It looks like Candy Spelling has been one-upped. A six-bedroom penthouse at London's tony One Hyde Park commanded £140 million, or about $220 million, Luxist reports. And this deal comes before the four-building project is even complete: It is due to be finished by the end of the year.
美国作家、富婆坎迪•斯佩林(Candy Spelling)准备以令人咋舌的1.5亿美元高价卖掉自己位于洛杉矶的超大毫宅。但这好像已经有人盖过了她的风头。据奢侈品网站Luxist报道，在伦敦高档社区海德公园一号(One Hyde Park)，一套六卧顶楼复式公寓卖出了1.4亿英镑，折合美元2.2亿左右。而且这套四层建筑还没有完工，按计划要到今年年底才建完。
According to Luxist, that makes it world's priciest piece of residential real estate-when measuring current listings and sales-pushing Ms. Spelling's $150 million asking price for her bigger-than-big Los Angeles mansion down a slot. The deal also makes the U.S. look, well, like a bargain: In what is believed to be the biggest residential sale, a Texas executive paid $46.5 million for a 3,500-acre Colorado ranch earlier this year.
据Luxist的报道，以当前的要价和成交价衡量，这是世界上最贵的一套住房。相比之下，斯佩林豪宅的要价相形见绌。而美国的房价就更显得像白菜价了：今年早些时候，得克萨斯州一位企业高管出价4,650万美元，买下了科罗拉多州一处3,500英亩的牧场，据信这是美国最大一桩住宅出售交易。
The London address might not have a gift-wrapping room, but it has bullet-proof windows, a panic room and to-die-for views. According to the Telegraph, it also has access to around-the-clock room service from the neighboring Mandarin Oriental hotel. (We doubt you'll find that on any ranch.)
伦敦这套复式可能不像斯佩林的房子那样有什么礼品包装室，但它有防弹窗户，有避难室，以及让人心醉神迷的景观。据《每日电讯报》(Telegraph)报道，这套房子还可以获得附近文华东方酒店(Mandarin Oriental hotel)提供的24小时送餐服务。（估计没有哪家农场能享受到这种服务。）
The London buyer's identity remains a mystery, but rumors are focused the Middle East and Nigeria, which are benefiting from increased oil prices.
伦敦这套房子的买家身份仍然成谜，但多数传言说是来自中东或尼日利亚，这两个地方都享受着油价上涨带来的好处。
The project was developed by London's 'Candy Brothers,' Nicholas and Christian Candy, whose property development business, CPC Group Ltd., has helped change London's landscape with towers of glass and modern blocks. Another apartment at One Hyde Park sold for about $148 million in 2008.
项目由伦敦"坎迪兄弟"开发。兄弟俩分别是尼古拉斯•坎迪(Nicholas Candy)和克里斯蒂安•坎迪(Christian Candy)，他俩的房产开发公司CPC Group Ltd.建造了诸多玻璃幕墙大楼和现代化街区，一定程度上改变了伦敦的风景。2008年，海德公园一号的另一套公寓以1.48亿美元左右的价格售出。
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- spelling [´speliŋ]
n.拼法；缀字 (初中英语单词) - project [prə´dʒekt, ´prɔdʒekt] v.设计；投掷 n.计划 (初中英语单词)
- bargain [´bɑ:gin] n.买卖合同 v.议(价) (初中英语单词)
- executive [ig´zekjutiv] a.行政的 n.行政官 (初中英语单词)
- telegraph [´teligrɑ:f] n.&v.(打)电报；电告 (初中英语单词)
- neighboring [´neibəriŋ] a.邻近的；接壤的 (初中英语单词)
- mystery [´mistəri] n.神秘；秘密；故弄玄虚 (初中英语单词)
- apartment [ə´pɑ:tmənt] n.一套房间 (初中英语单词)
- mansion [´mænʃən] n.大厦；宅第；官邸 (高中英语单词)
- colorado [,kɔlə´rɑ:dəu] n.科罗拉多(州) (高中英语单词)
- access [´ækses] n.接近；通路；进入 (高中英语单词)
- oriental [ɔ:ri´entl] a.东方人的 (高中英语单词)
- landscape [´lændskeip] n.风景；景色；风景画 (高中英语单词)
- identity [ai´dentiti] n.身份；同一性；一致 (英语六级单词)
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