今日翻译： 现在中国许多人在买自己的房子，在过去的几年里，房地产的价格曾经一翻再翻，但人们仍是排队等候机会来买。

　　翻译要点：

　　（1）排队：美国人用in line，英国人用in queue

　　（2）一翻再翻：最生动和准确的译法应该是 has doubled and redoubled大家应该牢记！

　　Now，many Chinese people buy themselves‘ house ，In the past years， the price of real estates has doubled many times ；but people still line up to wait their chance to buy one ．

　　When children take up ways of making a living that differ greatly from their parents，differences in outlook can easily arise．This is what Alfred found．Brought up in the family of a building worker，education led him to develop different interests and ambitions from his father．Here he writes about how this affected their relationship．