VOA慢速英语:US Housing Market Slow to Recover From Collapse

yet to尚有待于

例句：It has yet to materialise.
      但这种说法仍未见端倪。

2.In all, about four percent of American homeowners are in foreclosure -- about four times the normal rate.

in all总共, 合计;总之

例句：There are fifteen books on the first shelf, twenty-one on the second, that makes thirty-six in all.
      书架的第一层有15本书, 第二层有21本, 总共是36本。

3.I'm just trying to point out how crazy those assumptions are, because real estate prices are still too high.

point out指出; 把注意力引向…

例句：This guide book points out the main facts of early American history.
      这本导游手册讲述了美洲早期的重要史实。

      If I make any mistakes, please point them out.
      如果我出了错, 请指出来。

4.But Americans move a lot.

a lot许多

例句：This cost a lot.
      这个东西需要很多钱。

5.Greg McBride from Bankrate.com agrees that buying a home might still make sense, as long as people do not expect short-term gains.

make sense有道理；有意义；讲得通

例句：This sentence doesn't make any sense.
      这个句子没有意义。

as long as只要, 如果

例句：I'll stay in Mexico as long as my money holds on.
      只要我的钱还能维持一天, 我就在墨西哥待一天。

      I'll never forget that as long as I am living.
      这事我至死也不会忘记。