買不起的房子
Homes out of reach — Chinese reading, HSK 6
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在臺北，一間普通的公寓動輒兩、三千萬，以一般上班族的薪水來算，不吃不喝也要存二十年以上。「買房」對許多年輕人來說，已經成了遙不可及的夢想。
zài Tái běi yì jiān pǔ tōng de gōng yù dòng zhé liǎng sān qiān wàn yǐ yì bān shàng bān zú de xīn shuǐ lái suàn bù chī bù hē yě yào cún èr shí nián yǐ shàng mǎi fáng duì xǔ duō nián qīng rén lái shuō yǐ jīng chéng le yáo bù kě jí de mèng xiǎng
In Taipei an ordinary flat easily costs twenty or thirty million dollars; on an average office worker's salary, you'd have to save for over twenty years without eating or drinking. For many young people, "buying a home" has become an unattainable dream.
於是，有人選擇搬到房價較低的桃園、新竹，每天花兩小時通勤；也有人乾脆放棄買房，把錢拿去旅行、進修，享受當下的生活。
yú shì yǒu rén xuǎn zé bān dào fáng jià jiào dī de Táo yuán Xīn zhú měi tiān huā liǎng xiǎo shí tōng qín yě yǒu rén gān cuì fàng qì mǎi fáng bǎ qián ná qù lǚ xíng jìn xiū xiǎng shòu dāng xià de shēng huó
So some choose to move to cheaper Taoyuan or Hsinchu and commute two hours a day; others simply give up on buying and spend the money on travel and further study, enjoying life in the present.
與其把買不起房視為失敗，不如重新思考：一個家的價值，究竟在於擁有房子，還是在於住在裡面的人？
yǔ qí bǎ mǎi bù qǐ fáng shì wéi shī bài bù rú chóng xīn sī kǎo yí gè jiā de jià zhí jiù jìng zài yú yōng yǒu fáng zi hái shì zài yú zhù zài lǐ miàn de rén
Rather than seeing not being able to afford a home as failure, it's better to reconsider: does the value of a home lie in owning a house, or in the people who live in it?
生詞
動輒 dòngzhé easily, at every turn
上班族 shàngbānzú office workers
遙不可及 yáobùkějí out of reach
通勤 tōngqín to commute
乾脆 gāncuì simply, just
進修 jìnxiū further study
當下 dāngxià the present moment
視為 shìwéi to regard as