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Passage Three
段落三
Despite unemployment and the lost of her home, Andrea Clark considers herself a blessed and happy woman. Why the cheerful attitude? Her troubles have brought her closer to her family.
盡管失去了工作和住房，安德烈亞·克拉克一直認為自己是一個被神眷顧的幸福女人。為什么會有這樣開朗的心態呢？她所遇到的困難使她與家人走得更近了。
Last year, Andrea's husband, Rick, a miner in Nevada was laid off. Though Andrea kept her job as a school bus driver, she knew that they couldn't pay their bill and support their youngest of five children, Zack, age nine, on one income.
去年，安德烈亞的丈夫里克失去了內華達州的礦工工作。盡管安德烈亞還沒有丟掉校車司機的工作，但她明白單憑她一人的收入是無法承擔家庭開支和撫養5個孩子中最小的僅有9歲的扎克的。
“At first their church helped out, but you can't keep that up forever”, Andrea says. Then Michal, their eldest of her four adult children suggested they move in with his family.
安德烈亞說：“最初教堂給予我們幫助，但畢竟不是長久之計?！敝笏殉赡甑拇髢鹤舆~克建議他們搬回去和他的家庭一起住。
For almost three months, seven Clarks lived under one roof. Andrea, Rick and Zack stayed in the basement department, sharing laundry and single bathroom with Michal, his wife and their two children.
就這樣克拉克一家7口在同一屋檐下住了將近3個月。安德烈亞、里克和扎克與邁克和他的妻子及兩個孩子共同住在地下室里，并共用一個洗衣房和衛生間。
The change cut their expenditures in half, but the new living arrangement proved too challenging.
他們的花銷因彼此分擔而減半了，然而，這種轉變也給他們帶來了很大的挑戰。
When Andrea found a job with a school district closer to her mother's home in west Jorden, Utah, the family decided to move on.
當安德烈亞找到一份在猶他州離她母親家不遠的學區工作時，他們決定離開了。
Packing up again with no picnic, Zack had to switch schools for the second time and space is even tighter. Andrea says that the moves themselves are exhausting and Rick is still looking for a job.
再一次打包收拾行裝，扎克不得不第二次轉學，居住的空間也變得更小了。安德烈亞表示搬家本身就是很累人的，而且她的丈夫里克仍在找工作。
The recession has certainly come with more problems than Andrea anticipated, but she remains unfailingly optimistic. She is excited to spend more time with her mother.
經濟大蕭條帶來的問題遠比安德烈亞想象的多，但她卻一如既往的樂觀。她對能有時間和母親在一起而興奮。
Another plus, rents are lower in Utah than in Nevada. So Andrea thinks they'll be able to save up and move out in less than 6 months.
并且猶他州的房租要比內華達州便宜，安德烈亞認為要不了6個月他們就能攢夠錢搬出去住了。
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
基于你聽到的回答問題33至35。
Question 33. What do we learn about Andrea's husband?
問題33. 關于安德烈亞的丈夫，我們知道什么？
Question 34. Why did Andrea move to live in her eldest son's home?
問題34. 為什么安德烈亞搬去大兒子的家住。
Question 35. What is Andrea's attitude toward the hardships brought by the economic recession?
問題35. 在經濟蕭條的困難時期，安德烈亞持怎樣的態度？
