2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语《经济学人》外刊讲义 第01篇[06]阅读写作提升词汇语法积累

2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语 《经济学人》外刊讲义第01篇 [06] （适合学有余力的学霸或英语爱好者、教师使用） （含词汇讲解、长难句解析、翻译技巧、背景知识、写作积累：均由阿满编写） 原文（续第01篇 [05]） One is property. When protests against Nicolás Maduro, the autocratic president, were at their height last year, some foreigners hoped to snap up homes at fire-sale prices. But there were no bargains. Property was too valuable as an inflation hedge. For a while, a car was as much a savings vehicle as a way to get from A to B. It was once possible to sell one for more than the purchase price in dollars. But cars have become less of a sellers’ market as people leave Venezuela and sell their belongings. Property prices, too, have stabilised in dollar terms. A shrewd minority are using the stockmarket as a sort of inflation-linked bank, buying shares to deposit cash and selling them to withdraw it. A favoured stock is Banco Mercantil, which has businesses outside Venezuela. 不动产是其中一种。去年，当反对专制总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗 (Nicolás Maduro) 的抗议活动达到顶峰时，一些外国人希望能以甩卖价抢购房屋。但根本没人甩卖。房产是一种太过宝贵的抵御通胀的工具。有一段时间，汽车不止是