新房出现自15年以来最大跌幅（讲解版）|E1118

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▍原文

China's property slump has deepened official data showed, with new home prices seeing their biggest month-on-month decline since 2015.

New construction starts in January to October also fell 7.7%, compared to a year earlier. The country's property market has been shaken in recent months as real estate giant Evergrande struggles to keep up interest payments on its huge debts.

Sentiment in China's property market, which accounts for about a quarter of the country's economic activity by some measures, has been rocked as major property developers grapple with huge debts.

▍语言点 

1. slump /slʌmp/ n./v. 暴跌 

2. deepen /ˈdiːp(ə)n/ v. 加深 

3. month-on-month 环比(月和月之间对比)

· month-on-month increase 环比增长

4. shake /ʃeɪk/ v. 使震惊(shock)；摇晃

· The murder shook the whole town.

这件谋杀案震惊了全镇。

5. struggle to do sth. 努力或挣扎着做某事 

6. keep up sth. 继续做某事(continue)

· I couldn't keep up the diet longer than a month.

我的节食一个月后就继续不下去了。

7. sentiment /ˈsentəmənt/ n. 观点，情绪(an opinion or feeling you have about sth.)

8. account for 占……比例 

9. rock /rɑːk/ v. 震惊(shock, shake) n. 岩石 

10. grapple with 努力解决某个问题(try hard to solve a problem) 

· The government has to grapple with the problem of unemployment.

政府不得不努力解决失业问题。

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