2016考研英语精品阅读：房市该降温了.docVIP

2016考研英语精品阅读：房市该降温了 　　The housing market 　　房市 　　Cool it 　　该降温了 　　Property prices are rising swiftly. The Bank ofEngland may intervene 　　房价一路攀登，英格兰银行可能插手 　　BRITAINS housing market is like food in a microwave, says Spencer Dale, the chief economist atthe Bank of England. It can “turn from lukewarm to scalding hot in a matter of a few economicseconds”. Since the crisis the bank has gained new tools to control the markets temperature.Now that the heat is rising, it may soon start testing them out. 　　英格兰首席经济学家斯宾塞·戴尔说，英国房市就像微波炉里的食品,“从经济角度来看，几秒之内就能从温热到滚烫”。自欧债危机以来，银行已经学到了一种控制市场温度的新手段。然而现在随着市场升温，这些新手段或许也要开始接受全面考验。 　　Until last year house prices were rising predominantly in prosperous central London boroughs.That was largely because of an influx of cash-rich buyers, says Neal Hudson of Savills, anestate agency. People saw posh property in the capital as a shelter from economic turmoilabroad. Elsewhere in Britain, the housing market was torpid. Potential buyers struggled to findmortgages. Falling real wages, economic uncertainty and the memory of plummeting houseprices during the crisis curbed Britons obsession with property. 　　繁华的伦敦中心市镇去年房价还在显著上升。第一太平戴维斯房地产机构的尼尔·哈德逊称，这种现象主要是土豪扎堆造成的。人们把首都地区豪华时髦的地产看作躲避动荡的国外经济的避难所。在英国的其他地区，房市也很萎靡不振。潜在买家为了房屋贷款垂死挣扎。经济危机期间下降的实际工资、经济的不确定性以及直线下降的房价遏制了英国人对房产的痴迷。 　　That changed in 2013. Prices rose by 6.8% in the year to January, according to the Office forNational Statistics. They are still increasing fastest in London—up 13.2% compared with lastyear—but the inflation has spread to outer boroughs. In Brent, an unfashionable part ofnorth-west London, prices have risen 31% in a year, according to a report from Nationwide, abuilding society. It recorded chunky increases in every part of Britain. 　　2013年情况有所改变。根据国家统计局数据，直至今年一月，房价已上涨了6.8个百分点。伦敦房价还在以最快速度增长—与去年相比增长了13.2%—但是通货膨胀已经变得一发不可收拾，甚至影响到了伦敦以外的地方。据全英房屋抵押贷款协会报道显示，作为伦敦西北部不甚有名的博伦特，其房价一年内就已经上涨了31%。此外，英国各地房价都出现了前所未有的大幅提升。 　　These higher prices are a problem for first-time buyers, but they are not yet unsust