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- US Home Sales Drop
- 美国房屋销售量下滑
- Home sales in the United States dropped between April and March, evidence that the housing market's problems are not over.
- 美国房屋销售量在叁、四月之间下降，由此证明房屋市场的问题并未结束。
- Today's (Friday's) report from a business group (The National Association of Realtors) says sales of previously-owned homes fell one percent in March.
- 今天(星期五)，一个商业组织(全国房地產商联合会)的报告说，叁月份旧房销售量下降了 1 %。
- That pushed the sales of homes down to an annual rate of just under four-point-nine million units. The same report says the median sales price for a home fell eight percent from the same period last year.
- 这促使房屋的年销售量略低於 490 万套；报告还说住房销售价格的中间值比去年同期下降了 8 %。
- Sales of previously-owned homes are the largest part of the housing market. Sales of newly-constructed homes will be reported next week.
- 旧房销售是房屋市场的主力；新建房屋的销售下周将有报告。
- Problems in the housing market are one key reason for the current economic slowdown in the United States.
- 房屋市场的问题是现在美国经济减缓的一个关键因素。
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- Swiss Climber Dies After Climbing Everest
- 瑞士一登山者在登上珠峰后死亡
- A Swiss climber has died from exhaustion after making it to the top of Mount Everest.
- 瑞士一位登山者在登上珠穆朗玛峰 (圣母峰) 顶之后因过度疲劳死亡。
- Fellow climbers say 44-year-old Gianni Goltz had scaled the nearly nine-thousand-meter-high mountain without the aid of bottled oxygen.
- 他的登山同伴说，44 岁的詹尼．戈尔茨在没有氧气瓶帮助的情况下攀登上近 9 千米的高峰。
- Climbing to the top of Mount Everest without additional oxygen is considered risky because of the very thin air, which makes it hard to breath.
- 由於空气稀薄，呼吸困难，不借助额外的氧气而攀登珠穆朗玛峰被认為是危险的。
- News of the death came shortly after officials announced that a veteran Sherpa guide climbed to the top of Mount Everest for a record 18th time Thursday.
- 在此之前不久，有关官员宣佈，一位资深的夏尔巴人嚮导星期四在创下 18 次登上珠峰峰顶的纪录后死亡。
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