過了一個金融市場驚心動魄的周末，無數人的腦子里還繃著緊弦迎接這個周一。各種信息漫天飛，孰真孰假，也只有等市場來說話。京晶和小高在這個周一也討論起了當前的經濟狀況，今日的經濟關鍵詞有：泡沫，繁榮，衰退，投資，冒險，保守，房產…好像狠赤激的樣紙！Player 你們懂的 …

Dialogue
(Jingjing and Xiao Gao share　thoughts on today's economy)
（京晶和小高正在討論當前的經濟狀況）

Xiao Gao: What do youthink, Jingjing, are we in a bubble?
小高：京晶，你覺得我們現在是經濟泡沫嗎？
Jingjing: We need to wait　out the year, 2015 will tell us, it's going to be boom or bust, that's for sure.
京晶：這得等等看，要到2015年才能確切知道經濟到底是會繁榮還是衰退。
Xiao Gao: Bust? In　Beijing? You're crazy, we may be over-heated, but I don't think that the bottom　will drop out.
小高：衰退？北京？你瘋了嗎？我們只可能經濟過熱，肯定不會下降的。
Jingjing: I don't know,the jury is out on that one, only time will tell. What about you? You own an　apartment, don't you?
京晶：我不知道，現在還不能下定論，只有時間能告訴我們。話說你有一處房產對不對？
Xiao Gao: Yea we　bought-in when things were affordable, but if we were buying today, I'd be　shut-out.
小高：是的，我們是在房價還能承擔得起的時候買入的。但是如果我們今天要買，肯定就沒戲了。
Jingjing: I know what you　mean, I missed the boat, but to be honest, I could never buy property unless　the house was a good size piece of land, that's what real estate means to me.
京晶：我完全明白，我已經錯失機會了，但是說實話，如果房地產不是建在一塊大小合適的土地上的話我是不會買的。
Xiao Gao: We're a ways　off from that situation here in China, but it's coming slowly. How about the　financial markets, are you a player?
小高：以中國的現狀來看，我們離這個理想還差得遠呢。不過總會慢慢實現的。那金融市場呢，你投資嗎？
Jingjing: Huh! On my　salary? I've got no disposable income and even if I did, I think I'm too conservative　to take that kind of gamble.
京晶：就憑我的工資？我沒有多余的錢，就算我有，我也太過傳統，不敢像那樣賭博。
Xiao Gao: Public trading　is pretty well-regulated these days and it's attracting a lot more investors.
小高：其實現在的金融市場已經很規范了，并且吸引了很多投資者。
Jingjing: Still, it's too　high a risk for me, so as far as investments go, I'm kind of stuck in between　the lines.
京晶：但是對我來說還是太冒險了，一說到投資，我就只有遠觀的份兒了。

習語短語
1. bubble = 經濟泡沫，指繁榮景象只是表面現象
2. boom or bust = 上升或下降，成功或失敗
3. The botton will drop out. = 市場驟降。
4. The jury is out. = （法律中指陪審團成員還沒有表決完回到法庭上）指還不能夠下定論，結果還懸而未決。
5. to buy-in = 買入，投資金融市場
6. shut-out = 不能參與某事，做某事沒有希望
7. to miss the boat = 失去機會
8. a ways off = 離某個目標還遠著呢
9. disposable income = 多余的錢，指個人收入扣除生活必要花費以外的錢
10. in between the lines = （每行文字間的空白處）這里指處于不做為、不活動的狀態