The lack of housing is also a big issue,partly because of the years of conflict, which have not given us a clear idea of how many homes have actually been destroyed in Afghanistan or badly damaged.

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This behavior recently, I think, confirms that we are living in a very unusual time in the housing market and it's going to put a lot of stress on us.

我认为,这种表现验证了,我们正处于房地产市场的特殊时代,而且这将对我们产生很大压力

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And so, Columbia helps us pay our housing so, because it is very expensive to live up here.

而哥伦比亚大学帮助我们付了房租，因为在这儿住实在太贵了。

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