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Do you ever feel sick of your life? Then why not sell it?
你是否曾厭倦過生活？那為什么不轉賣這樣的生活呢？
This is exactly what one man is attempting to do following the breakdown of his marriage.
接下來這位經歷破碎婚姻后的男子正試圖轉賣他的人生。
Ian Usher, a 44-year-old British man living in Australia,
44歲的伊恩·亞瑟是一位居住在澳大利亞的英國人，
is using the online auction site eBay to sell not only his belongings, but his entire life.
現正通過eBay拍賣網站變賣自己所有財產，還有自己的人生。
Up for grabs are his house and everything that's in it: his car, his parachuting gear, even his pots and pans.
出售的物品包括房子及內置的一切物品、車子、跳傘裝備和鍋碗瓢盆。
But what makes the auction unique is that the package also includes a two-week trial run at his job as an assistant in a rug store,
此次拍賣真正的獨特之處在于出售的名單中還包括在地毯商店里的一份助理工作
and even an introduction to his friends in the local area.
以及當地的人脈關系。
Mr. Usher said he no longer wanted to be reminded of the life he shared with his ex-wife,
亞瑟先生表示自己不想再回憶與前妻共渡的美好時光，
and hopes the sale will raise funds for a life-changing adventure.
希望這次出售所得資金能讓他進行一次改變生活的冒險。
He said that once the sale has gone through,
他還說只要交易結束，
he plans to "walk out of his front door with his wallet in one pocket and his passport in the other,"
他就展開一次“左邊口袋揣錢包，右邊口袋揣護照”的旅行，
and see where the plane takes him.
然后看看下一次航班會載他去往何處。
Bidding opened on Sunday, and by Monday morning had already reached the staggering figure of 2 million Australian dollars.
此次拍賣周日開始競拍，截至周一早上，競拍的價格已經漲到200萬澳元。
Unfortunately for Mr. Usher most of the high bids turned out to be fake,
然而不幸的是，多數競標價格都是假的，
as he had not activated a registration system that would have only let genuine bids through.
因為他并沒有激活報價鑒定的登記系統。
Whatever the final price he receives, he is by no means the first person to try to sell something unusual online.
先不說最終成交的競價為多少，亞瑟已經不是首個在網上出售新奇物品的人。
A fighter jet, a piece of Britney Spears' chewing gum, and even some toenail have all been sold on eBay.
先前就有人在eBay網出售過戰斗機、布蘭妮·斯皮爾斯嚼過的一塊口香糖，甚至還有人出售腳趾甲屑。
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題16至問題18是基于你剛剛聽到的這篇文章
Question 16. Which one is the most unusual part of Ian Usher's selling?
問題16.亞瑟所售物品最獨特之處是什么？
Question 17. Why does Ian Usher make the sale?
問題 17.為什么亞瑟要開始此次競拍？
Question 18. What could Ian Usher do to prevent the fake bidding?
問題 18.為防止虛假報價，亞瑟可以怎么做？
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