付不起房租怎么办？英国大学生改住游艇
<p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="couldn">couldn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="afford">afford</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="rent">rent</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="boat">boat</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="studying">studying</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="university">university</span> - <span word="and">and</span> <span word="saved">saved</span> <span word="himself">himself</span> £5,600.</p><p>一个学生读大学期间付不起房租，他就买了一艘船住在上面——这为节约了5600英镑。</p><p><span word="Physical">Physical</span> <span word="geography">geography</span> <span word="student">student</span>, <span word="Joe">Joe</span> <span word="Pearce">Pearce</span>, 23, <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="the">the</span> 42-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="yacht">yacht</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="for">for</span> £800, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="equivalent">equivalent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="months">months</span>' <span word="rent">rent</span>.</p><p>23岁的自然地理学专业的学生乔-皮克斯在网上以800英镑买下了这首有42年历史的游艇，这相当于他两个月的月租。</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="aboard">aboard</span> <span word="the">the</span> 23-<span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="Falmouth">Falmouth</span> <span word="Gypsy">Gypsy</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="boat">boat</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="boatyard">boatyard</span> <span word="for">for</span> 14 <span word="months">months</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="studying">studying</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="masters">masters</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Aberystwyth">Aberystwyth</span> <span word="University">University</span>.</p><p>这只法尔茅斯吉普赛风格的游艇长23尺，他在船里住了14个月，期间他在阿伯里斯特威斯大学进修硕士学位。</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Penryn">Penryn</span>, <span word="Cornwall">Cornwall</span>, 32 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="glass">glass</span> <span word="fibre">fibre</span> <span word="hull">hull</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="plywood">plywood</span> <span word="coach">coach</span> <span word="roof">roof</span>.</p><p>这艘船是32年前在北威尔士的康沃尔建成，配有玻璃光纤船体和胶合板船顶。</p><p><span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Pearce">Pearce</span> <span word="said">said</span>: '<span word="When">When</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="studying">studying</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="masters">masters</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="realised">realised</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="couldn">couldn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="afford">afford</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="flat">flat</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="sharing">sharing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="flat">flat</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="girlfriend">girlfriend</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="split">split</span> <span word="the">the</span> £100-<span word="a">a</span>-<span word="week">week</span> <span word="rent">rent</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="us">us</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="around">around</span> 400 <span word="pounds">pounds</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="myself">myself</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="crazy">crazy</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="boat">boat</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="on">on</span>.'</p><p>皮尔斯先生说：“在我进修硕士学位时，我发现我无法支付公寓费用，我和我的女朋友合租公寓，我们每月平分那100英镑的租金。但当我们分手了，我每月必须支付约400英镑的房租。所以我想到了买条船住在上面的疯狂想法。”</p>
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