托福117、雅思8.5帶你精聽美國金融新聞 3

- The record-low supply of homes for sale right now has buyers outbidding each other.
- recor high/low: 記錄新高/新低,The bitcoin hit a record high/low
- for sale: 待出售的(通常由物主或代理人經(jīng)手);She has put her house up for sale.
- on sale (尤指商店等的貨物)出售、上市:on sale at your local post office
- outbidding:bid (a price) for sth. 競價
- outbid sb 擊打某任
- have sb doing sth = cause sb. to do 導致某人做某事
- have sb do = arrange for sb to do 讓某人做某事
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 某個東西的旺季
- housing n.住房市場
- upend vt. 顛倒
- seasonality n. 季節(jié)性
4. This house, which was beautifully staged, sold in a matter of days
- stage vt. 裝修
- in a matter of 至多,還不到
5. And another one, also well-staged, down the block, wnet on the market last weekend and by Tuesday had eight offers.
- block n. 街區(qū),接口
- down the block 沿著街區(qū)往下走
- offer n. 出價,叫價
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