VOA常速英语:Owners Can't Overstay Welcome at Trendy Condo Hotels

divide into分成; 分为
例句：The river divides into two streams at this point.
这条河在此分成两条支流。

2. When it reopened two years later, more than half of it had been transformed into one of these trendy condo hotels.

transform into把…转变成…
例句：They have transformed themselves into permanent city dwellers.
他们已成为永久的城市居民。

3. You buy - not rent - what amounts to an apartment or suite.

amount to意味着; 共计; 发展成
例句：His words amounted to a threat.
他的话实际上是威胁。

4. So if you're lucky - and rich -you can now live in really special quarters up to one-third of the year, while others pay off your mortgage the rest of the year.

pay off付清, 还清
例句：You must pay off your old loan before you can obtain a new one.
你必须还清旧账, 然后才能再借款。

5. You cannot furnish it with your grandfather’s rocking chair, iridescent paintings of elephants, or your beer-can collection, though - or anything else that might turn off paying guests

turn off使(某人)厌烦(或沮丧)，使失去兴趣(或热情)，使不喜爱
例句：The film really turned us off.
这部影片真让我们烦透了。