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常速英语:New Yorkers Who Relocated for Pandemic Ponder a Return
日期:2021-05-11

Ancram, New York is a small farming town of about fifteen hundred People, two hours north of New York city.
纽约安克拉姆是一个农业小镇,有1500万人口,位于纽约以北,开车两小时可到达。
It may not be the first place one would expect to find international supermodel.
人们不期望在这里能看到国际超模。
Sasia Debrau, dutch photographer and filmmaker Vincent van de Wijngaard and their four-year-old daughter Luna.
Vincent van de Wijngaard是荷兰摄影师和电影制作人,他和Sasia Debrau的女儿Luna 4岁了。
But life is pretty its pretty good here I mean theres space, you get great produce, so the quality of life is quite amazing.
在这里生活很好,空间大,收成好,生活质量很好。
Its not where they expect it to be and its a stark contrast from their apartment in Brooklyn, New York.
他们并不期望住在这里,这里和在纽约布鲁克林的公寓区别也很大。
It was a great life. We had everything well organized. My daughter went to school not too far away.
曾经的生活很好。一切都安排得当,女儿的学校也不远。
and there were friends to see and just a lovely neighborhood.However the corona virus pandemic changed that.
有朋友,邻居友好,但是新冠疫情改变了这些。
We thought it would be or quickly a thing of the past you know, the pandemic, and it wasnt.
我们原以为疫情会结束得很快,但没有。
As the infection spread through New York and the family was confined to their apartment,
疫情蔓延到整个纽约,一家人也不再出门。
they looked beyond the city and bought this small home in this rural part of the state before they had even seen it in person.
他们放眼到城市外,买了乡村地区这间小房子。那时,他们都还没亲眼看到过这间房子。
We did notice a large body of New Yorkers take this opportunity to find solitude in another area
我们的确注意到有很多纽约人利用该机会到其它地方寻找独居的地方。
where they had space, where they werent on top of other people, so that they could at least protect themselves and their families.
那里有空间,不用住在其他人楼上,能保护自己和家人。
At the same time, home prices in New York city dropped by 15 to 20 percent because of the pandemic,
与此同时,因为疫情,纽约市内房价下降了15%-20%,
allowing people with lower income levels to move into some of the most affluent Manhattan neighborhoods.
所以即使是收入水平不高的人也能住进曼哈顿最富有的地方。
Rents have come down in a way that actually has eased some of the affordability crisis.
房租下降,减轻了人们付不起房价的情况。
The average salary in those high-end neighborhoods has dropped from 140,000 to 82,000 dollars a year
高档社区里,平均工资从每年14万美元降到了8.2万美元。
and economists say the income of the new arrivals is around 40 percent less than those who are leaving the city.
经济学家说,新入住的人收入只有离开的人的40%。
Yet Many expect residents will return to New York and other cities as the pandemic wanes, lowered by the lower prices.
但有很多人预期,疫情消退时,居民会回到纽约,价格会进一步降低。
While the balance has shifted somewhat, to describe it as an urban exodus is clearly an exaggeration.
虽然城乡平衡出现了变化,但形容人民大批离开城市还是太夸张了。
Real estate agents say the availability of covid vaccines is already having an impact on the housing market.
房地产代理人说能注射新冠疫苗影响房产市场。
Im noticing people are ready to come back to New York. They are seeing this as an opportunity.
我注意到人们已经准备好要回到纽约了。他们把这看做是一次机会。
Those that are in the position, in the buyers position to find and grab a really good deal right now.
那些想买房子的人能找到并抓住机会,买到便宜的房子。
While Vincent and Saskia are not ready to give up living in the country, they are also feeling the pull of Brooklyn.
Vincent和Saskia不打算离开乡下,他们感受到了布鲁克林的魅力。
We also feel like the city has something really special to offer and I think after six months being upstate we kind of started missing it.
我们感到了城市的特别之处,在北部住了6个月后,我们也有些怀念那些特别之处。