In 1988, we asked people in Los Angeles, are you worried that unless I buy now I won't be able to afford a house in the future?

如果在1988年问洛杉矶居民,你担不担心,如果现在不买房,以后恐怕会买不起

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Because I wasn't able to afford, like, to pay the full price of the Yale degree.

因为靠我自己的财力，我肯定支付不起耶鲁全额的费用。

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Then you really won't be able to afford to stay alive.

说不定你连活下去都很困难

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