2017年职称英语 考试 报名:2017职称英语综合类阅读精选：A$210,000WALLET1

A $210,000 WALLET1 价值21万美元的钱包

1.Buffett auctioned his 20-year-old wallet on December 3,1999 and received a high bid of $210,000 which went to a charity,Girls Inc. of Omaha. The story about the battered old black billfold broke in The Wall Street Journal (December 2,1999). "I've never gone for the top of the line," Buffett was quoted.

1、1999年12月3日，巴菲特拍卖了跟随他20年之久的钱包，高达21万美元的拍卖所得全部捐给了慈善机构奥马哈女童之家。《华尔街日报》(1999年12月2日)刊登了有关这个黑色旧皮夹的故事，报纸援引巴菲特的话说：“我还从来没有上过头条。”

2.The wallet survived the dunking in a Minnesota lake after a fishing boat capsized leaving Buffett dogpaddling. Buffet didn't include his credit cards,driver's license or a pass for free McDonald's hamburgers. He did include an expired half-price pass from Hooter's restaurant chain given to him for allowing the chain to note Buffett's birthday on their calendar. "I plan to leave the name of a stock tip in it for whoever buys it," Buffett told the Journal. It turned out to be First Industrial Realty Trust.

2、这个钱包曾经被水浸泡过。一次，巴菲特在明尼苏达州的一个湖中钓鱼时，船翻了，害得巴菲特在湖中练狗刨。这次拍卖不包括他的信用卡、驾照以及换取麦当劳汉堡包的免费券。但是，包含一张到期的呼特餐饮连锁店的半价优惠卡，那是岜菲特允许呼特餐饮连锁店在台历上注明了自己生日所得到的礼物。“不管谁买下钱包，我都打算在里面留一条股票信息”，巴菲特在接受《华尔街日报》采访时说。这只股票后来被证实是第一工业房地产信托公司。

3.Television interviewer Bob McCartney of KETV in Omaha asked Buffett if he thought the wallet bidding would get to the seven figure mark. "No,no,I don't think so...if it got that high,I'd be sorry I didn't sell it myself." When the subject came up of the Hooter's pass,Buffett said: "It expired,and they didn't offer me a renewal." As for the stock tip,Buffett said there might be "a little mention" of a company Berkshire bought that wasn't public knowledge yet.

3、奥马哈的KETV电视台记者鲍勃·麦卡特采访巴菲特时问他，事先有没有想到会拍卖到七位数。“没有，没有，绝没想到，早知道能卖这么高的价格，我还不如亲自卖。”谈到呼特餐饮连锁店的优惠卡，巴菲特说“优惠卡到期了，呼特不给我续办。”至于说股票信息，巴菲特说他“略微提到”一个伯克希尔公司购买的公众还不知道的公司。

4.John Morgan of Wayzata,Minnesota,won the wallet with a $210,000 bid. Morgan was born and raised in Omaha in an area that was served by Girls Inc. Reports said Morgan would share the stock's name with people who gave $1,000 or more to Girls Inc.,whose board is headed by Buffett's daughter,Susie,who came up with the auction idea. So what's her next auction item proposal? Buffett told the Omaha World-Herald ( December 2,1999 ): "I can't talk to her anymore. I've got to watch it. It may be my underwear next time."

4、明尼苏达州威扎塔的约翰·摩根出价21万美元竞得那个钱包。摩根生于奥马哈，长于奥马哈，该区域正是奥马哈女童之家为之提供服务的地区。有报道称，凡向奥马哈女童之家捐资1000美元以上者，摩根愿与之分享该股票的名字。奥马哈女童之家的负责人是巴菲特的女儿苏珊。正是苏珊想出来这个拍卖他父亲钱包的主意。那么，接下来她打算拍卖什么呢?巴菲特对《奥马哈世界导报》(1999年12月2日)说：“我不会告诉她，我要等等看。也许下次的拍卖品是我的内衣。”

5.Morgan is a successful businessman who co-founded an equipment-leasing

company,took Winthrop Resources public and in 1997 sold it to Minneapolis-based TCF Financial Corp. Morgan and two partners sold the business for $325 million. Each of the three partners received about $60 million. In January,1999 the three partners formed Rush River Group to invest in over-the-counter stocks. Rush River has a stake in Grow Biz and Morgan is now the CEO of Grow Biz which owns a large number of retail stores.

5、摩根是一位成功的商人，他与人合伙创办了温斯罗普资源公司，从事设备租赁业务，然后又设法使之上市。后于1997年将它出售给总部设在明尼阿波丽斯市的TCF金融公司，售价为3.25亿美元，三个合伙人每人分得大约6000万美元。1999年1月，这三人又合伙成立拉什河集团，投资于场外交易市场的股票。拉什河集团在罗比兹公司拥有股份，该公司旗下有大量零售商店。摩根现任其首席执行官。

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