昔日恋人拍卖马斯克私人物品成百万富翁【健谈英语】

【头条播报】
A collection of never-before-seen pictures and momentos given by the Tesla CEO Elon Musk to his college girlfriend, Jennifer Gwynne, was sold for 165,000 dollars. Musk and Ms. Gwynne dated from 1994 to 1995 when they were students at the University of Pennsylvania, and broke up once he graduated. Ms. Gwynne said she had the idea upon learning that some of Musk’s signed test papers once sold at auction for over 7,000 dollars and she hoped to sell the items to raise funds for her stepson’s college tuition.

【分句讲解】
①A collection of never-before-seen pictures and momentos given by the Tesla CEO Elon Musk to his college girlfriend, Jennifer Gwynne, was sold for 165,000 dollars.
特斯拉CEO埃隆·马斯克的大学女友詹妮弗·格温以16.5万美元的价格出售了一批马斯克送给她的照片和纪念品，这些东西之前从未公开过。

1. a collection of 一批，一群

There was a collection of books and shoes on the floor.
地板上有成堆的书和鞋。

2. be sold for a price 以多少价格出售

②Musk and Ms. Gwynne dated from 1994 to 1995 when they were students at the University of Pennsylvania, and broke up once he graduated.
马斯克和格温从1994年到1995年交往，当时他们都是宾夕法尼亚大学的学生，两人在他毕业后就分手了。

1. date v. 交往，谈恋爱 n. 约会对象；海枣

I used to date an Estonian girl.
我以前跟一个爱沙尼亚女孩拍拖过。

see v. 约会，拍拖
I’m seeing someone.
我已经在和别人约会了。

He’s my date.
他是我的约会对象。
Have some dates.
吃点枣吧。

2. break up 关系破裂，结束；粉碎，破碎

Their marriage has broken up.
他们的婚姻已经破裂。
The ship broke up on the rocks.
船触礁撞碎了。

③Ms. Gwynne said she had the idea upon learning that some of Musk’s signed test papers once sold at auction for over 7,000 dollars and she hoped to sell the items to raise funds for her stepson’s college tuition.
格温说，她是在得知马斯克的一些签名试卷曾以7000多美元的价格拍卖时产生这个想法的，她希望通过出售这些物品来为她的继子筹集大学学费。

1. upon (doing) sth 紧接着，在……之后

Upon conclusion of these studies, the patient was told that she had a severe problem.
在这些研究得出的结论之后，病人被告知她有一个严重的问题。

2. auction n. 拍卖，拍卖会

an auction of paintings 绘画拍卖会

A classic Rolls-Royce was sold for £25,000 at auction.
一辆经典的劳斯莱斯轿车拍卖了25000英镑。

3. raise funds/money 筹集资金

4. tuition n. 学费

bill n. 账单
utility bill 水电费

expense/expenditure n. 花销
family expense 家庭花费

fee n. 费用
entry fee 入场费