逆天广告：印尼买房送媳妇

 　　An advert¹ for a house in Indonesia has gone viral online after the woman selling it offered to throw in an unusual extra feature for free -- her hand in marriage.

　　近日，印尼一则卖房广告在网络上疯传，原因就是这则广告中买房的赠品太稀奇——购房者将得到一个免费的媳妇。

　　The Internet ad reads for the most part like a regular house listing, saying that the single-storey property has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a parking space and a fish pond.

　　这则逆天的网络广告大部分都和普通的售房广告没什么分别，比如房子是两卧两卫，一停车场一鱼塘。

　　But it also proposes to buyers a "rare offer" -- "when you buy this house, you can ask the owner to marry you", alongside a picture of Wina Lia, a 40-year-old widow and beauty salon² owner, leaning against a car in front of the house.

　　而买房也会有额外赠品，“君若买房，可娶佳人”，广告上配有一张莉雅的照片，她年方40，丧夫，拥有一家美容院，照片上的她整个人斜斜地倚靠在房子前面的车上。

　　逆天广告：印尼买房送媳妇

　　The ad said that terms and conditions apply, and notes the offer is "for serious buyers and non-negotiable". The house in Sleman, on the island of Java, is on the market for 999 million rupiah (about $75,000).

　　这则广告将价钱和要求说明后，还明确提示：“非诚勿扰，不议价”。房子的地段在爪哇岛，市场价是9.99亿卢比（约合7.5万美元）。

　　News of the offer quickly spread among Internet users in social media-crazy Indonesia.

　　这条新奇的广告迅速在社交媒体盛行的印尼疯传。

　　Boldies99, a user on popular online forum³ Kaskus, said Lia was "quite smart -- even though the house will be sold, she will remain the owner."

　　知名论坛卡司库的一个用户Boldies99这样评论：聪明！既卖了房，但她依然是房主。

　　Lia told AFP she was "shocked at the reaction", as she had been overwhelmed by journalists coming to interview her, and even the police in the conservative, Muslim-majority country had been asking questions.

　　莉雅告诉法新社记者她已经被这样的反映吓到了，很多记者来采访她，甚至连警察都来调查过。

　　The police "came to verify the news as they consider it as an improper⁴ advertisement. But I explained to them that it was not my idea," she said.

　　“警方过来是为了确认新闻的真实性，因为他们觉得这是一个虚假广告。然后我跟他们解释这些不是我的主意。”莉雅说。

　　The mother of two explained that she had asked a friend who was a property agent to help her find a buyer -- and in the process a husband -- but she had expected him to pass on the news to a limited number of people, not put an ad online.

　　这位两个孩子的妈妈解释说，她一开始只是让一名做房产中介的朋友帮她找买主，同时最好能找到一个丈夫，而且她希望这消息只在小范围内流传就行了，不要放到网络上。

　　"I told a friend of mine who also works as property agent that if there is a buyer who is a single man or a widower⁵ who wants to buy a house, and at the same time look for a wife, he can let me know as I'm also a widow," she said.

　　“我跟一个做房产中介的朋友说，让他帮我找一个要买房子的单身男或者鳏夫，而且他们也同时有娶妻的意愿，我们两个可以接触一下因为我是寡妇。”她说。

　　She added that there was only one potential buyer, who had visited on Wednesday, but refused to give further details.

　　她表示，到目前只有一个潜在客户，他周三过来看了房，不过她拒绝透露更多细节。

　　Vocabulary

　　overwhelmed：不知所措的

　　verify：核实

　　property agent：房产中介

1 advert   

vi.注意，留意，言及；n.广告

参考例句：

• The advert featured a dolphin swimming around a goldfish bowl.该广告的內容为一条在金鱼缸里游动的海豚。
• Please advert to the contents below.I believe you won't be disappointed.敬请留意后面的内容。相信您一定不会失望的。

2 salon   

n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。

3 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

4 improper   

adj.不适当的，不合适的，不正确的，不合礼仪的

参考例句：

• Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
• Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。

5 widower   

n.鳏夫

参考例句：

• George was a widower with six young children.乔治是个带著六个小孩子的鳏夫。
• Having been a widower for many years,he finally decided to marry again.丧偶多年后，他终于决定二婚了。