Massachusetts man buys $395,000 house despite warnings it will "fall into ocean" 超不听劝：美男子花39.5万美元买下几年后可能坠崖的海景房 A man who says life’s too short to resist buying a home that might fall off a cliff in a few years has taken ownership of a house with a beautiful view that’s just 25ft (7.6 metres) from a sandy, crumbling cliff. David Moot paid $395,000 for the house on Cape Cod on the Massachusetts coast and said he intends to enjoy it while it lasts. The 59-year-old interior painter and designer purchased the sprawling three-bedroom house overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. 一名男子曾表示人生苦短，无法抗拒买一座几年后可能会掉下悬崖的房子。现在他已买下了这座风景优美的房子，距离摇摇欲坠的沙地悬崖只有25英尺(7.6米)。 大卫·穆特花了39.5万美元买下了这座位于马萨诸塞州海岸科德角的房子，并表示打算在房子还在的时候好好享受。 这位59岁的室内油漆工兼设计师买下的这座三居室大房子可俯瞰大西洋。 ☞ 第一段 A man has taken ownership of a house. that might fall off a cliff in a few years，形容home who后面引导的内容用来说明这个man ☞ Massachusetts 英 [ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts] 美 [ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts] n. 马萨诸塞州（美国） ☞ crumbling 美 [ˈkrʌmblɪŋ] v. 破碎；崩溃（crumble 的 ing 形式） adj. 破碎的 n. 破碎；皱纹；岩块剥落 If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off. 崩塌 The high- and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling. 建于20世纪60年代的高、低层公寓楼正摇摇欲坠。 ☞ intend to 美 [ɪnˈtend tu] 打算：计划或目的是。 ☞ If something lasts for a particular length of time, it continues to be able to be used for that time, for example, because there is some of it left or because it is in good enough condition. 够用 (一段时间) You only need a very small blob of glue, so one tube lasts for ages. 你仅需要很小一滴胶水，所以一管胶水能用很久。 The repaired sail lasted less than 24 hours. 修好的帆只维持了不到二十四小时。 ☞ sprawling 英 [ˈsprɔːlɪŋ] 美 [ˈsprɔːlɪŋ] adj. 蔓延的，杂乱延伸的 v. 伸开四肢坐、躺或倒下；蔓延，杂乱无序地拓展（sprawl 的现在分词）