2017国际房价负担能力调查报告发布 香港仍高居第一

 　　They may be in opposite corners of the globe, but Hong Kong, Sydney and Vancouver have one thing in common.

　　虽然香港、悉尼和温哥华地处全球的不同角落，但是它们有着同一个特征。

　　They're the top three most unaffordable housing markets in the world, according to the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability¹ Survey: 2017, published recently.

　　根据近日发布的《第13次国际年度住房负担能力调查：2017》显示，这三座城市高居世界最不可购性房屋市场的前三甲。

　　Hong Kong has topped the list for the past seven years -- since its first appearance in the survey.

　　自从该调查首次面世以来，香港已经连续第七年高居榜首了。

　　Subdivided² flats smaller than 100 square feet (9 square meters) can rent for $385 in the Asian city.

　　在这座亚洲城市，低于100平方英尺（9平方米）的隔断公寓的租金达到了385美元。

　　2017国际房价负担能力调查报告发布 香港仍高居第一

　　"Hong Kong is a small island with 7 million people ... and you have 1.5 billion across the border (in mainland China) who would like to invest," Mark Elliott, associate director of International Residential³ Property Services at Jones Lang LaSalle, tells CNN. "The government is releasing more and more land, but it doesn't work."

　　仲量联行国际住宅物业服务公司副董事马克·艾略特在接受CNN采访时表示：“香港是一个有着700万人口的小岛。边界那边（中国大陆）有15亿人口想要在此投资。虽然政府正在腾出越来越多的土地，但是这并不管用。”

　　"Sydney's housing prices shot up because foreign investors⁴ are buying trophy⁵ assets, in places like Bondi," says Elliot.

　　艾略特说道：“悉尼房价疯涨是因为国外投资者们正在如邦迪海滩这些地方购买炫耀性资产。”

　　"It's not sustainable growth because they're not being rented out and they're pricing people in the local market out of buying."

　　“这不是可持续的增长，因为它们并未被租出去，当地市场的喊价者们并不会购买。”

1 affordability   

可购性

参考例句：

• Performance-Based Logistics Affordability: Can We Afford Categorical Conversion to Performance-Based Acquisition? 基于性能的后期的可承受性：能否担负得起向基于性能的采办的无条件的转变？
• There would be no crisis of affordability, as't for food or clothing. 就想食物与服装一样，因为供给没有危机。

2 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。

3 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

5 trophy   

n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品

参考例句：

• The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
• He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。