Manchesterand Salford have been at the heart of this transformation with blocks of luxury student apartments being thrown up across both cities.
曼徹斯特和索爾福德是學生宿舍向豪華宿舍轉變的中心地，兩市都有大量的豪華學生宿舍區興起。

SalfordUniversitywill next week be welcoming their first tenants to the brand new Peel Park Quarter in their student village.
索爾福德大學的學生村中的皮爾公園宿舍區（Peel Park Quarter）將于下周迎來首批入住的學生。

According to developers, students don't want to be confined to the traditional areas like Rusholme and Fallowfield.
開發商稱，學生們不想被局限在傳統的地區：比如魯什爾姆（Rusholme）和法洛菲爾（Fallowfield）。

They want everything on their doorstep in the heart of the city.
他們想要住在市中心，在家門口就能享受所需的一切服務。

Trevor Moore, chief executive of Vita Student, said there was a huge demand for high-quality student accommodation.
Vita Student宿舍的首席執行官特雷弗?摩爾（Trevor Moore）稱，優質的學生宿舍需求量很大。

He said: "Today's modern-day student expects more than a single bed and shared bathroom in digs that are miles away from the university campus.
他說：“那種離校區老遠、還只有單人床和公共浴室的宿舍已經滿足不了如今的學生了。”

"They want luxury, state-of the art facilities in the heart of their chosen city.
“他們想要的是位于自己選擇就讀的城市市中心、擁有豪華、先進設施的宿舍。”

"Our residence not only delivers on this but is equally committed to providing a level of customer service that is previously unheard of in the student accommodation sector.
“我們的宿舍不僅能達到這個要求，還能給住戶提供學生宿舍市場中前所未有的客戶服務。”

"The fact that we achieved 100pc occupancy last year and are fully booked for this academic year with a waiting list of students wanting to live with us shows that our proposition is perfectly aligned with what modern students want from their university accommodation."
“去年我們實現了百分百的入住率，本學年也已預訂滿了，還有一長串的學生排隊等待入住，這證明了我們的主張完全契合當代學生對大學宿舍的期望。”

Vocabulary

concierge：守門人

digs：寓所

proposition：主張

英文來源：鏡報

譯者：陳爽

審校&編輯：劉明