| 首页 听力 词汇 语法 阅读 写作 翻译 CET TEM PETS 雅思 托福 BEC |
| 学习 考试 VOA CNN 行业 视听 名师 背单词 题库 每日英语 历史上的今天 |
|
|
Ian Usher is trying to sell his whole life on eBay
Then why not sell it?
This is exactly what one man is attempting to do following the breakdown of his marriage.
Ian Usher, a 44-year-old British man living in Australia, is using the online auction site eBay to sell not only his belongings, but his entire life.
Up for grabs are his house and everything that's in it: his car, his jetski, his parachuting gear, even his pots and pans.
But what makes the auction unique is that the package also includes a two-week trial run at his job as an assistant in a rug store, and even an introduction to his friends in the local area.
The lovelorn Mr Usher said he no longer wanted to be reminded of the life he shared with his ex-wife, and hopes the sale will raise funds for a life-changing adventure.
He said that once the sale has gone through, he plans to "walk out of his front door with his wallet in one pocket and his passport in the other," and see where the next plane takes him.
Bidding opened on Sunday, and by Monday morning had already reached the staggering figure of 13m yuan (2 million Australian dollars).
Unfortunately for Mr Usher most of the high bids turned out to be fake, as he had not activated a registration system that would have only let genuine bids through.
After removing the bogus bids the value of his 'life' stood at 2m yuan, though he hopes the final figure will be over 3m yuan.
Whatever the final price he receives, he is by no means the first person to try to sell something unusual online. A fighter jet, a piece of Britney Spears' chewing gum, and even some toenail clippings have all been sold on eBay.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
feel sick of 厌倦
breakdown破裂
online auctionsite 拍卖网站
belongings 拥有物品
up for grabs 供选购的
jetski喷气滑水艇
parachuting gear 跳伞装备
trial run 试验
rug地毯
lovelorn失恋的
raise funds 集资
gone through 通过
bidding（拍卖时的）出价
staggeringfigure 高额数字
turned out to be （出乎意料）的
registrationsystem 登记系统
genuine真是的
bogus假冒的
fighterjet 战斗机
toenailclippings 脚趾甲屑
下载相关辅导材料(PDF格式)
下载材料中不仅包括阅读, 词汇, 语法等练习, 还有单词搜索等游戏. 帮助你英语读写能力, 了解相关的背景知识和语言环境
