· affordability 类似的词可以用前缀/后缀来猜测具体词义

· index 指数；指标；（目录）索引

· with something + 形容词

Even suburbs once deemed cheap such as Lidcombe and Lakemba have been pushed into the unaffordable category by spiralling property prices, leaving renters with an unpleasant choice: live inpoverty close to the city or move further out and spend hours commuting.

· deem 认为

· spiral 螺旋式上升；加速上升

The index found the most affordable area in the greater Sydney region is BlackSprings, almost 200km from the central business district.

• central business district 中心商业区，其简写为CBD

The index, a joint project between housing advocate National Shelter, Community Sector Banking and SGS Economics & Planning, will be collated quarterly and used to lobby state and federal governments to address the critical shortage of social and affordable accommodation.

· advocate 这里作名词/ˈadvəkət/，倡导者（作动词时的读音/ˈadvəkeɪt/）

· collate 收集整理（信息）

· lobby 这里作动词，游说;作名词的含义是门厅，大厅，休息室。

· address 这里作动词，处理（注意查询作名词的含义和读音）

NSW households on average weekly earnings of $1474 have to spend 28 percent of their income to rent in Sydney, the report found. If they need to live close to the inner city, they have to put more than 60 per cent of their income towards rent, leaving them in severe housing stress which is defined as spending more than 30 per cent of total income on housing.

· household 家庭

· the inner city 内城（outer 外部的）

"Sydney is a basket case,"Shelter NSW executive officer Mary Perkins said. "The mostaffordable areas are not even within cooee of Sydney."

· basket case 没有希望的人或事

· within cooee of 澳洲俚语，表示呼声可及之处

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