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Housing Supply and Demand

Housing Supply and Demand
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ID: 2228 Upper Intermediate
Housing prices in China continue to spiral higher and higher. Is there an end in sight or will more and more Chinese people be shut out of buying a home? In this lesson, ChinesePod gets in on the debate .
John,Dilu
Housing Supply and Demand
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
供不应求 gōngbùyìngqiú supply isn't enough to meet demand
上涨 shàngzhǎng to increase
合理 hélǐ reasonable
遵循 zūnxún to abide by
鹏飞房价又要涨了
Péngfēi 鹏飞fángjià 房价yòu 又yào 要zhǎng 涨le 了
Peng Fei, housing prices have risen again!
你怎么知道
nǐ 你zěnme 怎么zhīdào 知道
How do you know?
新闻都说了成交量大大增加供求关系也改变了现在又是供不应求了供不应求了嘛价格肯定要上涨了
xīnwén 新闻dōu 都shuō 说le 了chéngjiāoliàng 成交量dàdà 大大zēngjiā 增加gōngqiúguānxì 供求关系yě 也gǎibiàn 改变le 了xiànzài 现在yòu 又shì 是gōngbùyìngqiú 供不应求le 了gōngbùyìngqiú 供不应求le 了ma 嘛jiàgé 价格kěndìng 肯定yào 要shàngzhǎng 上涨le 了
All the news reports said so. The volume has increased greatly and the relationship between supply and demand has changed. Now there simply isn't enough supply to meet demand. If the supply doesn't meet demand, then prices are bound to increase.
不会吧怎么调控了半天不见跌只见涨啊
bùhuì 不会ba 吧zěnme 怎么tiáokòng 调控le 了bàntiān 半天bùjiàn 不见diē 跌zhǐ 只jiàn 见zhǎng 涨a 啊
No way. How can they have been controlling the market for so long and we still don't see a fall in prices, only more increases!
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