‍阅读理解Text1-第三段‍

①In the weeks and months that followed Mr. Hirst’s sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable. ②In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. ③Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. ④Within weeks the world’s two biggest auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.

 

真题重点词汇及短语：

follow sth:发生在某事之后；follow这个词在本年度的真题中多次出现，完型填空部分也有设题；

spending：动名词在这里做名词，表示花费；

un-fashion-able:不流行的；

collect(动词，收集）-collector（收藏家）

stay away from sth:远离某物

gallery:这里表示画廊

con-temporary:现代的，当代的；五星级词汇

fall by:下降了多少；by在里表示下降的程度；

be down by：同上

over-heat-ed:过分热门的

auction house:拍卖行

pay out:支出

guarantee:在这里用作名词，表示保证金；重点单词

 

 

句子切分：

第一句：

1. In the weeks and months that followed Mr. Hirst’s sale，

2. spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable.

参考翻译：在Hirst的作品售出的几个星期到几个月里，任何此类的消费都变得非常过时。

 

第二句

1. In the art world

2. that meant

3. collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms.

参考翻译：在艺术界那意味着收藏家们远离画廊和拍卖行。

 

第三句

1. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds,

2. and in the most overheated sector,

3. they（sales of contemporary art） were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008.

参考译文：当代艺术品的销售下降了三分之二，而在最热门的领域——中国当代艺术品——那一年的销售额截止到2008年11月份下跌了将近90%。

 

第四句

1. Within weeks

2. the world’s two biggest auction houses had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients 

3. who had placed works for sale with them.

4. ,Sotheby’s and Christie’s,

参考翻译：在几周之内，世界上最大的两家拍卖行，苏富比和佳士得，不得不支付近两亿美元作为担保，给那些已经把作品交给他们出售的客户。

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