VOA标准英语2011.06.24
[audio]http://sound.yywz123.com/tingbbs/voab/voab20110624.mp3[/audio]Here in Houston, Chris Hill works with the Mexico Real Estate Coalition to help promote property purchases south of the border.
在休斯敦，克里斯.希尔与墨西哥房地产开发商联盟公司合作，帮助他们促销房产。
He says activity has slowed in the past few years, partly because of the recession, but also because of news reports about violence that is generally not near tourist zones. “All of these crime-related stories that we are hearing, drug-related, they have very little impact on a tourist or someone going to live in Mexico," Hill said.
他说，过去几年人们的购房活动减缓下来，部分原因是由于经济衰退，也是因为有关暴力事件的报导。然而，那些暴力事件一般来讲并没有发生在旅游区附近。他说，“我们听到的所有这些有关犯罪的报导都是与贩毒有关。它们对游客或者将要在墨西哥居住的人几乎没有影响。”
Another concern for many home buyers from the United States is the legal process and the security of their investment in a foreign country.
对于想在墨西哥买房的美国人来讲，他们关心的另一个问题就是，买房的法律手续以及他们在外国投资的安全性。
________________________________________________________.“If you use the tools, there is very little risk, just as purchasing a property here in the U.S," Hill said.
他说，“如果你使用这些工具，几乎就没有什么风险。就像在美国买房一样。”
**** Hidden Message ***** Hill says new procedures and legal gurantees made real estate investment in Mexico safer and easier. If you listen carefully, you will find this speaker-Hill often stutters, for whatever reasons.
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