English learning is a lifelong journey. 墨尔本悉尼文波英语培训学校立志做地道英语的搬运工。今天我们找了一篇关于2017年澳洲各首府城市房价的预测的文章，希望各位不仅英语可以提高，对宏观房市也可以有所了解：
If you are in a house in Sydney or Melbourne， you can rest easy. 你可以放心了
But if you have properties in Perth or Darwin or even Adelaide, the prognosis is not positive. 预测就不那么积极了
As we look below the surface, it is clear that individual housing markets are at very different stages of the cycle. 当我们追问底下深层次原因时，
AMP chief Economist remains bearish on apartment. 仍然认为公寓将处于熊市—价格下降
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In the next two years, Dr Oliver has reaffirmed his prediction Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane apartment prices will fall as much as 15-20 per cent because of the massive multi-dwelling building boom. 重新确认了他的预测
Sydney would have pockets of price falls in Parramatta, inner west Sydney and Bankstown.
a small area or amount of something that is different from what surrounds it
In some parts, there are still pockets of violence and unrest.
take the gong= take the medal
In Sydney, first-home buyers and local investors will continue to fossick in growth suburbs, while wealthy Baby Boomers, mainly in the form of downsizers and empty nesters, will flood the boutique and inner-city suburbs in 2017.
Fossick=search about=rummage 找寻
downsizers: somebody who tries to sell their property and buy something smaller
例句：the credit crunch means that would-be downsizers are having problemsselling and moving
nester 空巢老人
commercial amenity 商业设施
local amenity
basic amenity
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