英语PK台 第124期:你在投资什么?(2)

 Dialogue

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

（京晶和小高正在讨论当前的经济状况）

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

小高：京晶，你觉得我们现在是经济泡沫吗？

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

京晶：这得等等看，要到2015年才能确切知道经济到底是会繁荣还是衰退。

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

小高：衰退？北京？你疯了吗？我们只可能经济过热，肯定不会下降的。

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?

京晶：我不知道，现在还不能下定论，只有时间能告诉我们。话说你有一处房产对不对？

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

小高：是的，我们是在房价还能承担得起的时候买入的。但是如果我们今天要买，肯定就没戏了。

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.

京晶：我完全明白，我已经错失机会了，但是说实话，如果房地产不是建在一块大小合适的土地上的话我是不会买的。

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?

小高：以中国的现状来看，我们离这个理想还差得远呢。不过总会慢慢实现的。那金融市场呢，你投资吗？

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.

京晶：就凭我的工资？我没有多余的钱，就算我有，我也太过传统，不敢像那样赌博。

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

小高：其实现在的金融市场已经很规范了，并且吸引了很多投资者。

Jingjing: Still, it's too　high a risk for me, so as far as investments go, I'm kind of stuck in between　the lines.

京晶：但是对我来说还是太冒险了，一说到投资，我就只有远观的份儿了。

习语短语

1. bubble = 经济泡沫，指繁荣景象只是表面现象

2. boom or bust = 上升或下降，成功或失败

3. The botton will drop out. = 市场骤降。

4. The jury is out. = （法律中指陪审团成员还没有表决完回到法庭上）指还不能够下定论，结果还悬而未决。

5. to buy-in = 买入，投资金融市场

6. shut-out = 不能参与某事，做某事没有希望

7. to miss the boat = 失去机会

8. a ways off = 离某个目标还远着呢

9. disposable income = 多余的钱，指个人收入扣除生活必要花费以外的钱

10. in between the lines = （每行文字间的空白处）这里指处于不做为、不活动的状态

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