If your ceiling is 100 rooms, can you sell the last 25 rooms at a higher price point than the first 25?

如果你的上限是100间客房，你能够以高于前25间客房的价格来销售最后的25间客房吗？

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The year of gridlock reached a low point in the midsummer showdown over the federal debt ceiling.

这样的僵局之年最终在夏季中期达到了其最低点，两党在联邦债务上限问题上摊牌对峙。

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Point your arms toward the ceiling, fingers interlocked and palms facing down.

双臂指向天花板，十指交叉，掌心向下。

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At that point the ceiling caught fire.

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At the rate the country is going now, the country will hit the debt ceiling again at some point in the second half of 2012, just in time for Democrats and Republicans to blame each other in time for November elections.

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The House Republicans have an opportunity to use the debt ceiling to drive home the point that Washington has been getting the wrong answers because it has been asking the wrong questions.

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