大家早安！Happy Wednesday!
今天我們要學一個英文用語：
英文用語：real estate (不動產；房地產)
相關用語：real estate agent (房屋仲介；agent 代理人；仲介人)
英文解釋：property in the form of land or houses
用法解說：real estate 專指房地產，土地或是房子。property 是指一個人擁有的東西，包括動產與不動產。property 使用面比較廣，real estate 的意思就只是房地產。請注意 real estate 的發音，發音快速時會連音，rea-le-state。
例句：
Ex1: The easiest way to launder cash was to buy real estate.
(洗錢最容易的方法就是買房地產。to launder cash 洗錢)
Ex2: A real estate agent was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison for her participation in a mortgage fraud.
(一個房仲因涉入貸款抵押造假，被判刑七十個月。)
聽發音請連結這裡：(很清楚喔，多聽幾遍)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/real+estate?s=t
browse用法 在 [求譯] otherwise的用法- 看板Eng-Class - 批踢踢實業坊 的必吃
“Altogether, the collection was challenging to curate, which may go some way in reflecting an otherwise challenging year,”
歲近年末，所以國家地理雜誌選出了30張過去一年當中最震撼人心的照片；上面那句是照片簡介的小結。我不懂的是”an otherwise challenging year”是什麼意思？按照我對otherwise的用法， “an otherwise challenging year”意思就是這一年「實際上並不challenging」。但這樣的話又跟上下文不符了（文章後面有繼續說 “It's been a difficult year for many people," says National Geographic photo editor Jehan Jillani. "But while selecting these photos, I was reminded of how beautiful and complex our world is.”）
謝謝指點！
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