CNN news 2011-06-04 加文本

短语讲解：

1. First up, we are talking about a new low for the price of homes in the United States during the first quarter, the first three months of 2011.

talk about讨论; 谈论
例句：We talked about what to do.
我们讨论该怎么办。
home price 房价

2. That's according to a new report that came out yesterday.

according to根据, 按照
例句：Fill up the form according to the instructions.
按照说明将表填好。
come out出版; 发表
例句：That year they came out with another article.
那一年他们又发表了一篇文章。

3. And comparison gets even worse when you go back a little farther.

go back回转, 回顾, 追溯
例句：To go back to the point you have just mentioned is worthless.
再回头来谈论你的论点是毫无价值的。

4. Compared to that, that highest point, prices of homes have dropped almost 33%.

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

5. Home prices are down, so what, might not be something you think about every day, but some of your parents are paying close attention.

think about考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：I should like to think about your suggestion before I give a definite reply.
我想先考虑一下你的建议, 然后给你一个明确的答复。
pay close attention密切注意
例句：We should pay close attention to this reaction.
这些反映和批评值得高度重视。

6. So that's one of the big indicators that experts used to figure out how the US economy is doing.

used to过去一向,过去时常
例句：He used to smoke.
他过去抽烟（现在不抽了）。
figure out弄明白，理解
例句：I just can't figure him out.
我简直摸不透他。

7. And prices have gone through a kind of double dip, they went down after that peak in 2006, then they went back up a little bit around 2009, some government programmes designed to encourage people to buy houses help with that increase.

go through遭受, 经受, 经历
例句：When he was a child, he went through one hardship after another.
孩提时代, 他经历了一个又一个的艰难困苦。
go down沉下; 落下; 降低
例句：Prices began to go down.
物价开始下降。

8. In the meantime, scientists are trying to figure out where it's started.

in the meantime在…期间,同时
例句：In the meantime, crime continues unabated.
同时，犯罪率并没减少。

9. They don't have that answer yet, they think it could be traced back to produce from Spain.

trace back to追溯到…
例句：His family traces back to the Norman Conquest.
他的家世可追溯到诺曼人征服英国的时代。