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据知情人士透露,美国最大的住房建筑商之一Lennar Corp.正在与中国国家开发银行(China Development Bank)进行谈判,前者将向后者借入大约17亿美元的资金以启动位于旧金山的两个搁置已久的房地产项目。该项目打算将两个前海军基地改造成大型住宅地产项目。

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请把下面的汉语翻译成英文:

几十年前,仍对大萧条心有余悸的美国人也曾是储蓄大户。不过,婴儿潮一代人没有经历过大萧条,在信用卡催生的“为什么等待、现在就消费”文化的诱惑下,走上了疯狂消费之路。

英语原文:

Decades ago, Americans, scarred by the memories of the Depression, were big savers. But the baby boom generation, free of the scars of the Depression - and lured by the why-wait, buy-now culture fostered by credit cards -- went on buying binges.

1scar /ˈskɑɚ/ noun
plural scars

[count]
1: a mark that is left on your skin after a wound heals
▪ The operation left a scar on his stomach.
▪ the soldier's battle scars
▪ scar tissue

2: a mark on something showing where it has been damaged
▪ The table had several scars on its top.

3: a feeling of great emotional pain or sadness that is caused by a bad experience and that lasts for a long time
▪ The divorce left her with deep emotional scars.

2scar verb
scars; scarred; scar·ring

[+ obj] 1: to mark (something) with a scar
▪ His arm was badly scarred after the accident.

2: to cause (someone) to feel great emotional pain or sadness because of a bad experience
▪ The tragedy left her emotionally scarred.
▪ Divorce can scar a child for life. = Divorce can leave a child scarred for life.

3: to make marks on (something) that show damage or wear
▪ Your shoes are scarring the floor.
▪ The fence was scarred by rust.


1fos·ter /ˈfɑ:stɚ/ verb
fos·ters; fos·tered; fos·ter·ing

1 [+ obj] : to help (something) grow or develop
▪ We are trying to foster [=encourage, promote] a sense of community.
▪ Such conditions foster the spread of the disease.

2: to provide the care that a parent usually gives to a child : to be or become the foster parent of a child [+ obj]

▪ Would you consider fostering a child? [no obj]
▪ (chiefly Brit) Would you consider fostering?

 

 

 

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