关于拍卖的英语阅读

The very wealthy English Baron Fitzgerald had only one child, a son, who understandably was the apple of his eye. His wife died when the child was in his early teens. So Fitzgerald devoted himself to fathering the kid. Unfortunately the son died in his late teens.　　Meanwhile, Fitzgerald’s wealth greatly increased. He spent a lot on art works of the masters. Later Fitzgerald himself became seriously ill. Before his death, he had carefully prepared his will as to how his wealth would be settled-to sell his entire collection at an auction (拍卖）.　　Because of the large quantity and high quality of his collection, a huge crowd of possible buyers gathered for the auction. Many of them were museum directors and private collectors eager to bid （出价）. Before the auction, the art works were shown, among which was a painting of Fitzgerald’s son by an unknown artist. Because of its poor quality, it received little attention.　　When it was time for the auction, the auctioneer gaveled （敲槌） the crowd to attention. First the lawyer read from Fitzgerald’s will that the first art work to be auctioned was the painting of his son.　　The poor-quality painting didn’t receive any bidders. . . except one—the old servant who had served the son and loved him, and who for emotional reasons offered the only bid.　　As soon as the servant bought the painting for less than one English pound, the auctioneer stopped the bidding and asked the lawyer to read again from the will. The crowd became quiet, and the lawyer read from the will: “Whoever buys the painting of my son gets all my collection. ” Then the auction was over.　　翻译　　很富有英国男爵菲茨杰拉德只有一个孩子，一个儿子，谁是可以理解他的眼珠。他的妻子去世时，孩子十几岁了。因此，菲茨杰拉德投身于父亲的孩子。不幸的是，他的儿子死在十七八岁。　　与此同时，菲茨杰拉德的财富大大增加。他花了大师的艺术作品很多。后来菲茨杰拉德自己病重。在去世前，他精心准备，以他的财富将如何解决他的意志，出售拍卖他的整个集合（拍卖）。　　由于量大，他的收藏品质量高，可能的买家庞大的人群聚集的拍卖。其中许多人博物馆负责人，并渴望出价（出价）私人收藏家。在拍卖之前，艺术作品放映，其中是由一位不知名的画家，菲茨杰拉德的儿子画。由于其质量差，但很少引起注意。　　当它在拍卖时，拍卖师gaveled（敲槌）人群的关注。首先，从菲茨杰拉德的意志，第一个艺术作品拍卖的律师宣读了他的儿子画。　　在劣质油漆没有收到任何投标人。 。 。除了一个老仆人谁曾担任的儿子，爱他，谁个人的感情因素所带来的不仅出价。　　一旦仆人买不到英国英镑的画，拍卖停止招标，并请律师读取将再次。人群变得安静，和读取的律师：“谁买我的儿子画得到所有我的收藏。 “然后，拍卖结束了。