Last week John got some bad news. His company is downsizing and moving its head office to another city. It's moving because it can no longer afford to do business where they are now. Expenses are too high, especially salaries, so it's more difficult to compete with other companies. In fact, several other companies will be moving out too. Office space is expensive in the area, along with the cost of living for employees. As a result, it's becoming more difficult to hire good employees. Nobody wants to live there unless their salary can support a good standard of living.
上周约翰听到一些坏消息，他的公司要缩小规模，准备将总部搬去另一座城市。之所以搬迁是因为负担不了在当前所在地开展业务，费用太高，尤其是薪水，因此很难和其他公司竞争。实际上，其他几家公司也要搬迁。本地办公场所费用高，员工的生活成本也高，因此，雇佣好员工变得很难。没有人想生活在这里，除非薪水可以负担高标准的生活。
With all of these changes, John thinks there's a good chance that he will be transferred to the new head office. This could happen fairly soon. If so, it would be foolish to buy a house at this time. Linda still disagrees about buying a house, but she is willing to wait a year to see what happens. She hopes that they won't have to move, but they may have to unless John is willing to change companies. She would prefer not to move, because she doesn't want to lose her job.
因为这些变化，约翰认为他很有可能要搬去新的总部，可能很快就要成行。如果这样，这时候买房子就很愚蠢。然而琳达对于买房仍就意见不一致，但是她愿意等一年看看情况。她希望他们不用搬，不过可能事与愿违，除非约翰愿意换工作。她不想搬，因为她不想丢掉她的工作。
Now they have to consider what they'll do if he's transferred. John has to decide whether or not he should begin to look for a new company. If he could find another job in the area, it would put less stress on his wife. If they stay and can wait for a while, maybe housing prices will begin to come down. If prices don't come down, then he and his wife will continue to disagree about buying a house. Sooner or later they are going to have to make a decision and stop fighting about it.
现在他们必须考虑如果约翰要搬的话需要做什么，约翰必须决定是否应开始寻找新的工作。如果他可以在本地找到另一份工作，就可以减轻他妻子的压力。如果他们待在这里等一段时间，也许房价会下跌。如果房价不下跌，那么夫妻二人将继续对买房这件事意见不一。他们迟早要做出决定，停止争吵。
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