1 2010 年真题解析 Passage One 生词释义 1. bull: 1)牛 2)(文中含义) 牛市 2. run: 时期, 一段时间 * bull run: 牛市期 3. dramatic: 戏剧化的 4. note: 1.(文中含义) 气氛 2. 笔记 * on a dramatic note: 戏剧性地 5. all but (two pieces): 除....之外的所有东西 6. to fetch: 1). ( 文中含义)售得(若干价钱) *The painting is expected to fetch at least $20 million.人们认为这幅画可以卖到至少2000 万美元。 2) 去(某个地方)取回 *Shannon went upstairs to fetch some blankets.香农去楼上取来一些毯子。 7. auction: (名词)拍卖 * The house was sold at auction.房子拍卖出售。 auctioneer: 拍卖师 8. to call out bids; 喊出拍卖的报价 9. to file for sth: 1) (文中含义)(法律上正式) 提出申请 * The Morrisons have filed for divorce: 莫里斯夫妇已经提出离婚。 # to file for bankruptcy: 提出破产的申请 # file a complaint/ lawsuit (against somebody) 针对 sb 提出投诉/诉讼 Mr Genoa filed a formal complaint against the department. Genoa 先生正式投诉了这个部门。 2)排队前行 * We began to file out into the car park. 我们开始排队进入停车场。 * The mourners filed past the coffin. 吊唁者排队经过棺材。 The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th 2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more 2 than £70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy. 在2008 年9 月15 日伦敦苏富比拍卖行举行的“在我心中, 美丽永恒”拍卖会上, Damien Hirst 的56 部作品成功售出, 随着这些作品的售出, 艺术品市场一个世纪以来最长的牛市戏剧性地落幕了。 所有作品中只有两件没有售出, 销售额超过了...