One goal is to keep home buyers from getting bigger loans than they can pay for.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

The subprime crisis is happening today because home prices are falling and with falling home prices more subprime borrowers are failing to pay their mortgage.

次贷危机之所以会发生,时因为房屋的价格在下降,随着房屋价格的下降更多的次贷借款人,将会无法支付他们的贷款

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Anyway, the person wrote-- he was talking about fires and was proposing that people should pay 1% of the value of the home every year into a fund and then the fund would be used to replace the home if it burned down.

反正,这人写道...,他当时是讨论火灾,并提出,人们应该每年将自己房屋价值的1%的金额,交给一个基金会,那么如果有房子烧毁了,基金会就可以用这笔钱来重建它

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

International candidates are nominated by their home governments, which pay for their education.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

"Our survey of 100,000 consumers shows that once they experience 3D they immediately see its value and they say they are willing to pay a premium to have it at home."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11