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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
美国一位男子与他被盗的跑车重新团聚。Bob Russell 最后一次见到他的车是近42年前,盗贼趁他外出时从他位于费城的家里偷走了这辆跑车。他是怎样找回心爱的车?
Bob Russell says he never gave up the search for his beloved 1967 Austin-Healey. One day in 1970, when he was a student in Philadelphia, he came home after a night out with the woman who's now his wife, and realised his car had vanished. Nearly 42 years later Mr Russell was browsing1 the online marketplace eBay when he spotted2 something familiar.
All these years he'd kept the car's papers and keys. He searched them out, and saw the vehicle registration3 number on the website matched the one on the title certificate of his long-lost sports car. He told the police, who tracked the car down to a dealership4 in Los Angeles, and confirmed it was indeed Bob Russell's Austin-Healey.
Mr Russell said he paid $3,000 for it in 1967 - and it's now worth eight times that much. He says though it wasn't the money that made him to search for it for over four decades - what mattered was the sentimental5 value it held for him and his wife.
Quiz 听力测试
What is the word mentioned in the report that means disappeared?
Vanished.
Where did Bob Russell see his car being advertised?
He saw it on Ebay which is an online auction6 website.
How did he identify that the advertised car was the one that he’d lost?
He kept all the paperwork and the car registration number matched the one being sold on the website.
Most cars depreciate7 in value, does this apply to Bob Russell’s sports car?
No, Bob Russell's Austin-Healey increased in value as it's now a desirable vintage car.
Glossary 词汇表
gave up the search 放弃搜寻
beloved 心爱的
vanished 消失了
browsing 浏览
online marketplace 网上购物市场
registration number 车牌号
long-lost 遗失多年的
dealership 经销商
sentimental 有感情的
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v.吃草( browse的现在分词 );随意翻阅;(在商店里)随便看看;(在计算机上)浏览信息 | |
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2 spotted | |
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的 | |
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n.登记,注册,挂号 | |
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n.商品特许经销处 | |
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adj.多愁善感的,感伤的 | |
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n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖 | |
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v.降价,贬值,折旧 | |
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