上海高校毕业生遇租房难题 合租成为首选

 While graduates in Shanghai yearn¹ for independence, a recent survey by the Youth Daily revealed that 60 percent of them have to share accommodation and many wind up sharing apartments with strangers.

在上海毕业生期待着走向独立的时候，由《青年报》最近做出的的一项调查显示，60%的毕业生不得不选择合租，而当中很多人要与陌生人合租。

The Youth Daily online survey involved 346 respondents from college graduates working in Shanghai.

《青年报》的在线调查共有346名在上海工作的大学毕业生参加。

Of those sharing apartments, 40 percent live with friends. Shanghai University graduate Li explained: "Renting apartments with friends can save money and we can help each other sometimes. All things being equal I enjoy living with my friends."

在合租的人当中，有40%的人同朋友合住。上海大学一位姓李的毕业生解释称：“和朋友合租房子能省钱，有时还能互相帮助。我们的东西都是公平划分的，我很享受与朋友合住。”

上海高校毕业生遇租房难题 合租成为首选

While sharing apartments saves money and is sociable², finding suitable people can be difficult. And the minute a good roommate gets a new job or leaves Shanghai, the hunt for a replacement³ begins all over again. The survey showed that 14 percent of these young tenants⁴ share apartments with strangers they have contacted online.

虽然合租比较省钱又益于交际，但找到合适的人是很困难的。一旦室友找了新工作或离开上海，就又得重新找合适的室友。根据调查显示，14%的年轻租户与网上找到的陌生人合租房子。

And another 9 percent live in subdivided⁵ accommodation where flimsy walls have been erected⁶ to create extra rooms. This style of accommodation is cheap and that was the main attraction for Wu, a graduate of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. With no experience at renting and not wanting to pay real estate agency fees, after scouring⁷ the Internet he found he could only afford a subdivided unit.

此外，有9%的人住在隔断间。这指的就是用隔断墙来划分房子，得以创造出更多房间。这种合租方式比较便宜，正是这一点吸引了上海理工大学的毕业生吴同学。由于租赁经验不足，也不想付租房中介费，在上网搜寻之后，他发现他只能负担得起一个隔断间。

Although these places are chancy and illegal the rent they charge is all I can afford, he said.

他说：“虽然这些地方有一定风险也不合法，但是只有他们收取的房租是我能付得起的。”

This survey revealed that none of the respondents lived in apartments owned by family or friends - some respondents suggested this sort of arrangement could easily lead to conflicts.

这项调查的结果还显示，没有受访者住在家人或朋友的房子里。一些受访者表示，原因在于这种住宿关系很容易导致冲突。

Twelve percent of those surveyed rented specially⁸ designed share apartments through websites. Just six respondents out of 346 rented government-backed accommodation and only 5.2 percent were living in accommodation provided by their employers.

12%的受访者通过上网找合租的房子，尤其是已经设计好的。346名受访者中仅有六人租住在政府提供的公寓。只有5.2%的人住在由雇主提供的宿舍。

1 yearn   

v.想念；怀念；渴望

参考例句：

• We yearn to surrender our entire being.我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命。
• Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。

2 sociable   

adj.好交际的，友好的，合群的

参考例句：

• Roger is a very sociable person.罗杰是个非常好交际的人。
• Some children have more sociable personalities than others.有些孩子比其他孩子更善于交际。

3 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

4 tenants   

n.房客( tenant的名词复数 )；佃户；占用者；占有者

参考例句：

• A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。
• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。

5 subdivided   

再分，细分( subdivide的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The compound was subdivided into four living areas. 那个区域被划分成4个居住小区。
• This part of geologic calendar has not been satisfactorily subdivided. 这部分地质年代表还没有令人满意地再细分出来。

6 ERECTED   

adj. 直立的，竖立的，笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立，建立

参考例句：

• A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。
• A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist. 树立了一块纪念碑纪念那位伟大的科学家。

7 scouring   

擦[洗]净，冲刷，洗涤

参考例句：

• The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners. 警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯。
• This is called the scouring train in wool processing. 这被称为羊毛加工中的洗涤系列。

8 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。