全美最贵豪宅在洛杉矶2亿5000万美元

 

America’s most expensive home is for sale in Los Angeles, California for $250 million.

The new 12,000-square-meter home has 12 bedrooms and 21 bathrooms. The home also has three kitchens, a 25-meter swimming pool, a 40-seat movie theater, spa and bowling¹ alley². It has an elevator to take people up and down four floors.

The home sits on a hill in the Bel Air neighborhood, a favorite living area for movie stars and other famous people. It has great views of the city, mountains and ocean.

American developer Bruce Makowsky built the house. He said only about 3,000 people in the world have enough money to buy it.

But what makes this home different from the many other expensive ones in Los Angeles? It also comes furnished with many built-in luxuries⁴.

The buyer gets $30 million worth of expensive cars and motorcycles, including a Rolls-Royce, a Ferrari and a Bugatti.

The home also includes many furnishings and art pieces created by well-known designers and artists.

Included in the price are seven full-time⁵ workers who live in a separate part of the home.

Makowsky says people who visit the home quickly run out of words to describe it. “Every single thing in this house makes you feel like you’re in heaven,” he told the Associated Press.

He does not think the $250-million price is too high. He said the right person will be willing to pay for the luxury⁶ it provides, rather than just watching their billions of dollars sit in the bank.

“It’s the kind of thing where I can’t sell it," he said. "Somebody has to fall in love with it, and die over it.”

One of the most unusual parts of the home is a helicopter sitting on the roof. But the helicopter – an old model used on an American television show in the 1980s – is just for show. Even for $250 million, you cannot buy takeoff and landing⁷ rights.

Words in This Story

kitchen – n. room in a house where food is prepared

spa – n. a place where people go to improve their health and appearance by relaxing, getting massage⁸, etc.

bowling alley – n. place where the sport of bowling takes place

elevator – n. machine that carries people up and down in buildings

furnish³ – v. to supply things needed for a space

luxury – n. something expensive that is not necessary

heaven – n. according to some religions, a place where God lives and where good people go after they die

1 bowling   

n.保龄球运动

参考例句：

• Bowling is a popular sport with young and old.保龄球是老少都爱的运动。
• Which sport do you 1ike most,golf or bowling?你最喜欢什么运动，高尔夫还是保龄球？

2 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

3 furnish   

v.供应，提供，装备；布置，为...配备家具

参考例句：

• I will furnish all you need.我愿供给你所需要的一切。
• No one in the class could furnish the right answer to the question.班上没有一个人能给出问题的正确答案。

4 luxuries   

n.奢侈( luxury的名词复数 )；豪华；奢侈品；不常有的乐趣（或享受、优势）

参考例句：

• Such luxuries are unavailable to ordinary people. 此等奢侈品普通百姓是难以获得的。
• His salary is low and he gets few luxuries. 他薪水微薄，很少买奢侈品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

6 luxury   

n.难得享受到的愉悦；奢侈，奢华的生活

参考例句：

• He invited me to his suite. The luxury takes your breath away.他请我到他的套房里去，那豪华的气派真会令你吃惊。
• The government has imposed strict reins on the import of luxury goods.政府对奢侈品的进口有严格的控制手段。

7 landing   

n.登陆；着陆；楼梯平台

参考例句：

• Owing to engine trouble,the plane had to make a forced landing.由于发动机出了毛病，飞机不得不进行迫降。
• When are we landing?我们什么时候着陆？

8 massage   

n.按摩，揉；vt.按摩，揉，美化，奉承，篡改数据

参考例句：

• He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
• Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。