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Passage One
短文一
Do you ever feel sick of your life? Then why not sell it?
你是否曾厌倦过生活？那为什么不转卖这样的生活呢？
This is exactly what one man is attempting to do following the breakdown of his marriage.
接下来这位经历破碎婚姻后的男子正试图转卖他的人生。
Ian Usher, a 44-year-old British man living in Australia,
44岁的伊恩·亚瑟是一位居住在澳大利亚的英国人，
is using the online auction site eBay to sell not only his belongings, but his entire life.
现正通过eBay拍卖网站变卖自己所有财产，还有自己的人生。
Up for grabs are his house and everything that's in it: his car, his parachuting gear, even his pots and pans.
出售的物品包括房子及内置的一切物品、车子、跳伞装备和锅碗瓢盆。
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,
此次拍卖真正的独特之处在于出售的名单中还包括在地毯商店里的一份助理工作
and even an introduction to his friends in the local area.
以及当地的人脉关系。
Mr. Usher said he no longer wanted to be reminded of the life he shared with his ex-wife,
亚瑟先生表示自己不想再回忆与前妻共渡的美好时光，
and hopes the sale will raise funds for a life-changing adventure.
希望这次出售所得资金能让他进行一次改变生活的冒险。
He said that once the sale has gone through,
他还说只要交易结束，
he plans to "walk out of his front door with his wallet in one pocket and his passport in the other,"
他就展开一次“左边口袋揣钱包，右边口袋揣护照”的旅行，
and see where the plane takes him.
然后看看下一次航班会载他去往何处。
Bidding opened on Sunday, and by Monday morning had already reached the staggering figure of 2 million Australian dollars.
此次拍卖周日开始竞拍，截至周一早上，竞拍的价格已经涨到200万澳元。
Unfortunately for Mr. Usher most of the high bids turned out to be fake,
然而不幸的是，多数竞标价格都是假的，
as he had not activated a registration system that would have only let genuine bids through.
因为他并没有激活报价鉴定的登记系统。
Whatever the final price he receives, he is by no means the first person to try to sell something unusual online.
先不说最终成交的竞价为多少，亚瑟已经不是首个在网上出售新奇物品的人。
A fighter jet, a piece of Britney Spears' chewing gum, and even some toenail have all been sold on eBay.
先前就有人在eBay网出售过战斗机、布兰妮·斯皮尔斯嚼过的一块口香糖，甚至还有人出售脚趾甲屑。
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
问题16至问题18是基于你刚刚听到的这篇文章
Question 16. Which one is the most unusual part of Ian Usher's selling?
问题16.亚瑟所售物品最独特之处是什么？
Question 17. Why does Ian Usher make the sale?
问题 17.为什么亚瑟要开始此次竞拍？
Question 18. What could Ian Usher do to prevent the fake bidding?
问题 18.为防止虚假报价，亚瑟可以怎么做？
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