Sobering for some: Silicon Valley rents
① Today patrons of the Oasis Beer Garden, in the heart of the Valley, will toast farewell to a popular haunt.
② The 60-year-old pub, long a favourite of techies, including the Homebrew Computer Club in the 1970s, is closing its doors due to high rents.
③ The tech boom has pushed up property prices in the Bay Area.
④ Single-family home prices in San Jose and San Francisco have risen by 72% and 42%, respectively, in the past decade, compared with an increase of 10% nationally.
⑤ Because of the high cost of living, a family of four with income of $105,350 or less is now considered "low income" in San Francisco and San Mateo counties, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
⑥ As Bay Area companies continue to attract talent from around the world, the housing shortage will only worsen.
⑦ The only people with reason to clink their glasses in celebration are landlords.
▍生詞好句
sober /?s??b?/: vt. 使……（從醉酒狀態(tài)）清醒 adj. 清醒的箫措；未醉的肛捍；嚴(yán)重的
patron /?pe?tr(?)n/: n. 贊助人
oasis /???e?s?s/: n. 綠洲
haunt /h??nt/: n. 頻繁光顧的地方
techie /?t?ki/: n. 科技迷
home brew /bru?/: 家釀酒
boom /bu?m/: n./vi. 繁榮
housing shortage: 住房短缺
worsen /?w??s(?)n/: vi. 變差
變差：
deteriorate /d??t??r??re?t/: vi.
exacerbate /?k?sas?be?t, ?ɡ?zas?be?t/: vt.
變好：
improve: vt./vi.
ameliorate /??mi?l??re?t/: vi./vt.
