- eleventh hour
- 土壇場、最後の機会*1
- hang on to
- しっかりつかまる、しがみつく
- last ditch
- 最後のとりで、土壇場
- on the brink
- 瀬戸際で、がけっぷちで
- foreclosure
- 差し押さえ
Homes on the brink.Thousands of people desperate to hang on to their houses line up at the eleventh hour. Will they get foreclosure help in time? David Wright is in LA, where people are hoping a last ditch offer is the lifeline they need.
"So you are a financial planner and you're here?"
"Yeah."
He bought at the top of the market and now owes 50% more than his home is worth. These homeowners work out what they can afford to pay with the help of non-profit advisers. Then they head across the room and meet directly with their bank.
"It's just as big as a year ago, maybe even bigger."
"I thought the recession was over."
"Only the people in Washington think that but we people on the ground, we know that the recession is still here, just as bad, in some ways getting worse."必死でマイホームを守りたい人々が何千人も土壇場で並んでいる
差し押さえを免れるのか皆が最後の交渉でマイホームをつなぎとめたいと願っている
―資産管理のプロがここに？
―ええ彼が抱える負債は今や家の資産価値の1.5倍だ
払える額を非営利団体のアドバイザーと相談しそのあと債権者の銀行と交渉する
―昨年以上の規模でしょう
―まだ不況だと？
―回復したと言うのは政治家だけです
―不況は続いていますしある意味悪化しています
適度な難易度でござんした。
