsequences of the problemA. Children _. B. Workers _. C. Communities _.Reading FocusReading Focus Global Understandingcant see their parents so oftencant make ends meetare less competitiveSolutions to the problemA. Local officials _.B. Federal government _.C. A real estate crash may not help.Reading FocusReading Focus Global Understandingshould get out of the wayshould support new constructionsSummaryHousing in America today is not just _, but is also _.Reading FocusReading Focus Global Understandingan urban poverty issue a middle-class quality-of-life issueTask 2Paraphrase the underlined parts of the following sentences. (P258)Reading FocusReading Focus Detailed Information1. When household incomes grow by X, housing prices grow by 12X. 2. may rise to $110,000 a yearKeys:3. has not only affected people with low incomes but also people who live in the suburbs4. having a period of misfortune 5. not people who have received federal housing assistance, but those who haventReading FocusReading Focus Detailed Information6. stop needing welfare payments7. give an opportunity to a family which is also eligible for the welfare 8. and studies show that overcrowded living condition lead to higher crime rates, poorer academic performance and poorer health 9. and workers may have to drive long distances to work because they cant afford housing closer 10. Last year less than 5% of houses sold for $ 250,000 or less so prices will have to reduce a lot for housing to be affordable for low-income families.Critical ThinkingReading FocusStep One Read