【翻译原文】

过去的七年，中国的房地产（real estate）业经历了前所未有的高速增长。对于那些月薪较低却渴望在大城市 拥有一套属于自己的体面、舒适的栖身之所的人来说，高昂的房价是他们无法承受的负担。鉴于这一状况，政府近来采取了一系列的措施来防止房价过快增长，包括提高利率及增加房产税等。目前，这些措施在部分城市已经取得了初步的成效。

【精彩译文】

In the past seven years，China's real estate industry has developed in a record high speed.For those who earn less but are eager to own a decent and comfortable place of their own in a big city，the high housing price is a heavy burden that they cannot afford.For this reason，the governmenthas taken a series ofmeasures to prevent the housing price from rising too fast，including raising interest rates and increasing taxes on real estate etc.Presently，thesemeasures have achieved initial effects in some cities.