广播电视英语短句 第 297 课：地产崩溃-6

The United States is not alone. 美国并非特此一家。

Commercial rents in Moscow, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mumbai have fallen thirty percent or more. 莫斯科、香港、新加坡和孟买的商业地产已经下跌了 30% 或以上。

American housing sales, though, have improved in recent months, helped by lower prices and a tax credit for first-time buyers. 尽管由于价格低以及首次购房人的税收抵扣，美国地产销售近几个月持续向好，

The S&P/Case-Shiller national index of home prices rose in April, May and June. 但是， 4 － 6 月的村普 / 凯斯－希尔（全美）房价指数上升。

That was the first three-month increase in three years. 这是三年内首次出现为期三个月的（指数）上升。