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.

▍生词好句

sober /ˈsəʊbə/: vt. 使……（从醉酒状态）清醒 adj. 清醒的；未醉的；严重的

patron /ˈpeɪtr(ə)n/: n. 赞助人

oasis /əʊˈeɪsɪs/: n. 绿洲

haunt /hɔːnt/: n. 频繁光顾的地方

techie /ˈtɛki/: n. 科技迷

home brew /bruː/: 家酿酒

boom /buːm/: n./vi. 繁荣

housing shortage: 住房短缺

worsen /ˈwəːs(ə)n/: vi. 变差

变差：

deteriorate /dɪˈtɪərɪəreɪt/: vi.

exacerbate /ɛkˈsasəbeɪt, ɪɡˈzasəbeɪt/: vt.

变好：

improve: vt./vi.

ameliorate /əˈmiːlɪəreɪt/: vi./vt.