广播电视英语短句 第 104 课：刺激经济-6

They fell to the lowest level since records began in nineteen sixty-three. 这个数字是自从 1963 年有记录以来的降到了最低水平

The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes fell twenty-seven percent in July. 全国房地产经纪人协会报告指出，存量住房的销售在七月下降了 27% 。

Sales of single-family homes were at their lowest level since records began fifteen years ago. 独栋住房销售量已经达到了有记录的 50 年以来的最低水平。

Jed Smith directs research for the association. Jed Smith 负责该协会的研究。

He says the big drop in sales was largely because of the end of a federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers. 他说，销售量的大幅度下降主要原因是由于购买首套住房的税费折扣到期。