实用口语:看蜗居“蛋屋” 学英文表达

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　　请看《中国日报》的报道：
        　　He spent nearly two months building his "egg house" in his hometown, a
village in southeast Hunan that is around 1,700 kilometers from Beijing. It then
cost Dai more than 3,000 yuan to ship his home from his village to the courtyard
outside his company's office.
        　　他花了近两个月在自己的家乡——湖南省东南部的一个村庄建造了自己的“蛋屋”，那里距离北京约1700公里。然后他又花了3000多元钱把蛋屋从农村老家运到了公司楼下的大院。
        　　在上面的报道中，egg house(蛋屋)就是戴海飞建造的compact mobile
home(袖珍活动住房)。在遭遇自然灾害的地区，会给灾民运送prefabricated house(活动板房)，这种活动板房和makeshift
shelters(简易过渡房)一样都是属于temporary dwellings(过渡安置房)。而如今北漂青年也住起了mobile
house(活动住房)，是因为first-tier city(一线城市)的房价和房租实在太高。
        　　住房问题催生的新型房屋还有capsule department(胶囊公寓)，这种dwelling in a narrow
space(蜗居)现象和大城市里超高的housing vacancy rate(住房空置率)形成了鲜明对比。