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2008-11-19 09:16:20晏揚(yáng)
中學(xué)生英語高效課堂探究 2008年10期
晏 揚(yáng)
Do you ever feel sick of your life?
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 thats 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.
feel sick of厭倦
breakdown破裂
online auction site在線拍賣網(wǎng)站
up for grabs（俚）供人競購
jetski噴氣滑水艇
parachuting gear跳傘裝備
rug地毯
raise funds集資，籌款
bidding（拍賣時的）出價
turned out to be出乎意料的，結(jié)果證明是
genuine真實(shí)的
fighter jet噴氣戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)
belongings擁有物品
trial run試驗(yàn)
lovelorn失戀的
go through完成
staggering figure高額數(shù)字
registration system登記系統(tǒng)
bogus假冒的
toenail clippings腳趾甲屑
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Do you ever feel sick of your life?
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 thats in it: his car, his jetski, his parachuting gear, even his pots and pans.
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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.
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up for grabs（俚）供人競購
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genuine真實(shí)的
fighter jet噴氣戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)
belongings擁有物品
trial run試驗(yàn)
lovelorn失戀的
go through完成
staggering figure高額數(shù)字
registration system登記系統(tǒng)
bogus假冒的
toenail clippings腳趾甲屑
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