想与强尼•戴普一起演电影?准备3万美元
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Want to get a film role with Johnny Depp? Pay $3,0000.
 
How would you like a film role with Johnny Depp, tea with Alan Greenspan or tennis lessons from Andre Agassi?

It's all up for sale in an online auction1 to benefit the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, a human rights advocacy group.

Tea with Greenspan and his wife, NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell, was going for $11,000, according to the its web site. The bidding ends on May 7.

Last year tea with Greenspan went for $45,000, promoters of the event said. No word on whether the winner received investment tips.

By comparison, a phone call with personal finance guru Suze Orman was going for $450. VIP tickets to Jim Cramer's "Mad Money" show on CNBC had a price of $4,200.

A walk-on role with Depp in the film "Public Enemies" had a price of $32,000 and the highest bid for a tennis lesson with Andre Agassi stood at $70,000.

Other mementos2 of and meetings with celebrities3, journalists and politicians were up for sale.

 

想与强尼•戴普一起演电影吗?或者与格林斯潘一起喝茶?还是想让阿加西给你上堂网球课?

这些机会通过在线拍卖就能买到。该在线拍卖的全部所得将捐给人权倡导组织“肯尼迪纪念基金会”。

据该组织在其网站上介绍,与格林斯潘及其夫人、NBC记者安德里亚•米歇尔喝茶机会的价格为1.1万美元。该拍卖将于5月7日结束。

据活动组织者介绍,去年与格林斯潘喝茶的成交价为4.5万美元,但他们没有透露格林斯潘是否向竞拍成功者传授了些投资秘诀。

然而,得到与个人理财大王苏兹•奥曼通电话的机会只需450美元。CNBC电视台主持人吉姆•格雷姆主持的“疯狂赚钱”节目的贵宾门票拍价为4200美元。

想有机会跟强尼•戴普一起出演电影《全民公敌》得花3.2万美元,而安德烈•阿加西一堂网球课的最高出价为7万美元。

同时拍卖的还有其它一些名人、记者和政要的纪念品和与他们单独交流的机会。

Vocabulary: 

a walk-on role:跑龙套的角色;配角
 



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1 auction 3uVzy     
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
参考例句:
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
2 mementos 2cbb9a2d7a7a4ff32a8c9de3c453a3a7     
纪念品,令人回忆的东西( memento的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The museum houses a collection of mementos, materials and documents. 博物馆保存着很多回忆录以及文献资料。
  • This meant, however, that no one was able to retrieve irreplaceable family mementos. 然而,这也意味着谁也没能把无可替代的家庭纪念品从火中救出来。
3 celebrities d38f03cca59ea1056c17b4467ee0b769     
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
参考例句:
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
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