六级After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world’s largest banks feared the worst as the collapse of the housing bubble exposed investments in risky loans.

雷曼兄弟（Lehman Brothers）破产后，世界上许多最大的银行都担心房地产泡沫的破裂会暴露风险贷款投资的风险。

2016年6月听力原文

四级While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real-estate bubble, the report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.

尽管过度乐观会助长不良的投资模式，导致房地产泡沫，但报告作者低估了这一潜在结果，因为它尚未出现。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real-estate "bubble", the report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.

尽管过度乐观会助长不良的投资模式，导致房地产“泡沫”，但报告作者却低估了这一潜在结果，因为它尚未出现。

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级In the peak of the dot.com bubble, brick and mortar retail was one of those industries the internet was going to kill—and quickly.

在互联网泡沫的高峰期，实体零售业是互联网将迅速扼杀的行业之一。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级When the bubble burst, demand collapsed.

当泡沫破裂时，需求崩溃。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级When the bubble burst, demand collapsed

当泡沫破裂时，需求崩溃

2013年6月阅读原文

六级It was set up in a Silicon Valley garage in 1998, and inflated (膨胀) with the Internet bubble.

它于1998年建立在硅谷的一个车库里，并充气(膨胀) 互联网泡沫。

2007年6月英语六级真题

四级Papousek’s light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the lights closely although they would “smile and bubble” when the display came on.

Papousek的灯光显示器直接放在婴儿面前，他做了一个有趣的观察，有时他们不会回头仔细观察灯光，尽管当显示器打开时，他们会“微笑和冒泡”。

1993年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real- estate “bubble,” the report’s writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.

尽管过度乐观会助长不良的投资模式，导致房地产“泡沫”，但该报告的作者淡化了这一潜在结果，因为它尚未发生。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题 (第3套)

考研At the same time, listening through earphones to the same monotonous beats for long stretches encourages kids to stay inside their bubble instead of pursuing other endeavors.

与此同时，通过耳机长时间听同样单调的节拍会鼓励孩子们呆在自己的泡泡里，而不是追求其他的努力。

2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题