Then, we viewed our houses as money machines that would always provide a surplusofcash on a moment's notice, since real estate "never goes down in value."
接着从房地产“永远不会贬值”时期开始,人们就把总是可以为我们提供多余的现金的房子当成了造钱机器。
2
Few people have large sums ofsurpluscash.
几乎没人有大笔的闲钱。
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3
Such a large sum ofsurpluscash can cause a bubble.