2014年text4 第二段，第三段：

①Why is that? ②To some extent the housing sector must shoulder the blame. ③We have not been good at communicating the real value that housing can contribute to economic growth. ④Then there is the scale of the typical housing project.⑤ It is hard to shove for attention among multibillion-pound infrastructure project, so it is inevitable that the attention is focused elsewhere. ⑥But perhaps the most significant reason is that the issue has always been so politically charged.

⑦Nevertheless, the affordable housing situation is desperate. ⑧Waiting lists increase all the time and we are simply not building enough new homes.

 

句子切分：

第一句，第二句：

1. Why is that?

2. To some extent the housing sector must shoulder the blame.

翻译解析：为什么是这样?从某种程度上来说，房产行业难辞其咎。

 

第三句：

1. We have not been good at communicating the real value

2. that housing can contribute to economic growth.

翻译解析：我们并不擅长房地产行业对经济做出贡献的（定语从句前置）真正价值。

 

第四句：

Then there is the scale of the typical housing project.

翻译解析：还有就是其特有的建筑规模。

 

第五句：

1. It is hard to shove for attention among multibillion-pound infrastructure project,

2. so it is inevitable

3.  that the attention is focused elsewhere.

翻译解析：这种项目很难在数十亿英镑的基础设施工程中（地点状前置）引起注意，因此不可避免的是注意力会在其他项目上。

 

第六句：

1. But perhaps the most significant reason is

2. that the issue has always been so politically charged.

翻译解析：但是，最重要的原因还是房地产问题政治色彩太浓。（表语从句顺序翻）

 

第七句：

Nevertheless, the affordable housing situation is desperate.

翻译解析：但是经济住房形势并不乐观。

 

第八句：

1. Waiting lists increase all the time

2. and we are simply not building enough new homes.

翻译解析：排队等房的名单还在增加，我们盖的新房却远远不够。

 

动词及短语（重点）：

shoulder the blame：承担责任，过失；

shove for attention：争取获得关注；shove推，挤；

charge：本文用于指控的义项；受到政治上的指控；

afford（动词，买得起，负担得起；也考察过表示提供的义项）-affordable（形容词，负担得起的）

 

其他相关词汇：

to some extent：在某种程度上；

scale:attractiveness scale吸引力量表/the scale of housing project（房地产项目的规模）/large-scale public grants（大规模公共拨款）

multibillion:数十亿（美）；数万亿（英）

issue：作为事件和问题的义项在真题中多次使用；

nevertheless/however/but：三个词都可以表示转折，翻译成然而，但是；

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