地道美语听力练习:参加拍卖会

Diane:This is so exciting! I've never been to an auction before.
黛安：太让人激动了！我从来没去过拍卖会。

Martin:Sit down. It's about to start. The auctioneer is on the podium with her gavel and she's ready to start the bidding.
马丁：坐下。快开始了。拍卖师正拿着木槌站在台上，竞价马上就要开始了。

Diane:Are you bidding on the first lot?
黛安：你会竞拍第一个拍品吗？

Martin:No, the reserve is too high. See? The opening bid is over 10,000 dollars. I'm not surprised. Items of that quality don't appear on the auction block very often.
马丁：不，保留价太高了，明白不？起拍价超过一万美元。我一点也不吃惊。拍卖会上很少出现品质如此高的拍品。

Diane:What are those people doing on the phone?
黛安：打电话的那些人都在做什么？

Martin:They are bidding on behalf of people who can't be here, the absentee bidders. Hey, stop waving that paddle around! The auctioneer is going to think that you're placing a bid.
马丁：他们在代表不能到场的真正的竞买人出价。嘿，不要挥舞竞买号牌！不然拍卖师会以为你在出价。

Diane:Oh, sorry. Listen, the price is up to 30,500 dollars. Going, going, gone! The auction house is going to make a nice commission on that one. This is so much fun!
黛安：啊，对不起。听着，价格达到3万5百美元了。要卖了，要卖了，卖掉了！拍卖场又要大赚一笔佣金了。

Martin:Shhh! I'm going to bid on the next lot. Where is the paddle?
马丁：嘘！我准备竞买下一个拍品。竞买号牌去哪呢？

Diane:The paddle?
黛安：竞买号牌？

Martin:Yeah, the paddle. Where did you put it?
马丁：是呀，竞买号牌。你把它放哪里呢？

Diane:I had it just a minute ago.
黛安：一分钟前还在我手上。

Martin:Find it, or else I'm putting your head on the block.
马丁：找到它，否则我把你的头放到台上去拍卖。

Diane:The auction block?
黛安：拍卖台？

Martin:No, the chopping block!
马丁：嗯，对你的头来说是砧板！