城市住房問(wèn)題，盡管表現(xiàn)方式可能不一，但在不同的社會(huì)、不同的時(shí)期都會(huì)發(fā)生，并且直接關(guān)系到城市居民的生活，關(guān)系到城市未來(lái)的發(fā)展。對(duì)于住房問(wèn)題的解決，必須清醒地認(rèn)識(shí)到當(dāng)時(shí)當(dāng)?shù)氐淖》繂?wèn)題產(chǎn)生的原因及其實(shí)質(zhì)，僅僅關(guān)注于住房的數(shù)量和房?jī)r(jià)的高低，未必就能找到解決住房問(wèn)題的良策，反而有可能加劇住房問(wèn)題的程度，并帶來(lái)其他的社會(huì)性問(wèn)題。
    凱西:
    Which social problem do you think the government needs to concentrate on most?
    你覺(jué)得什么社會(huì)問(wèn)題是政府應(yīng)該優(yōu)先集中精力來(lái)解決的?
    杰克:
    I think housing is a big problem. There are thousands of homeless people on the streets.
    我覺(jué)得住房是一個(gè)巨大的問(wèn)題。大街上有成千上萬(wàn)的無(wú)家可歸的人。
    凱西:
    How would you solve the problem?
    你會(huì)怎么解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題?
    杰克:
    I have a good idea to solve it. The government could provide some money for homeless people to build their own homes.It would probably be very expensive.
    我有個(gè)很好的方法來(lái)解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題。政府可以出錢為無(wú)家可歸的人建造屬于他們自己的房子。這可能會(huì)非常昂貴。
    凱西:
    I don't think the government can afford it.
    我覺(jué)得政府負(fù)擔(dān)不起。