Regarding Arwa Mahdawi’s article (Airbnb feels like a soulless rip-off – and its hosts are revolting, 28 October), I’m really sick of(对…厌烦透顶) being scapegoated(被当替罪羊). I’m aware that Airbnb has negatively impacted some urban communities, but without the income from the two self-catering cottages on my family croft, I couldn’t afford to live in Wester Ross, raise my kids here, spend my money in the village stores and volunteer as a community councillor for the last 25 years.(我知道 Airbnb 对一些城市社区有负面影响，但如果没有我家小农场上两栋自助小屋的收入，我就无法住在韦斯特罗斯、在这里养孩子、在村里商店消费，也无法在过去 25 年志愿担任社区议员。)
关于 Arwa Mahdawi 的文章（《Airbnb 感觉像没灵魂的宰客——房东们正在造反》，10 月 28 日），我实在受够了当替罪羊。我知道 Airbnb 对一些城市社区造成了负面影响，但如果没有我家小农场上两栋自助式小屋的收入，我就无法住在韦斯特罗斯，无法在这里养育孩子，无法在村里的商店消费，也无法在过去 25 年里志愿担任社区议员。
There may be tyrannical(专横的，暴虐的) hosts with 90 pages of house rules, but the new guidelines are nonsensical(荒谬的，毫无道理的). If self-catering guests are now not expected to wash up, am I supposed to provide them with enough crockery and cutlery for each day of their stay?(如果现在不要求自助式房客洗碗，那我是不是得为他们住宿的每一天都备足餐具？) They’ll then have to live with a growing pile of dirty dishes.
也许有些房东很专制，列了 90 页房屋守则，但新指南毫无道理。如果现在不要求自助式房客洗碗，那我是不是得为他们住宿的每一天都备足餐具？那样他们就得忍受越堆越高的脏盘子。
And if I’m expected to wash their dishes after they leave, that is not “charg[ing] hotel-like fees without providing hotel-like services”.(而如果要求我在他们离开后洗碗，那这就不是“收取酒店式费用却不提供酒店式服务”。) On the contrary(恰恰相反), it’s expecting hotel-like service for a self-catering fee. I’ve just taken a booking(预订) from a group of five for next February – at that time of year, they’ll each be paying £25 per night.
而如果要求我在他们离开后洗碗，那这就不是“收取酒店式费用却不提供酒店式服务”。恰恰相反，这是想用自助式住宿的价格享受酒店式服务。我刚接了一个五人团明年二月的预订——每年那个时候，他们每人每晚只需付 25 英镑。