CRI听力:No Tax on Property Certificate Name Changes

短语讲解：

1. In addition to the controversy caused by debates regarding marriage and home ownership, the tax bureau of the city of Nanjing initially said that they'd require a tax to be levied when adding a spouse's name to a home ownership certificate, and the tax rate would be about three to four per cent of the property's value.

in addition to除…之外，还……
例句：In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外，他还得学日语。
add to增加, 添加
例句：I don't want to add to your troubles. 
我不想给你增加麻烦。 

2. After that, cities like Wuhan, Chengdu and Qingdao all said they would follow suit.

follow suit跟着做, 照着做
例句：Father bowed his head; she followed suit.
父亲点头, 她也跟着点头。

3. Whether adding a spouse's name on the house ownership certificate bestows property upon them, and thus should be taxed, is a matter with different explanations and understandings across the country.

bestow upon赠与
例句：Many books were bestowed upon her.
送给她很多书。

4. However, at the same time, they also admit that the ownership still belongs to the same family, which can be exempt.

belong to属于
例句：Does this house belong to Mr. Winter?
这幢房子是温特先生的吗?

5. At the Property Management Bureau in Suzhou, the register lobby is crowded with spouses who have come to add names.

crowd with以…充〔挤〕满
例句：The bus was crowded with passengers.
公共汽车里挤满了乘客。

6. I think females need to add their names in order to protect our benefits.

in order to为了
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。

7. According to the statistics from Chongqing, over the last two weeks, couples getting married have reduced by 30 percent, with more people applying for a single status certificate in order to protect their property before marriage.

apply for申请
例句：He applied for a passport.
他申请护照。