作為雅思考生，我們讀外刊要有一定的目的性，不僅，僅是為了擴(kuò)大我們的閱讀面，還要有意識地針對雅思考試，提高自己的水平。本文的話，我們做了一些注釋，主要幫助大家習(xí)得雅思口語，寫作的知識。

By the age of 30, well-educated Chinese men like Yuan Hongfan are expected to be married, with apartment and child.

中國社會對像袁宏帆這樣到了30歲，而且受過良好教育的男人的期望是，已經(jīng)成家，有房、有孩子。

【經(jīng)典句式】

by the age of到了……歲

well-educated受過良好教育的

apartment公寓

【犀利觀點(diǎn)】傳統(tǒng)vs.新興理念/生活方式：

By the age of 30, well-educated Chinese men are expected to be married, with apartment and child.

But the event planner and emcee is one of a growing number of Chinese urbanites in their 20s and 30s who are unable or unwilling to buy a place and increasingly happy to defy parental and societal pressure to settle down early.

但現(xiàn)在中國越來越多的二三十歲的城市居民無力或者不愿買房，也越來越樂意挑戰(zhàn)父母和社會要求他們早早安定下來的壓力。以活動策劃和主持為業(yè)的袁宏帆就是其中一個(gè)。

【經(jīng)典句式】

event planner活動策劃

emcee主持人

a growing number of越來越多的

urbanite城市居民

in one’s 20s and 30s

unwilling不愿意的

defy parental and societal pressure挑戰(zhàn)父母和社會的壓力

settle down安定下來

【犀利觀點(diǎn)】傳統(tǒng)vs.新興理念/生活方式：

A growing number of Chinese urbanites in their 20s and 30s are unable or unwilling to buy a place and increasingly happy to defy parental and societal pressure to settle down early.

After struggling to find a rental apartment in the booming mega city of Guangzhou where he lives, Mr Yuan recently moved into a new kind of accommodation designed to meet the needs of this new generation of young Chinese.Co-living spaces — which are like a luxury student hall of residence with rent and utilities rolled into a monthly fee — are springing up in China’s biggest cities, mirroring their initial success in Europe and the US.

袁宏帆居住在日益繁華的大都市廣州。在費(fèi)了不少勁也沒有租到合適的公寓之后，最近他搬進(jìn)了一個(gè)旨在滿足中國新一代年輕人需求的新型住處。如今在中國最大的一些城市里，共居住宅如雨后春筍般興起，就像它們最初在歐洲和美國取得的成功一樣。共居住宅就像豪華學(xué)生宿舍，水電費(fèi)計(jì)入每月租金。

【經(jīng)典句式】

struggle to do sth 掙扎著……

find a rental apartment租房

the booming mega city 日益繁華的大都市

accommodation住處

meet the needs of滿足需求

new generation of young Chinese 中國新一代年輕人

co-living space共居住宅

luxury奢侈品

student hall of residence學(xué)生宿舍

utilities水電費(fèi)

monthly fee月租金

spring up興起

mirror效仿

initial最初的

【犀利觀點(diǎn)】傳統(tǒng)vs.新興理念/生活方式;獨(dú)居vs.共居：

Co-living spaces — which are like a luxury student hall of residence with rent and utilities rolled into a monthly fee— are springing up in China’s biggest cities, mirroring their initial success in Europe and the US.

“It’s really good living here and I feel like I’ve gone back to university because it’s so easy to make friends here compared with where I used to stay,” Mr Yuan says in his 25 sq m room, which costs Rmb3,000 ($464) a month and features a wall-sized photo of himself at a party in his hip-hop get-up.

袁宏帆在他25平方米的房間里說道：“住在這里真的很不錯(cuò)，感覺就像回到了大學(xué)里，因?yàn)楹臀乙郧按^的地方相比，這里非常容易交朋友。”這個(gè)房間一個(gè)月租金3000元人民幣(合464美元)，房間里的一面墻上貼著一幅他在聚會上身著嘻哈風(fēng)格服飾的巨幅照片。

【經(jīng)典句式】

make friends交朋友

compared with跟……相比

used to以前

feature以……為特點(diǎn)

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