原文：
"It's been a nightmare looking for an apartment," says Lee, a 30-year-old who lives in a rented studio in the glitzy district insouthern Seoul. "I think about what to buy and where and a month later theprice has gone up by 20%."
「找公寓簡直是一場噩夢」，30歲的Lee說到，Lee住在首爾南部繁華地區一間租來的單間裡。 「我在考慮買什麼，去哪裡買，一個月後房價就上漲了20%。」
結構分析：
1. It是形式主語，has been a nightmare是系表型謂語（has been是系動詞詞組，a nightmare是名詞詞組作表語），looking for an apartment是ing式詞組作真正主語（look for是動詞詞組，表示「尋找」， an apartment是名詞詞組作賓語）。
2. I是主語，think about是動詞詞組作謂語，what to buy and where是賓語，and是連詞，連接兩個句子，a month later是時間狀語，the price是主語（the是定冠詞，作前置定語），has gone up是動詞詞組作謂語（現在完成時），by 20%是介詞詞組作狀語。
詞彙：
rent/rent/ v. 出租
例句：Renting co-living space is often cheaper than renting an apartment.
合住往往比整租公寓便宜。
glitzy /'glɪtsɪ/adj. 繁華的，盛大的
例句：Palm Springs has ritzy restaurants and glitzy night life.
棕櫚泉有高檔餐廳和奢華的夜生活。
英語外刊，精讀練習：1.句子結構、時態等分析；2.將英文譯成中文。Although he has a good job at a big company and is planning to buy with his girlfriend, he worries they'll have to keep renting for now.【經濟學人】
讚賞是對小編的鼓勵