一条价值一百万元的短信，内容写的啥？【健谈英语】

【头条播报】
The world's first text message ever sent was sold for 107,000 euros as a non-fungible token at an auction house in Paris. The message, sent by a Vodafone engineer in the UK from his computer to his manager's phone in 1992, contains the words "Merry Christmas" in 15 characters, including the space between the words. The buyer will receive a replica of the original communication protocol that transmitted the message.  

【分句讲解】
①The world's first text message ever sent was sold for 107,000 euros as a non-fungible token at an auction house in Paris.
世界上第一条短信以“非同质化代币”的形式在巴黎拍卖，最终以10万7千欧元成交。

1. be sold for + 金额：以某个金额出售

Batches of such data may be sold for 10 dollars.
几批这样的数据可以卖到10美元。

2. auction n. 拍卖，拍卖会
auction house 拍卖行

online auction 线上拍卖
auction price 拍卖价格
auctioneer n. 拍卖商

3. non-fungible token 非同质化代币（NFT）

②The message, sent by a Vodafone engineer in the UK from his computer to his manager's phone in 1992, contains the words "Merry Christmas" in 15 characters, including the space between the words.
1992年，英国沃达丰公司的一名工程师从自己的电脑上向经理的手机发送了这条短信，内容是“圣诞快乐”，包括空格总共15个字符。

1. contain v. 包含

The envelope contained a Christmas card. 
信封里有一张圣诞贺卡。
A balanced menu must contain foods full of taste and nutrition.
一个均衡的菜单必须包含好吃、营养丰富的食物。

③The buyer will receive a replica of the original communication protocol that transmitted the message.
买方将收到用于传输这条信息的原始通信协议的复制品。

1. replica n. 复制品
replicate v. 复制

This market position is extremely hard to replicate. 
这样的市场地位极难复制。

2. transmit v. 传输

transmit a message 传输消息
transmit information 传输信息
transmit data 传输数据
transmit a picture 传输图像