Sara Folger lives in a trailertrailer/ˈtreɪlər/L1一种可以移动的房子,通常有轮子a house on wheels that can be moved to different places park in Bozeman, Montana. She is 73 years old, loves the mountainsmountainsL1山脉mountains, but now she is very worriedworried/ˈwɜːrid/L1感到担心或害怕,因为觉得可能有不好的事情发生feeling afraid or unhappy because you think something bad might happen. Many rich people move to Bozeman from other statesstatesL1国家states and buy houses, so the rent goes up very fast. Sara and her neighbors cannot pay the high rent, so they went on a rent strikestrike/straɪk/L1一群人停止工作或付钱,以抗议某事a time when people stop working or paying to show they are angry about something to stay in their homes. They want cheap rent, so this is a big fight for their homes.
The young mayormayor/ˈmeɪər/L1一个城市或镇的领导人the leader of a city or town, Joey Morrison, wants to help them find cheap homes. He was electedelectedL1需通过普选产生subject to popular election because people are worriedworried/ˈwɜːrid/L1感到担心或害怕,因为觉得可能有不好的事情发生feeling afraid or unhappy because you think something bad might happen about the high rent. Sara feels sad and scaredscaredL1感到害怕made afraid because there is no place to go. She asks, 'Where are we going to go?' This is a big problemproblem/ˈprɑːbləm/L1问题;难题something that is difficult to deal with for many people in Bozeman, but the mayor can help them.



