They're called " good class bungalows, " or GCBs.

它们被称为“优质洋房”或 GCB。

Narrator: So often, foreigners in the market for GCBs have to rent.

旁白：很多时候，外国人在市场上购买 GCB 时不得不租房。

Narrator: GCBs' rising costs mirror a wider trend across the island.

解说员：GCB 的成本上升反映了全岛更广泛的趋势。

GCBs date all the way back to the 1800s.

GCB 的历史可以追溯到 1800 年代。

Narrator: In 2019, a GCB sold for $170 million US dollars, more than twice the previous record.

旁白：2019年，一栋优质洋房以1.7亿美元的价格售出，是此前纪录的两倍多。

Narrator: So what does the rising price of GCBs mean for the rest of Singapore's citizens?

旁白：那么，GCB 价格上涨对其他新加坡公民意味着什么？

Narrator: With all this exclusivity, GCB prices just keep soaring.

旁白：凭借所有这些排他性，优质洋房的价格一直在飙升。

Narrator: This GCB is in Bukit Sedap, not far from Nassim Road, Singapore's Billionaire's Row.

旁白：这个GCB在Bukit Sedap，离新加坡Billionaire's Row Nassim Road不远。

Even the rental market for GCBs has gotten really expensive.

甚至 GCB 的租赁市场也变得非常昂贵。

People really want a GCB, but there aren't a lot of them.

人们确实想要 GCB，但数量并不多。

When Singapore got its independence in 1965, GCBs started moving inland and began replacing colonial designs with more modern ones.

当新加坡于 1965 年获得独立时，优质洋房开始向内陆移动，并开始用更现代的设计取代殖民时期的设计。

In 2019, a GCB on Nassim Road set a record, selling for $170 million.

2019 年，纳西姆路 (Nassim Road) 的 GCB 以 1.7 亿美元的价格售出，创下纪录。

Narrator: Today, there are only around 2,500 to 2,800 GCBs on the island, and they hardly ever go up for sale.

旁白：今天， 岛上只有大约 2,500 到 2,800 间优质洋房，而且几乎没有出售过。

Julian said the cost of a GCB per square foot in some areas, rose by nearly $600 in just the last year.

朱利安说，在某些地区，每平方英尺 GCB 的成本仅在去年就上涨了近 600 美元。

Something I noticed about GCB houses like this is that they are blocked by a lot of trees, because I think rich people really value their privacy.

我注意到像这样的 GCB 房子被很多树挡住了，因为我认为有钱人真的很重视他们的隐私。

The Singaporean government coined the term " good class bungalow" in the early 1980s, and it set all kinds of building rules to preserve the low-rise style of traditional GCBs.

新加坡政府在 80 年代初创造了“优质洋房” 一词，并制定了各种建筑规则以保留传统 GCB 的低层风格。