世界各国房产的情况不一样，所以我们不能使用常识去判断选项。而且，不同年代的人们对房产的看法是不同的。往往符合常识的选项，一般不用去考虑。
【题目】The “the out-of-sync buying patterns” is characterized by ______
[A] rigidity.
[B]significance.
[C] regularity.
[D] succession.
【试题】
①First-time homebuyers — typically those in their 20s and 30s — are searching for houses. ②Baby boomers — typically those in their late 50s to early 70s — are staying put.③The boomers are a stick in the spokes* of the homeownership cycle, which counts on older people exiting to free up houses that can be resold to first-time buyers, keeping the market moving.④Experienced Chicago-area real estate agents say that the out-of-sync buying patterns of both first-time buyers and last-time sellers are complicating the typically tidy real estate circle of dominoes*. ⑤Both sides, they say, have to be more flexible than prior generations to get what they want.
【参考译文】
①First-time homebuyers — typically those in their 20s and 30s — are searching for houses. 首次购房者——通常是20多岁和30多岁的人——正在寻找房子。
②Baby boomers — typically those in their late 50s to early 70s — are staying put. 婴儿潮一代 —— 通常是那些50多岁到70多岁的人 —— 在原地不动。
③The boomers are a stick in the spokes of the homeownership cycle, which counts on older people exiting to free up houses that can be resold to first-time buyers, keeping the market moving. 婴儿潮一代是住房拥有周期轮辐的一根支柱，这一周期指望着年长者退出市场，把房子卖给首次购房者，维持市场的运转。
④Experienced Chicago-area real estate agents say that the out-of-sync buying patterns of both first-time buyers and last-time sellers are complicating the typically tidy real estate circle of dominoes. 经验丰富的芝加哥地区房地产经纪人说，首次购房者和最后卖家的购买模式都不同步，这使房地产的多米诺骨牌效应复杂化了。
⑤Both sides, they say, have to be more flexible than prior generations to get what they want.他们说，双方必须比前几代人更加灵活，才能得到他们想要的东西。
点击视频，老夏给你精讲答案！
【60】“房产价格走势？”
更多题目可以搜小程序“词邦”，或关注新浪微博：老夏考研。
网友评论