10.18 何凯文每日一句！

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跟着何凯文每日一句 

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今天的句子：

Younger house buyers are just as keen on building a new life in the country as they are to move to the bright lights of a big city as they react to the post-pandemic changes in working patterns and rapidly rising property prices. While a quarter of 18- to 24-year-olds still wanted homes in larger cities and towns, the Nationwide survey showed an equal number were heading to villages to make their homes in more coutryside settings. “One of the first questions we get is whether there is decent internet speed,” said David James, a partner at James Dean estate agents in Brecon, Wales. 

思考题：

🙇According to the text, younger people___.

A.were the major house buyers

B.preferred the bright urban lights

C.liked cities as much as villages

D.failed to influence property prices

句子解析：

第一句：

Younger house buyers are just as keen on building a new life in the country as they are to move to the bright lights of a big city as they react to the post-pandemic changes in working patterns and rapidly rising property prices.

参考译文：年轻的购房者热衷于大城市的明亮灯光，也同样向往在乡村建立新生活，因为他们正在适应后疫情时代工作模式的变化和房地产价格的迅速上涨。 

第二句：

While a quarter of 18- to 24-year-olds still wanted homes in larger cities and towns, the Nationwide survey showed an equal number were heading to villages to make their homes in more bucolic settings.

参考译文：虽然18至24岁的人群中四分之一仍希望在大城市和城镇拥有房产，但全英范围内的调查显示，同样数量的人也正在前往村庄，要在更田园的环境中安家。

第三句：

“One of the first questions we get is whether there is decent internet speed,” said David James, a partner at James Dean estate agents in Brecon, Wales.

参考译文：“我们得到的第一个问题就是，网速是不是够快，”威尔士布雷肯的詹姆斯·迪恩房产经纪公司的合伙人大卫·詹姆斯说。

思考题解析：

A. were the major house buyers

（是主要的购房者）

A选项错误。

没有提及！

B. preferred the bright urban lights

（更喜欢明亮的城市灯光）

其实是都喜欢

B选项错误。

C. liked cities as much as villages

（喜欢城市和村庄一样多）

C选项正确。

虽然18至24岁的人群中四分之一仍希望在大城市和城镇拥有房产，但全英范围内的调查显示，同样数量的人也正在前往村庄，要在更田园的环境中安家。

D. failed to influence property prices

（未能影响房地产价格）

没提到有没有影响

D选项错误。

思考题解析：

Younger buyers join ‘race for space’, fuelling 10.9% rise in house prices

年轻买家加入“空间争夺”，推动房价上涨10.9%

Source: 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/jun/01/race-for-space-fuels-surge-in-uk-property-prices 

背景：数据显示，英国房价在过去一年内平均上涨10.9%，达到近7年来最高水平。房地产市场的火爆由买家们“争夺空间”的需求支撑。随着疫情以来工作和生活方式的改变，人们开始不再执迷于城市中心的房产，而是转向城郊和乡村带花园的大房子。购房者中近30%的人表示，自己计划搬家的原因是想更容易接触到花园和户外空间，而另外30%的人说，自己买房的原因只是想要更大的房子。虽然这波乡村购房潮的中坚仍是中年人，但不少年轻的购买者也开始倾向于逃离大都市；数据显示，新购房的18岁到24岁人群中有一半选择城市，而同等数量的人选择了乡村。