They ended up buying a modular home on a two-acre lot.

他们最终买了一所占地两英亩的组合式房屋。

Many of the aspects of home buying aren't a consideration for children, said Tracey Hampson, a real estate agent based in Santa Clarita, Calif.

加州圣塔克拉利塔的房地产经纪人特蕾西·汉普森说，买房时，很多方面孩子们都没有考虑到。

If you are buying a property in France, whether for a permanent or a holiday home, it is important to open a French bank account.

如果你在法国购买房产，无论是永久性的还是度假时的住处，开一个法国银行账户是很重要的。

The Lantern Festival is coming. Lots of people are now buying sweet dumpling from the supermarket. Sometimes I make sweet dumpling myself at home.

元宵节快到了，大家都到超市买汤圆呢，不过有时候我也在家自己做。

In Australia fewer people are buying instant coffee because of cheap coffee percolators that they can use to make real coffee at home.

在澳大利亚，购买速溶咖啡的人越来越少，因为他们可以用便宜的咖啡渗滤壶在家里制作真正的咖啡。

“I don't want to be blamed if it's a No,” added another, after buying his ticket home.

“如果结果是否则的，那我可不想因此受责怪。” 另一位已经买到了回家机票的同事补充道。

More than half of all consumers use the Internet when buying a home, according to a survey released Tuesday by the California Assn. of Realtors.

据加州不动产经纪人协会公布调查显示，一半以上消费者在利用互联网服务购买他们的住宅。

Turn your home into your gym without buying any expensive equipment.

无需购买任何昂贵的健身器材，你也能把家变成健身房。

Turn your home into your gym without buying any expensive equipment. Try these exercises three times a week, and you'll see results in less than a month.

无需购买任何昂贵的健身器材，你也能把家变成健身房。一个星期做三次下面的练习，不用一个月你就能变瘦变苗条。

I remember wondering what audiophiles were up to, buying extremely expensive home audio systems to play old vinyl records. They put turntables in sand-filled enclosures with elaborate cabling schemes.

我回想起我层疑惑那些发烧友的作为：他们购买极端昂贵的家庭音响播放黑胶唱片，把转盘放进接线精细的填沙盒子(不懂什么意思，我不是发烧友)。

But buying a home is essentially an exercise in compromise. Don't expect to get everything on your wish list.

但其实买房就是妥协的过程，千万不要期望你愿望单上的所有东西都能得到。

But while 45% say they will spend less on travel and 46% plan to spend less on eating out, only 20% plan to cut back on buying food to eat at home, and 55% will maintain spending on clothes.

尽管有45%的受访者将减少在旅游上的支出，46%的受访者计划减少在外出就餐上的支出，但是只有20%的受访者会减少在在家就餐的食品支出，以及55%的受访者会维持在服装上的支出。

Before you even think about buying your dream home, make absolutely sure you can afford it.

在你梦想着买你的房子之前，一定要各方确认你可以养的起。

You are the guy that won her heart by buying her gummi bears and walking her home from ballet in the cold.

他买了一只妙妙熊送她，在寒风中陪她走回家，终于赢得了她的心。

Then, give your spending plan a sense of purpose; budgets with a goal, whether it's a European vacation or buying a home, tend to be the most successful.

然后，你要列明支出计划的用途；有的放矢的预算(不论是欧洲度假还是购买房子)往往最富成效。

Another trend: Buying prepared food from supermarkets and then bringing it home for the family.

另一个趋势是人们开始习惯购买已加工或已准备好的食品，把它带回家食用。

We had spent the last 17 years, buying a home, raising a child, being successful in our careers, having loyal friends and sharing time with our families.

我们一起度过了17年，我们一起买房子，有成功的事业，有忠诚的朋友，和家人一起欢度时间。

So let me play devil's advocate and consider the positive case for buying a home right now.

因此，让我冒天下之大不韪，考虑一下眼下买房子的积极一面。

Before buying his current home, he bought andrenovated three two-family homes, one of which he still lives in while he workson the “dollar house.”

在买现在的房子之前，他购买和装修过三个双亲家庭的房子。 在装修“一美元房子”的时候他仍住在其中一栋房子里。

The couple and their parents spent a total of 1.2 million yuan on starting a new life together, including the wedding and honeymoon trip, and buying a home, furniture and a car.

这对新婚夫妇和他们双方的父母总共花了120,0000元开启了他们两人一起的新生活，包括婚礼，蜜月旅行，买房子，家具和车子。

Budgets with a goal, whether it's a European vacation or buying a home, tend to be the most successful.

有的放矢的预算(不论是欧洲度假还是购买房子)往往最富成效。

Because all their friends are buying a home.

因为他们所有的朋友都正在买房。

Their study necessarily makes lots of heroic assumptions—most notably, that renters will be utterly disciplined about investing the cash they save by not buying a home.

他们的研究必然做了很多大胆的假设，最显著的是，租房者们没拿他们攒下的钱买房，正是非常有自制力的表现。

Not only does it penalise those who happen to live in certain areas, it also hits those who acted responsibly by saving money and buying a home.

不仅仅因为它不利于居住在特定地区的人，也在于它使那些安安分分存钱买房的人受到重创。