PBS高端访谈:美国住房短缺问题有了新办法
日期:2019-07-11 15:23

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Cities across the country are struggling with a shortage of housing. But there are millions of spare bedrooms. As Stephanie Leydon from PBS station WGBH explains, Boston has become a launching pad for a new technology that connects people looking for affordable rent with homeowners who have space to spare.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: Before she started her graduate program in public health, Abby Herbst got a crash course in math. There are too few apartments for too many people in Boston.

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ABBY HERBST, Graduate Student: I called actually a real estate agent. And they wouldn't take me as a client, basically, I didn't have the budget for a regular place. And I was looking farther and farther outside the city.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: But she found a place just a 20-minute walk from campus in this townhouse complete with a furnished bedroom, fully equipped kitchen, and the homeowner, Brenda Atchison.

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BRENDA ATCHISON, Homeowner: We fell in together very well and very smoothly.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: They met online through a home-sharing Web site called Nesterly, designed to connect two generations with compatible needs: older people who want to stay in their homes, but need help.

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BRENDA ATCHISON: Twelve-foot ceilings, it's a little hard to heat in the wintertime. So a little extra doesn't hurt.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: And younger people who need a place to live. Herbst pays $650 a month, less than half the cost of studio. And she does chores.

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ABBY HERBST: Like, I take out the trash, the snow shoveling.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: The home-sharing idea came to Noelle Marcus while she was living in Boston.

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NOELLE MARCUS, Founder, Nesterly: It was really, really expensive to find housing while I was in graduate school there.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: She's now based here in New York.

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NOELLE MARCUS: I think the average one-bedroom in New York is over $3,000.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: Maybe worse than Boston.

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NOELLE MARCUS: Worse than Boston.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: She says cities across the country face an affordability crisis fueled by the same trends: a limited housing supply and an aging population of homeowners.

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NOELLE MARCUS: We have had over 6,000 people reach out to us from 280 different cities around the world and tell us that they want us to expand to their city.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: Which is her goal. For now, Nesterly is available in the Boston area only. People have always rented extra rooms in their homes, right? So why do they need Nesterly?

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NOELLE MARCUS: Yes. So according to AARP, 40 percent of over 45-year-olds say they're interested in renting out a room in their home, but today only 2 percent are doing it. And we think that's because the right product and the right service didn't exist.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: Nesterly offers background checks, a payment system and ongoing support. A one-time housing aide to New York's mayor, Marcus sees the platform as way to ease the housing shortage and a problem that plagues old and young alike, loneliness.

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ABBY HERBST: People don't talk about it a lot. And I didn't actually anticipate it before I came to college, but, like, I had never eaten meals alone in high school before. If I feel like a little bit lonely or like I want to talk to somebody, I just come downstairs and sit in the kitchen.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: Where she and Atchison both find a perspective they couldn't get from a peer.

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BRENDA ATCHISON: And you just never know. You just never know what you're going to talk about.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: That older and younger people enrich one another's lives isn't a surprise to Noelle Marcus. She moved from Boston to New York mainly to be close to her grandmother.

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NOELLE MARCUS: She's 89, and she's one of my best friends.

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STEPHANIE LEYDON: An inspiration for a housing innovation that helps two generations under one roof. For the PBS NewsHour, I'm Stephanie Leydon in Boston.

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重点解析

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1.launching pad 跳板

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It was the launching pad for a media career that has made her one of the highest-paid people on British TV.
她就是凭此跳板进入媒体行业,成为英国电视界最高薪人士之一B;(3A*.(32y.cx(3

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2.to spare 剩余

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Miranda has drive and energy to spare and has now taken on an even bigger challenge.
米兰达有使不完的干劲和精力,现在已经接受了一个更大的挑战^un&L)5OWO8w#T*!I

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3.designed to 目的

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Each mirror is made to order and can be designed to almost any shape or size.
每面镜子都是定制的,几乎可以设计成任何形状和尺寸hw[7y]Fy5+m7P9B+-4@

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4.rent out 出租

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She decided to rent out a room to get extra income.
她为获得额外收入决定租出一个房间RFNZ]wzZe;QvtGC@y;gC

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5.reach out to 接触

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Let's all reach out to the people in need!
让我们对那些需要帮助的人们都伸出手来吧!

