夏说英语新闻晨读(MP3+文本) 第287期:荷兰房价高企
日期:2017-10-19 07:22

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本期内容:
Responses in Amsterdam, where property prices have been rocketing due to a crippling housing shortage, have ranged from astonished indignation to wry resignation. An estate agent has been caught offering for rent a 35 square meter apartment, boasting its own "private kitchen", for 1,100 euros a month. Just a couple of catches, however: cooking is strictly prohibited and no more than two people are allowed into the flat at any one time. Amsterdam has been undergoing a property price boom in recent years, bringing costs back almost to the levels before the 2008 financial crisis. Prices in the Dutch city have risen nearly 22%.

Rocket: 快速上涨
Crippling:造成严重后果的
Indignation:愤怒
Wry: 讽刺的
Resignation:听任处置
Boast:拥有
Catch:负面因素



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重点单词
  • kitchenn. 厨房,(全套)炊具,灶间
  • boomn. 繁荣,低沉声,帆杠,水栅 vi. 急速增长,发出低
  • resignationn. 辞职,辞呈,顺从
  • wryadj. 扭歪的,歪曲的,歪斜的,讽刺的 v. (使)扭
  • astonishedadj. 惊讶的 动词astonish的过去式和过去分词
  • strictlyadv. 严格地
  • propertyn. 财产,所有物,性质,地产,道具
  • indignationn. 愤怒,愤慨,义愤
  • boastv. 吹牛,自夸,说大话 n. 自吹自擂,自夸
  • estaten. 财产,房地产,状态,遗产