50.When a bubble is not a bubble

今天霞姐讲课所以就很开心，原来她只讲经济学人的文章。

必备

• property market['prɒpətɪ]房地产市场
• bubble['bʌb(ə)l]:A state of booming economic activity that often ends in a sudden collapse.[kə'læps][,iːkə'nɒmɪk]
• fuel [fjʊəl]燃料，常做v，~determination/economy - severe[sɪ'vɪə]严峻的
  A severe imbalance in land supply fuels China’s wild property market
• 说话注意点Cautious your choice of language!
• 我很担忧：I am concerned about you!
• stunning['stʌnɪŋ]绝色！You look ~in that dress!
• pick up girls in the subway泡妞

WORD

• smooth-talking[smuːð]光滑的，油嘴滑舌
• self-assured胸有成竹
• afflict [ə'flɪkt]折磨：be afflicted by doubts
• solid and steady
• manic wild
• capitulate[kə'pɪtjʊleɪt]认输
• cool变凉
• dot[dɒt]点、点缀：dotcom 互联网公司
  It has been much more difficult to make money in market since the dotcom bubble burst in 2000.
• scruffy ['skrʌfɪ]破败的：dirty、rustbelt
  with fields and scruffy wholesale food markets
• Mr Liu is in good company.并不是在好公司，而是-he is not along.如果是公司有需要 a
• nationwide全国范围的
• temper缓和、脾气
• Totting up合计
• ore矿石[ɔː]

phrase&sentence

• calm the market down使。。平静
• life is full of ups and down生活充满起起伏伏。
• be bound to必然
  we are bound to see some ~ along the road to recovery.经历、在。。路上
• let alone更不必说
• A is out of kilter with B与....格格不入['kɪltə]平衡
• 别想利用我！Don't take advantage of me!
• clamps[klæmps]夹子，夹紧：If you happy ,~ your hands
• The booming prices of the past year have kept him busy at work, but pushed his dream ever further into the distance.
• Some had hoped to wait for the market to cool, but capitulated and bought as prices climbed higher week after week.

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这篇文章讲的是中国的房地产，虽然中国房产现在并不是一个泡沫，但是也很严峻的形式。大城市政府只要卖出更多地就可以解决房价问题，然而他们并不能因为要利用房地产商的高价来收入。