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参考译文

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朱迪·伍德拉夫:全国各地的许多城市都饱受住房短缺之苦DJGL2zF5iEWX8CPE]vS。但其实还有很多房子都处于空置状态25iHH1|FhzwU,_l.s~5。根据美国公众电台PBS记者斯蒂芬妮·莱登发回的报道,波士顿新兴了一种新技术,这种技术可以联结有预期房价的买家和有闲置房屋的房东l~pti-(apG,rLh)9

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:在着手公共健康方面的研究所课程之前,艾比·赫布斯特上了数学方面的速成课^Nyk.9j_uilb。波士顿的人口太多,但住房数量却跟不上&w5bZn7NxwawX

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艾比·赫布斯特,研究生:其实,我给一个房产中介打过电话NM%%xyjSys]rWaM*x。但他们不愿意接我这个客户,主要是因为我没有预算,连普通的价格都付不起kBK1YQOc4YI~Bb。所以我的预期地点就一点一点往外挪,直到挪到了城外m|!Ugz0IqAlA3

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:但她还是找到了一个住处,离市政厅的校园只有20分钟的路程(Bsp2s5S|gV。这个房子卧室配有家具,厨房用具完备ZCc]^y*M042jMsT*#。房东名叫布伦达·艾奇逊=Rdo;eR2*OiJq;2D)

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布伦达·艾奇逊,房东:我们俩相处的很好,没什么不愉快的_Wz2~Bks%-gNQck#Ah,

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:我们是通过一个分享房屋的网站认识的,这个网站叫Nesterlyj^WCu4AwGpj。网站的初衷是将需求适配的人联结到一起——只能在家活动的年长老人,但又需要他人的帮助3Tz@aUb=OrIkD#

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布伦达·艾奇逊:在12英尺的天花板下,严冬里很难感受到温暖-134k*ZWi#。所以多点温暖就更好了OpC*XEGdnR(

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:而年轻人也需要一个住处MC~aXk+!e-#hfR。艾比·赫布斯特每个月支付650美金,连工作室价格的一半都不到_)~6D7Ir#4*|qE%Z8nFh。此外,她要承担家务~b#=7Mdmka

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艾比·赫布斯特:我会做一些家务,比如倒垃圾、铲雪0]kN;#-!&!Y

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:诺艾尔·马库斯第一次心生分享住处的想法是在她在波士顿生活期间mJ_t*yL(eXR

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诺艾尔·马库斯,Nesterly创办人:我在波士顿读研的时候,租房的价格很高%km7ExlOpGh

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:她现在住在纽约pb5b+#ofsgJfO

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诺艾尔·马库斯:我了解到纽约平均一个房间的价格都在3000美元之上5#(W_S|fYBN

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:或许比波士顿还贵7_Gng^zl;s。诺艾尔·马库斯:确实比波士顿还贵lIxC8M7iR[

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:她表示,全国各地的许多城市都面临付不起房租的危机,这是由同一种趋势所导致的——住房需求有限,但房主群体愈发老龄化t#Zq,E@LE(

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诺艾尔·马库斯:世界各地有来自280多个不同城市的6000多人联系我们,他们告诉我们,他们希望我们的服务能扩展到他们所在的城市2cU&L=#+16BxHJ1

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:这也是诺艾尔的目标!RE(2nNrm8a(M,sN。目前,Nesterly仅在波士顿可用4AV.jP.p7w&。家里只要有空置的房间,大家就都会租出去的,不是吗?所以为什么需要Nesterly呢?

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诺艾尔·马库斯:没错,根据美国退休者协会(AARP)提供的数据,45岁以上的人群中,有四成人认为自己对出租房屋感兴趣,但现在却仅有2%的人在对外出租房屋wAx5-l6h)xE;HsJG
我们认为这种现象的原因是以前没有合适的产品和服务dRYNtY*,Xc6a,VHz9

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:Nesterly会做背景审核,同时也提供支付系统和支持tuRLj56gMx~99-Z*。曾经给纽约市长做过房产助手的马库斯认为,这个平台是一种渠道,可以缓解住房短缺的压力,也可以解决老龄人口和年轻人群的问题——孤独感9Lw8pIcAH*;;|Jq

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艾比·赫布斯特:人们很少谈及孤独的问题g_Kl,~*wH=FBU。我在上大学之前也从未想过这个问题,但这就好像我高中时代吃饭一直都有伙伴一起一样1#-w[k=4UC[Sz。我每次稍微有孤独感袭来时,或者我想跟人说话的时候,我就会下楼到厨房里坐会儿h~dyTXTREG43BIEc]E|

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:就这样,艾奇逊和她都获得了无法从同龄人身上获得的视角[&7^[!o~zYNQF!5eFX&

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布伦达·艾奇逊:经历过了,才懂得这种感受——你们的聊天内容可以是天南海北k)3WyH(q2^

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:老龄人口和年轻人群能丰富彼此的生活,对于这一点,诺艾尔·马库斯并不感到吃惊_SjYI14pz@+。她从波士顿搬到了纽约,主要目的就是能跟奶奶离得近一些nUaCg(og0e

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诺艾尔·马库斯:奶奶她89岁了,她是我最好的朋友之一^N~U+@F7Udpz

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斯蒂芬妮·莱登:在住房上的这样一丝灵感让两代人共处一个屋檐下pC2Zk-^IP|1^%p2-D。感谢收听斯蒂芬妮·莱登从波士顿发回的《新闻一小时》Z72z1#=7D0v+

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