英语PK台 第123期:你在投资什么?

 Dialogue

(Jingjing and Xiao Gao share thoughts on today's economy)

Xiao Gao: What do you think, Jingjing, are we in a bubble?

Jingjing: We need to wait out the year, 2015 will tell us, it's going to be boom or bust¹, that's for sure.

Xiao Gao: Bust? In Beijing? You're crazy, we may be over-heated, but I don't think that the bottom will drop out.

Jingjing: I don't know, the jury is out on that one, only time will tell. What about you? You own an apartment, don't you?

Xiao Gao: Yea we bought-in when things were affordable², but if we were buying today, I'd be shut-out.

Jingjing: I know what you mean, I missed the boat, but to be honest, I could never buy property unless the house was a good size piece of land, that's what real estate means to me.

Xiao Gao: We're a ways off from that situation here in China, but it's coming slowly. How about the financial markets, are you a player?

Jingjing: Huh! On my salary? I've got no disposable income and even if I did, I think I'm too conservative to take that kind of gamble.

Xiao Gao: Public trading is pretty well-regulated these days and it's attracting a lot more investors³.

Jingjing: Still, it's too high a risk for me

1 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

2 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

3 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会