2017考研英語拓展閱讀：中國學生1.5億買下溫哥華最貴豪宅

考研英語來源：新東方網整理 2016-05-19　

Vancouver - The majority owner of a Point Grey mansion that was sold earlier this year by Canaccord founder Peter Brown for a record $31.1 million is a “student,” property records show.

溫哥華——據不動產記錄顯示,今年初，一個學生花3110萬美元買下了溫哥華格雷岬區的一幢豪宅，該房產的原主人是Canaccord公司創始人Peter Brown.

Land title documents list Tian Yu Zhou as having a 99-per-cent interest in the five-bedroom, eight-bathroom, 14,600 square-foot mansion on a 1.7-acre lot at 4833 Belmont Ave.

房產登記上顯示周天宇擁有這幢豪宅99%的產權。這棟位于貝爾蒙特路4833號的豪宅有5間臥室、8個衛生間，14,600平方英尺，占地1.7公頃。

Zhou’s occupation is listed as a “student.” The other owner of the property, which boasts sweeping views of the North Shore mountains and Vancouver, is listed as Cuie Feng, a “business woman.”

周天宇的職業一欄寫的是“學生”。這座號稱對北海岸山脈和溫哥華風景一覽無余的房產的另一位所有人顯示為一位女商人馮翠。

Feng has a one-per-cent interest in the property, which was assessed this year as having a total value of about $25.6 million, records show.

記錄顯示，馮翠擁有該豪宅1%的產權，她今年被評估擁有2560萬加元的總資產。

Efforts to reach Zhou and Feng through the lawyer listed on the land title documents were not successful, and realtor Cherry Xu, who reportedly served as the buyer’s agent, did not want to comment on the sale, citing privacy considerations.

媒體曾試圖聯系上這份房產文件上的代理律師，但未能成功;而據稱他們的購房經紀人Cherry Xu稱，出于隱私考慮也不愿透露這樁交易的細節。

NDP housing critic David Eby said the fact that a student was able to buy one of the most expensive homes in the city contradicts the government’s messaging that “everything is under control in the Vancouver real estate market.”

NDP房屋評論員 David Eby 表示，一個學生竟然有能力去買溫哥華最貴的豪宅，由此看來政府說溫哥華房產市場一切都在控制之內根本就是一個笑話!

Mortgage documents attached to the land title papers show that a mortgage of $9.9 million was taken out by Zhou and Feng from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on April 28. The bi-weekly payments are listed as $17,079.41.

產權附帶的貸款文件顯示，4月28日，二人從加拿大帝國商業銀行貸款990萬加元，每半個月需還款17,079.41加元.

Earlier this week, the government introduced regulations to clamp down on unethical real estate practices, including the legal use of assignment clauses to crank up the final sale price of a property, a practice known as shadow flipping.

本周早些時候，政府出臺了一些措施嚴格限制不動產的不道德交易行為，包括對轉讓條款的合法使用，以調整房產的最終銷售價格，這種方式被稱為“陰影翻轉”。

The government also said it will introduce amendments to the property transfer tax forms that will require, as of June 10, buyers of B.C. real estate to include their principal address and whether they are Canadian citizens or permanent residents.

政府還表示，將對物業轉讓納稅申請表提出修訂，這意味著，自6月10日起，購買BC省的房產，買方需要提供常住地址，是及是否為加拿大公民或永久居民。

“I always think more information is better in helping us understand that nature of what’s happening out there, rather than less,” Premier Christy Clark said Wednesday.

省長簡蕙芝星期三表示，“我一直認為，提供更多的信息，而非隱瞞信息，將有助于我們了解到底是什么回事。”

“Let’s find out how many homes are being purchased in the market by people who aren’t residents of Canada, whoever they may be in the world. I think that information will help us come up with the right solutions.”

“讓我們確認一下有多少房產不是加拿大人買的，那么又是世界哪里的人買的。我相信這些信息會幫忙我們找出正確的解決方案。”