SONY PS3到处掀起热潮

Several days after long lines of people waited for hours in Japan to try to get one of the few Sony PlayStation 3 game machines being released to each store, the same thing happened in the United States. After being sold for 500 to 600 dollars around the US, the machines were available on internet auction¹ site eBay for an average of about $2,700. Because of the high production costs of the PS3, Sony will lose money on each one sold. They hope to make it back selling games for the machine. The release several days later of Nintendo's $250 Wii game machine, along with an increasing number of games available for Microsoft's Xbox 360, will provide stiff² competition for the PS3.

1 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

2 stiff   

adj.严厉的，激烈的，硬的，僵直的，不灵活的

参考例句：

• There is a sheet of stiff cardboard in the drawer.在那个抽屉里有块硬纸板。
• You have to push on the handle to turn it,becanse it's very stiff.手柄很不灵活，你必须用力推才能转动它。