托福117、雅思8.5带你精听美国金融新闻 3
- The record-low supply of homes for sale right now has buyers outbidding each other.
- recor high/low: 记录新高/新低，The bitcoin hit a record high/low
- for sale: 待出售的（通常由物主或代理人经手）；She has put her house up for sale.
- on sale (尤指商店等的货物）出售、上市：on sale at your local post office
- outbidding：bid (a price) for sth. 竞价
- outbid sb 击打某任
- have sb doing sth = cause sb. to do 导致某人做某事
- have sb do = arrange for sb to do 让某人做某事
2. Some homes (are) going for far more than their listed, but only if they have what today's buyer wants.
3. January isn't usually a hot time for housing, but the pandemic has upended everything, even seasonality
- A hot time for sth 某个东西的旺季
- housing n.住房市场
- upend vt. 颠倒
- seasonality n. 季节性
4. This house, which was beautifully staged, sold in a matter of days
- stage vt. 装修
- in a matter of 至多，还不到
5. And another one, also well-staged, down the block, wnet on the market last weekend and by Tuesday had eight offers.
- block n. 街区，接口
- down the block 沿着街区往下走
- offer n. 出价，叫价
