2017考研英语拓展阅读：中国学生1.5亿买下温哥华最贵豪宅

考研英语来源：新东方网整理 2016-05-19　

Vancouver - The majority owner of a Point Grey mansion that was sold earlier this year by Canaccord founder Peter Brown for a record $31.1 million is a “student,” property records show.

温哥华——据不动产记录显示,今年初，一个学生花3110万美元买下了温哥华格雷岬区的一幢豪宅，该房产的原主人是Canaccord公司创始人Peter Brown.

Land title documents list Tian Yu Zhou as having a 99-per-cent interest in the five-bedroom, eight-bathroom, 14,600 square-foot mansion on a 1.7-acre lot at 4833 Belmont Ave.

房产登记上显示周天宇拥有这幢豪宅99%的产权。这栋位于贝尔蒙特路4833号的豪宅有5间卧室、8个卫生间，14,600平方英尺，占地1.7公顷。

Zhou’s occupation is listed as a “student.” The other owner of the property, which boasts sweeping views of the North Shore mountains and Vancouver, is listed as Cuie Feng, a “business woman.”

周天宇的职业一栏写的是“学生”。这座号称对北海岸山脉和温哥华风景一览无余的房产的另一位所有人显示为一位女商人冯翠。

Feng has a one-per-cent interest in the property, which was assessed this year as having a total value of about $25.6 million, records show.

记录显示，冯翠拥有该豪宅1%的产权，她今年被评估拥有2560万加元的总资产。

Efforts to reach Zhou and Feng through the lawyer listed on the land title documents were not successful, and realtor Cherry Xu, who reportedly served as the buyer’s agent, did not want to comment on the sale, citing privacy considerations.

媒体曾试图联系上这份房产文件上的代理律师，但未能成功;而据称他们的购房经纪人Cherry Xu称，出于隐私考虑也不愿透露这桩交易的细节。

NDP housing critic David Eby said the fact that a student was able to buy one of the most expensive homes in the city contradicts the government’s messaging that “everything is under control in the Vancouver real estate market.”

NDP房屋评论员 David Eby 表示，一个学生竟然有能力去买温哥华最贵的豪宅，由此看来政府说温哥华房产市场一切都在控制之内根本就是一个笑话!

Mortgage documents attached to the land title papers show that a mortgage of $9.9 million was taken out by Zhou and Feng from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on April 28. The bi-weekly payments are listed as $17,079.41.

产权附带的贷款文件显示，4月28日，二人从加拿大帝国商业银行贷款990万加元，每半个月需还款17,079.41加元.

Earlier this week, the government introduced regulations to clamp down on unethical real estate practices, including the legal use of assignment clauses to crank up the final sale price of a property, a practice known as shadow flipping.

本周早些时候，政府出台了一些措施严格限制不动产的不道德交易行为，包括对转让条款的合法使用，以调整房产的最终销售价格，这种方式被称为“阴影翻转”。

The government also said it will introduce amendments to the property transfer tax forms that will require, as of June 10, buyers of B.C. real estate to include their principal address and whether they are Canadian citizens or permanent residents.

政府还表示，将对物业转让纳税申请表提出修订，这意味着，自6月10日起，购买BC省的房产，买方需要提供常住地址，是及是否为加拿大公民或永久居民。

“I always think more information is better in helping us understand that nature of what’s happening out there, rather than less,” Premier Christy Clark said Wednesday.

省长简蕙芝星期三表示，“我一直认为，提供更多的信息，而非隐瞒信息，将有助于我们了解到底是什么回事。”

“Let’s find out how many homes are being purchased in the market by people who aren’t residents of Canada, whoever they may be in the world. I think that information will help us come up with the right solutions.”

“让我们确认一下有多少房产不是加拿大人买的，那么又是世界哪里的人买的。我相信这些信息会帮忙我们找出正确的解决方案。”