2024年4月27日发(作者：u盘文件不显示但是有占用)

①The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a

sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby’s in London on

September 15th 2008. ②All but two pieces sold, fetching more than￡70m, a record for a sale by

a single artist. ③It was a last victory. ④As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of

the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman brothers, filed for bankruptcy.

①2008年9月15日，在伦敦 Sotheby 举办的 《我的内心永远美丽》 中，一个世纪之内

艺术品市场历史最长的牛市随着 Damien Hirst r 56 件作品被出售而戏剧性结束了。 ②除

了两件作品外的其它作品都出售了，得到超过 70m 欧元，这是单个艺术家销售的纪录。③

这是最后的胜利。④当拍卖师喊出拍卖价格，在纽约，华尔街最古老的银行雷曼兄弟申请破

产。

①The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising

bewilderingly since 2003. ②At its peak in 2007 it was worth some$65 billion, reckons Clare

McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier. ③

Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. ④But the market generates interest far beyond

its size because it brings together great wealth,enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in

a way matched by few other industries.

①从2003年的顶盛时期后，世界艺术品市场已经失去了动力。②根据研究公司艺术经济

的创始人 Clare McAndrew 的预估，在2007年，其顶峰价值在大约 $65b，是更多5年数字的

两倍。③其它或许下降到了 %$50b。④因为市场把大量的财富，巨大的自我，贪婪，激情

和与其它实业论战

①In the weeks and months that followed Mr. Hirst’s sale, spending of any sort became

deeply unfashionable. ②In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and

salerooms. ③Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector,

they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. ④Within weeks the world’s two

biggest auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to

clients who had placed works for sale with them.

①在Mr. Hirst 出售后的几周及周月之内，任何类型的花费都是非常不流行的。②在艺

术领域这意味着收藏者远离画廊和销售室。③当代艺术吕的销量下降了 2/3, 并且从那些年

到 2008年10月，在大多数过热的领域下降了近 90%。④在数周之内，世界两个大最大的拍

卖场 Sotheby 和 Christie 不得不付出将近 $200m 给那些之前把作品放在他们这里进行拍

卖的客户以保证。

①The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying

Impressionists at the end of 1989. ②This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on

their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. ③But Edward Dolman,

Christie’s chief executive, says: “I’ m pretty confident we’re at the bottom.”

①What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the

market. ②Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest

problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. ③The three

Ds---death, debt and divorce---still deliver works of art to the market. ④But anyone who does

not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return.

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【必考词汇】

1. bull n.公牛 2. dramatic a.戏剧的；引人注目的

3. fetch v.售得；卖得；取来 4. single a.单个的；单身的；单独的

5. victory n.胜利；成功 6. bid n.出价；喊价；投标

7. file v.提出（申请，诉讼等）n.文件；档案8. bankruptcy n.破产；倒闭

9. market n.集市；市场 v.销售 10. momentum n.动力；势头；冲力

11. peak n.顶点；山峰；最高点 12. reckon v.计算；估计；认为；测算

13. generate v.产生；发生；引起；生殖 14. enormous a.巨大的；庞大的；极大的

15. ego n.自我；自尊 16. greed n.贪心；贪婪

17. controversy n.争论；争议 18. match v.相配；比得上；敌得过；匹配

19. sort n.种类；类别 20. gallery n.画廊；美术馆

21. contemporary a.当代的；同时代的 22. overheat v.过热；愤怒起来

23. guarantee n.保证；担保；保证书 24. downturn n.衰退；低迷时期

25. worst a.最坏的；最差的；最糟的 26. fluctuant a.起伏的；变动的；波动的

27. confident a.确定的；自信的；有信心的 28. slump a.暴跌；衰退；消沉；委靡

29. moment n.时候；时机；瞬间；片刻 30. debt n.债；负债；恩义；情义

【词汇扩展】

1. single sing(le)+ly→singly ad.单独地；个别地；孤独地

single+ness→singleness n.独身；单一；单独

2. victory victor(y)+ous→victorious a.胜利的；凯旋的

3. market market+able→marketable a.可卖的；适合在市场销售的

market+ing→marketing n.市场营销；市场学

4. reckon reckon+able→reckonable a.可计算的

reckon+er→reckoner n.计算手册；计算者

5. generate generat(e)+ion→generation n.产生；生殖；一代；一代人

generat(e)+ive→generative a.生殖的；产生的；发生的

6. enormous enormous+ly→enormously ad.巨大地；庞大地

enormous+ness→enormousness n.巨大；庞大

7. ego ego+ism→egoism n.自我主义；利已主义

ego+ist→egoist n.自我主义者

8. greed greed+y→greedy a.贪婪的；贪得无厌的

9. controversy controvers(y)+al→controversial a.有争议的；有争论的

10. match match+less→matchless a.无敌的；无比的；无双的

match+able→matchable a.对等的；匹配的；敌得过

un+matchable→unmatchable a.不能匹敌的；无法对抗的

11. contemporary contemporar(y)+ly→contemporarily ad.当今；时下；眼前