中石油职称英语第42课课件[突破英语等级考试].pptVIP

42.A $210,000 WALLET1 1.Buffett auctioned his 20-year-old wallet on December 3,1999 and received a high bid of $210,000 which went to a charity, Girls Inc. of Omaha. The story about the battered old black billfold broke in The Wall Street Journal (December 2,1999). Ive never gone for the top of the line, Buffett was quoted. Auctioned=拍卖；bid=出价；charity=慈善机构；battered=连续重击，用坏；billfold=AmE（wallet）钱夹；broke=(break)出现，刊登； Journal=日报；quoted=引述，引用； 2.The wallet survived the dunking in a Minnesota lake after a fishing boat capsized leaving Buffett dogpaddling. Buffet didnt include his credit cards, drivers license or a pass for free McDonalds hamburgers. Survived=生存；存活；dunking=浸，泡在水中；capsized=倾覆；dogpaddling=狗刨式； include=包括；license=执照； a pass =免费卷，招待卷；free=免费； He did include an expired half-price pass from Hooters restaurant chain given to him for allowing the chain to note Buffetts birthday on their calendar. I plan to leave the name of a stock tip in it for whoever buys it, Buffett told the Journal. It turned out to be First Industrial Realty Trust. Expired=到期；half-price=半价；chain=连锁店；note=标注，注明；calendar=日历，台历；stock=股票；tip=提示；First Industrial Realty Trust. =第一工业房地产信托公司； 3.Television interviewer Bob McCartney of KETV in Omaha asked Buffett if he thought the wallet bidding would get to the seven figure mark. No, no, I dont think so...if it got that high, Id be sorry I didnt sell it myself. Interviewer=采访者；wallet bidding=钱包的标价；figure=数字；mark=成功，成绩； When the subject came up of the Hooters pass, Buffett said: It expired, and they didnt offer me a renewal. As for the stock tip, Buffett said there might be a little mention of a company Berkshire bought that wasnt public knowledge yet. the subject=话题；came up=来到，谈到 ； expired=到期；renewal=续办，续订；mention=提及，涉及到；public knowledge=公众熟悉的； knowledge=知识，熟悉； 4.John Morgan of Wayzata, Minnesota, won the wallet with a $210,000 bid. Morgan was born and raised in Omaha in an area that was served by Girls Inc. Reports said Morgan would sh