Thousands of people are continuing protests across Spain, after Congress rejected a series of measures aimed at tackling the country's housing crisis.♪

在国会拒绝了一系列旨在解决该国住房危机的措施后，西班牙各地数千人继续抗议。

Lawmakers voted on two decree-laws presented by government in response to nationwide protests that followed the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her home.♪

议员们对政府提出的两项法令进行了投票，以应对 87 岁的马里卡门·阿巴斯卡尔 (Maricarmen Abascal) 被驱逐出家后引发的全国范围内的抗议活动。

Abascal was evicted after she was unable to pay a rent increase by the company that owns her flat.♪ The case triggered a broader movement across the country demanding affordable rentals, which have soared in recent years.♪

阿巴斯卡因无法支付公寓所属公司增加的租金而被驱逐。 该案件在全国范围内引发了一场更广泛的运动，要求提供可负担的租金，近年来租金飙升。

The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe is at one of the protests in Madrid and looks at whether the government's defeat will lead to an early general election, which is not due until next summer.♪

BBC 的盖伊·赫奇科 (Guy Hedgecoe) 正在马德里参加一场抗议活动，他正在研究政府的失败是否会导致提前大选，大选要到明年夏天才能举行。