We kind of meet together and we say, if anyone's cabin burns down we'll all come over and help.

我们会聚在一起商定，如果有人的房子烧毁了,我们都会来帮忙。

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I live in a house with two other girls that sits on one of the waterfalls here in town,

我和另外两个女孩住在一起，我们的房子就在镇上的一个瀑布旁边，

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It is true that we're seeing some people thrown out of their houses, in some cases, because of some rather questionable financial practices that got people into mortgages that they shouldn't have gotten into.

确实我们看到有些人,被赶出他们的房子，在有些案例中，确实是有些有问题的金融操纵,使人们背上,本不该背负的债务。

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so we still own this place in Seattle.

所以我们在西雅图还有房子。

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The idea was that a lot of people can't afford a house -let's all get together and pool our money -in a Building Society or Saving and Loan Association -and then we'll loan out to some of us to buy the house.

当初的想法是,很多人都买不起房子,那我们就把钱凑在一起,放到一个建房互助协会或储贷协会里,然后向我们中那些要买房的人发放贷款

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So we're losing money on owning it.

尽管我们有这么一套房子，却一直在赔钱。

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