听力原文：WB How's your business doing? MB Well, sales are definitely lower than expected. I think that's because the housing market has been slowing down recently. In the appliance world, even small changes in the housing market tend to affect us a lot. WB Hmm... I guess I never made the connection between the home appliance industry and the housing market before. But it makes sense. MB It sure does. When people buy new houses they usually buy new appliances for them. In fact, you can accurately gauge how the housing market is doing just by looking at our sales figures. What does the man say about his business?