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媒體英語(yǔ)會(huì)帶大家一起學(xué)習(xí)BBC撰稿人在報(bào)道世界大事時(shí)常用到的單詞和短語(yǔ)。
Background: 一種非常罕見(jiàn)的可食用的菌類(lèi)也就是我們常說(shuō)的意大利白松露或白松露前不久在東京的一個(gè)拍賣(mài)會(huì)上與大家見(jiàn)面。一個(gè)重為一公斤的松露以三萬(wàn)美元的最高價(jià)被拍走，然而這個(gè)價(jià)格卻遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)比不上去年競(jìng)拍的價(jià)格，由此看來(lái)松露銷(xiāo)售市場(chǎng)也沒(méi)有能逃脫信貸危機(jī)的風(fēng)波。
Questions:請(qǐng)?jiān)诼?tīng)下面錄音的時(shí)候試著回答這些問(wèn)題。這是一個(gè)用來(lái)幫助你提高聽(tīng)力技能的練習(xí)。
1. True or False? Truffles are more expensive than diamonds.
2. Where are truffles found?
3. Where was the auction's highest bidder from?
4. Why has the price of truffles gone down recently?
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Giant Truffle Auction 大型松露拍賣(mài)會(huì)
White truffles 白松露 have been described by one famous chef as the diamond of the kitchen.
They are almost as expensive as precious stones because they are extremely hard to find, growing underground 地下 beneath certain trees.
Some of the rarest truffle specimens were auctioned 被拍賣(mài) at a VIP dinner in Tokyo attended by sumo wrestlers 相撲運(yùn)動(dòng)員 and beauty queens 選美皇后.
The biggest one, found in Italy, was bought by a Japanese millionaire with a chain 連鎖 of fashion shops.
He paid $30,000 for it and intends to eat with a bowl of rice.
However, the prices were way down on 下降 a similar truffle auction last year, when an even bigger truffle was bought for $300,000 in China.
The economy of Japan is thought to be heading for recession 衰退 and the auctioneers say that's why prices have dropped.
Nevertheless, tickets for the auction cost hundreds of dollars apiece and the hotel was packed 擠滿(mǎn)了 with guests, who were of course served truffle sauce 松露汁 with their dinner.
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Answers
1. True or false? Truffles are more expensive than diamonds.
False
2. Where are truffles found?
They grow underground beneath certain types of tree.
3. Where was the auction’s highest bidder from?
The bidder who bought the most-expensive truffle was Japanese.
4. Why has the price of truffles gone down recently?
The global credit crunch and the threat of recession has made truffle prices fall.
recession 衰退
sumo wrestlers 相撲運(yùn)動(dòng)員
