對于那些留在城市中人們來說，房租上漲只會徒增壓力。

　　For those who stay in the city, rising rent only adds pressure.

　　據北京大型房屋中介“鏈家地產”表示，一套公寓的平均租金為3000元/月。

　　According to Lianjia, a major local estate agency, currently the average rent for an apartment is 3,000 yuan per month.

　　22歲的王磊（音譯）畢業于北京中醫藥大學，他現在是一名藥品銷售人員。他在崇文區租了一個10平米的公寓單間，租金是1300元/月。

　　Wang Lei, 22, a graduate from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, is now a medical salesman. He rents a 10-sq-m room in an apartment for 1,300 yuan a month in Chongwen district.

　　他說：“這離我單位很近，我步行就可以去上班。但這房租對我來說太貴了。”

　　"It is near where I work and I can walk there on foot," he said. "But the rent is too expensive for me."

　　王磊是幸運的，因為他還可以住在這個城市的公寓里。很多畢業生僅能以400元/月的價格，租到北京一些“城中村”的床位。

　　Wang is fortunate that he can live in an apartment in the city. There are many graduates who can only afford a bunk on the rural fringes of Beijing for 400 yuan a month.