023　Buying a House　購買房產

Key Words　核心詞匯1

house-hunting　獵狩房子；做房產生意，買賣房子

double-room apartment　兩居室

payment[?peim?nt]n.付款，支付

mortgage[?m??gid?]n.抵押　v.抵押

to mortgage a house　按揭購房

relocate[?ri?l?u?keit]v.重新安置；遷移

a relocated unit or household　搬遷戶

demolition[?dem??li??n]n.拆除；破壞；毀壞

compensation for demolition　拆遷補償費

removal[ri?mu?v?l]n.移動；搬遷

expense[ik?spens]n.損失，代價；消費；開支

removal expense　拆遷費用

provident[?pr?vid?nt]adj.節儉的；有先見之明的；顧及未來的

low-cost housing　低價住房

second-hand house　二手房

estate[i?steit]n.房地產；財產

evaluator[i?v?ljueit?]n.評估員

property[?pr?p?ti]n.財產；所有權

certificate[s??tifikeit]n.證書；執照，文憑

property ownership

certificate　房產證

exchange[iks?t?eind?]n.交換；交流；交易所；

buy or exchange houses　房屋置換

speculator[?spekjuleit?]n.投機者

property right certificate　房權證

real estate market　房地產市場

vacancy[?veik?nsi]n.空缺；空位；空置

housing vacancy rate　房屋空置率

individual[?indi?vidju?l]adj.個人的

individual housing loan　個人購房貸款

residential[?rezi?den??l]adj.住宅的；與居住有關的

construction[k?n?str?k??n]n.建設；建筑物

residential construction　居民住房建設

per-capital housing　人均住房

complete[k?m?pli?t]adj.完整的；完全的；徹底的

delivery[di?liv?ri]n.交付

complete department（or fiat）現房

forward delivery housing　期房

commercial residential

building　商品房

policy-related house　政策性住房

allowance[??lau?ns]n.津貼，零用錢

rental allowance　住房補貼

2　Daily Dialogue　日常會話

Renting an Apartment or Buying a House

Bill:I'm looking for somewhere to move.

Ada:Oh yeah?You don't like living in your old house, huh?

Bill:That's right. It's stuffy in my room.

Ada:Well, I'll let you know if I find somewhere to rent.

Bill:Oh, I wish I could afford a house one day.I heard the price of the second-hand house has risen again.

Ada:Yeah, the real estate is always on the rise. I think you should buy a house.It's not good to be paying rent over years when you may as well be paying a mortgage.

Bill:Maybe you are right.