导读：房价刚松动，房租(apartment rent)却猛涨，急速攀高的房租可让不少大学毕业生和年轻白领们为之抓狂。本报记者特意采访了北京、广州、武汉三大主要城市的年轻人，看看房租上涨对他们的生活产生了哪些影响。

各市房租上涨 杭州房租同比增长12.7%

　　最近一段时间，中国各大城市的房租都在持续上涨，年轻人成了这一趋势的主要受害人群。
　　RENT is rising in cities across China, and young Chinese are feeling the brunt of this worrying trend.

　　据新华社报道，北京、广州、武汉等主要城市的房租平均增长了10％。其中，个别城区的房租上涨幅度达20％之多。

　　Apartment rent in major cities like Beijing, Guangzhou and Wuhan has increased by an average of 10 percent, according to Xinhua News Agency. Prices are up as much as 20 percent in some of these cities' districts.

　　对此，专家认为，导致房租上涨的原因很多，例如，不久前政府调控房价、应届毕业生和其他人群租赁需求的涌入等等。

　　Experts blame the rising costs of renting an apartment on a number of factors, such as recent government regulations on housing prices, and an influx of rental demand from new graduates and other groups.

　　“不久前，政府颁发的房地产行业政策导致房价有所松动，因此，部分房主开始选择出租房屋，”新闻评论员张鸿在央视《今日观察》栏目中说。

　　"The government's recent policy on real estate has cooled down the housing prices a bit, so more apartment owners are choosing to rent their apartments," said news pundit Zhang Hong on the CCTV program Observe Today.

　　然而，张鸿坚信这个问题只是暂时性的，因为政府定会采取措施，确保局面的可控性。“只要房价政策仍在贯彻，房租价格就一定会被遏制住。”

　　 Zhang insists, however, that the problem will be only temporary because the government will take measures to make sure the problem does not get out of hand. "As the policy on housing prices keeps working, the rent prices will be contained."

　　《21世纪英文报》采访了三大城市的年轻人，看看房租上涨对他们到底有什么影响。

　　21st Century talked to young people in three cities to find out what impact rising rent costs are having on them.

　　北京房租价格飞涨 Beijing prices go through the roof

　　北京链家地产近期公布的数据显示，2010年上半年全市套均租金为每月2792元（从一居室到三居室全部包含在内），同比上涨约18.5%。过去两个月的租金上涨幅度更大，5月份套均租赁价格为2885元/月，比去年同期上涨19.8%。

　　The average rent of a Beijing apartment (from one-bedroom to three-bedroom types all included) rose to 2,792 yuan in the first half of the year, a year-on-year jump of 18.5 percent, according to data from Beijing-based property agent Homelink Real Estate. The average rent has increased even further over the last two months, hitting 2,885 yuan in May and June-up 19.8 percent from the same period in 2009.

　　高松（音译），23岁，北京理工大学毕业生，在京郊通州区租了一个两居室。“以前每月房租1000元，”高松说，“但是，上个月续约时房东告诉我们房租上涨了。”

　　Gao Song, a 23-year-old graduate from Beijing Institute of Technology, lives in a two-bedroom apartment near Tongzhou, a suburban area. "It used to cost me 1,000 yuan a month," said Gao. "But last month when we renewed the contract, the landlord told us that the rent has increased."

　　现在，他不得不支付1200元的房租--几乎是他工资的一半。

　　Now he has to pay 1,200 yuan for rent-almost half of his salary.

　　据新华社报道，2009年，北京应届毕业生的月平均工资为2472元。这就意味着，目前的租金至少高出北京应届毕业生月平均收入的17％。

　　In 2009, the average monthly income for new graduates in Beijing was 2,472 yuan, according to Xinhua. This suggests that rental prices are at least 17 percent higher than the average monthly income of many new graduates in Beijing.

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