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A pair of Nike company running shoes from 1972 sold for a record-breaking $437,500 in a public auction Tuesday.

週二，耐克公司1972年生產的一雙跑鞋以破紀錄的43.75萬美元的價格拍賣。

• A pair of一雙
• running shoes跑鞋
• sold/sell for +價格--以……價格拍賣
• a record-breaking $number 破紀錄的xxx萬美元的價格
• in a public auction公開拍賣會=at

The so-called Nike "Moon Shoe," was one of the first Nike shoes. They were designed for runners at the 1972 Olympic trials.

這雙耐克跑鞋被稱為“月球鞋”，是第一批耐克鞋。跑鞋是專為1972年奧運會選拔賽的選手設計的。

• so-called所謂的(表示不認同)= alleged, pretended, professed, self-styled, supposed
• be designed for為……而設計
• at the Olympic trials奧林匹克選拔賽

The sale was made at Sotheby's auction house in New York. Officials there said the price set a new record for a pair of sneakers.

此次拍賣在紐約蘇富比拍賣行舉行。當地官員表示，成交價創下了運動鞋拍賣的新紀錄。

• make a sale拍賣
• at Sotheby's auction house在蘇富比拍賣行
• Officials there當地官員=local officials
• set a new record for創下記錄

Canadian investor and car collector Miles Nadal bought the shoes.

Nadal last week paid $850,000 for 99 other pairs of rare or limited-collection sneakers that Sotheby's was offering.

加拿大投資者兼汽車收藏家Miles納達爾拍下了這雙跑鞋。納達爾上週以85萬美元的價格購入蘇富比拍賣的另外99雙稀有或限量版運動鞋。

• car collector汽車收藏夾
• pay $ for sth買下
• sneakers 運動鞋
• rare or limited-collection稀有或限量版
• rare形容詞稀有的
• collect動詞蒐集;收藏
• accumulate, amass, collect, gather, heap, pile 這些動詞均含“積聚，聚集，積累”之意。
• accumulate → 幾乎可用於指任何事物量的增加，側重連續不斷地，一點一滴地聚積。
• amass → 著重大量地積聚，尤指對如金錢、珠寶等有價值東西的大量積聚。
• collect → 普通用詞，多用於指物，側重指有區別地作選擇或有安排有計劃地把零散物集中起來。
• gather → 普通用詞，指人或物或抽象事物都可用。側重於圍繞一箇中心的集合、聚集。
• heap → 主要指把沙、石、煤、草等堆高，不強調整齊。
• pile → 著重指比較整齊地把東西堆積在一起。

Before Tuesday, the highest price at a public auction for sneakers was $190,373 in California in 2017.

在週二之前，2017年加州舉辦的運動鞋公開拍賣最高價格為190373美元。

• at a public auction=in

That was for a pair of signed Converse shoes that basketball star Michael Jordan reportedly wore in the 1984 Olympic finals, Sotheby's said.

蘇富比拍賣行稱，這雙簽名款匡威鞋是籃球明星喬丹蔘加1984年奧運會決賽的“戰靴”。

• signed Converse shoes簽名款匡威鞋
• sign動詞在…上簽名;在…上簽字;簽署
• reportedly 據報道
• wore -wear-wore-worn穿
• in the 1984 Olympic finals1984年奧運會決賽
• at the Olympic trials奧林匹克選拔賽

Sotheby's is best known for selling art works for tens of millions of dollars.

蘇富比拍賣行以拍賣數千萬美元的藝術品而聞名。

• be best known for=famous出名
• art works藝術品
• *tens of millions of 數千萬的
• millions of數百萬的
• ten million 1千萬

But it has been working with streetwear marketplace Stadium Goods to auction 100 pairs of the rarest sneakers ever produced.

但該拍賣行一直跟球鞋與潮牌寄售交易平臺Stadium Goods合作，拍賣100雙有史以來稀有的運動鞋。

• working with合作
• streetwear marketplace潮牌寄售交易平臺
• marketplace 可數名詞買賣;市場交易;商業(活動) ；可數名詞集市;市場;(常指)露天市場
• stadium名稱名詞；名稱名詞(周圍設有看臺的)露天體育場
• playground, stadium, gymnasium, court這些名詞均可表示“運動場，操場”之意。
• playground 一般指附屬於學校或公園內的活動場地，也可指遊樂場或兒童遊戲場地。
• stadium 指周圍有看臺的露天大型運動場。
• gymnasium 可簡寫為gym，指不受天氣影響的室內體育館、健身房或運動場館。
• court 通常指周圍有圍牆的專用球場。
• auction排賣
• 可變名詞拍賣 An auction is a public sale where goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price.
• 動詞拍賣 If something is auctioned, it is sold in an auction.
• 在拍賣行at/in an auction house
• 100 pairs of 100雙
• ever 有史以來
• rarest 稀有的

The handmade "Moon Shoe," was one of only 12 pairs ever made. The pair sold Tuesday are the only ones known to exist in an unworn condition, Sotheby's said.

手工製作的“月亮鞋”是僅存的12雙鞋之一。蘇富比拍賣行表示，週二成交的這雙鞋是目前已知的唯一一件保存完好的鞋子。

• handmade 手工製作的--
• machine-made機械製造的
• in an unworn condition沒穿過的
• known to exist in已知存有的
• ones- 指代前文提到的內容，單複數根據被指代內容定。

拍賣

• sell sth for+￥
• make a sale on
• auction sth