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Houses are So Expensive!

Houses are So Expensive!
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ID: 2960 Upper Intermediate
Houses are getting more and more expensive, and for first-time buyers, it can seem like an impossible task to get on the housing ladder. Listen as a friend complains about how hard it is, and how she feels like a "snail without a shell." Photo by elisfanclub
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
Houses are So Expensive!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
蜗居 wōjū humble abode
别提了 bié tí le not to mention
兴叹 xīngtàn to sigh emotively
兴起...念头 xīngqǐ…niàntou for the notion of... to arise
唉想要个蜗居就这么难吗
ài 唉xiǎngyào 想要gè 个wōjū 蜗居jiù 就zhème 这么nán 难ma 吗
Ah! Is getting a modest home of my own really this difficult?
怎么了叹这么大一口气
zěnmele 怎么了tàn 叹zhème 这么dà 大yīkǒuqì 一口气
What's wrong, why the long sigh?
别提了我早上才去看了两间房房价贵到我只能望楼兴叹
bié tí 别提le 了wǒ 我zǎoshang 早上cái 才qù 去kàn 看le 了liǎng 两jiān 间fáng 房fángjià 房价guì 贵dào 到wǒ 我zhǐnéng 只能wànglóuxìngtàn 望楼兴叹
I don't want to talk about it, I went to see two places just this morning, but the prices were so expensive I could only look on from the sidelines.
房价贵又不是一天两天的事了倒是你怎么突然兴起买房的念头
fángjià 房价guì 贵yòu 又bù 不shì 是yītiān 一天liǎngtiān 两天de 的shì 事le 了dàoshì 倒是nǐ 你zěnme 怎么tūrán 突然xīngqǐ 兴起mǎifáng 买房de 的niàntou 念头
It's not like house prices haven't been like this for a while. You on the other hand... Why has it suddenly occurred to you to buy a house now?
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