中国更多城市解除房屋限购

 　　Shaoxing in east China's Zhejiang Province and Taiyuan in western Shanxi are the latest Chinese cities to have loosened home purchase restrictions¹.

　　Over half of the cities that imposed restrictions three years ago to curb² soaring housing prices have eased those policies in some form.

　　Housing markets are showing mixed results.

　　Property sales in Jinan almost doubled last month from the month earlier.

　　Numbers in some other cities, including Xiamen, remain flat after the policy change.

　　中国更多城市解除房屋限购

　　The latest official figures are suggesting new home prices in 100 Chinese cities have dropped over 0.8 percent from June.

　　For more on the situation, we are joined live on the line by Gao Shang, analyst³ with Guangtong Futures⁴.

　　Talk Point:

　　1. What are the reasons behind the mixed results?

　　2. In cases like Jinan, is it just the policy change that's working in these cities, or is something else contributing to the increased activity in the property market?

　　3. As the country has promised more investment in the real estate sector⁵, is the the property market likely to gain strength in the coming months, or at least stablize?

　　That was Gao Shang, analyst with Guangtong Futures.

1 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

2 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

3 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

4 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

5 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。