二零一三 年，沈先生在西安买了一套在三十四楼的房子，他交 了快十二万人民币的首付。 本来房子应该在二零一五 年盖好，但是开发商晚了两年才做完。 最奇怪的是，开发商告诉他，因为这栋楼不 符合 规定，所以只把楼 盖到了三十二层。 这意味着沈先生买的三十四楼的房子根本没有盖。开发商说要么给他退钱，要么给他换一套三十二楼的房子。 但当沈先生决定换 房时，开发商又说三十二楼的房子也卖完了。 沈先生从二零一八年开始要求退钱，但直到二零二二 年才拿回一点点。 虽然法院要求开发商还钱，但开发商说自己名下没有钱。 现在，这里的房子价格已经翻倍了。沈先生不仅没 住上新房，连首付的钱都拿不回来。 ===================== 首付 - shǒufù - down payment 本来 - běnlái - originally / at first 开发商 - kāifāshāng - developer 符合 - fúhé - to accord with / to comply with 规定 - guīdìng - rule / regulation / requirement 盖 - gài - to build / to cover 或者 - huòzhě - or / either...or... 直到 - zhídào - until 价格 - jiàgé - price 翻倍 - fānbèi - to double 连 - lián - even 退钱 - tuìqián - to refund money 名下 - míngxià - under one's name 一套 - yí tào - a set of / 万 - wàn - ten thousand 层 - céng - floor / layer 楼 - lóu - building / floor 换 - huàn - to change / to exchange 决定 - juédìng - to decide 虽然 - suīrán - although 奇怪 - qíguài - strange / weird 最后 - zuìhòu - finally / last Translation In 2013, Mr. Shen bought a house on the 34th floor in Xi'an and paid a down payment of nearly 120,000 RMB. Originally, the house was supposed to be finished in 2015, but the developer was two years late in completing it. The strangest thing was that the developer told him that because the building did not meet the planning requirements, it was only built to 32 floors. This meant that the 34th floor Mr. Shen bought simply didn't exist. The developer gave him the choice to either get a refund or swap for a unit on the 32nd floor. But when Mr. Shen decided to swap units, the developer said the 32nd-floor units were also sold out. Mr. Shen started requesting a refund in 2018, but he didn't get a little bit back until 2022. Although the court ordered the developer to repay the money, the developer claimed they had no assets under their name. Now, the price of houses in this area has doubled. Mr. Shen not only failed to move into a new home but cannot even get his down payment back.