房價上漲68％
Kami and Ben are chatting about the problems between locals and tourists in Barcelona.
卡咪和班在聊巴塞隆納當地人和遊客之間的問題。
local(n.)當地人local(adj.)當地的
Kami: Can you believe that thousands of protesters in Barcelona shot tourists with water guns and told them to “go home”?
卡咪：你能相信在巴塞隆納有上千名的抗議者用水槍噴遊客，並要他們「滾回家」嗎？
tell sb. to VR告訴某人去做～tell sb. sth.告訴某人某事tell a story講故事tell a joke說笑話tell + the difference between A and B辨別A 與 B
Ben: Yeah, I can. They did those things because they say that it’s really hard to afford living there now. Locals believe that it’s because there are way too many tourists.
班：是的，我相信。他們這樣做是因為他們說現在很難負擔得起在當地生活。當地人認為這是因為遊客太多了。
afford(v.)負擔得起affordable(adj.)物美價廉的、負擔得起的way too過於、非常
Kami: Really? I only saw what the protesters did and said.
卡咪：真的嗎？我只看到抗議者做了什麼，說了什麼。
Ben: Well, they have good reasons. For instance, the cost of houses in the city went up 68% over the last 10 years. And rent prices in June were 18% higher than last year.
班：嗯，他們有充分的理由。例如，過去10年裡，巴塞隆納的房價上漲了68％。而今年6月的租金比去年增加了18％。
reason(n.)理由、原因go up上升、增加rent(n.)租金For rent出租
Kami: That’s crazy! I never thought about tourists causing these kinds of problems. Isn’t the money from tourists good for the city though?
卡咪：太瘋狂了！我從來沒想過遊客會造成這種問題。不過，遊客帶來的收入對城市來說不是好事嗎？
cause(v.)造成
Ben: Yes, it is. The protestors don’t want there to be no tourists, they just want fewer tourists.
班：是的，確實如此。抗議者並不希望完全沒有遊客，他們只是希望遊客少一點。
Kami: Ah, ok. Thanks for explaining this, Ben. I understand the protestors better now, and I think I even agree with them.
卡咪：啊，好吧。謝謝你的解釋，班。我現在更理解那些抗議者了，我甚至同意他們的觀點。
explain(v.)解釋agree with~認同～