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A 317-year-old Stradivarius violin sold at a London auction today for $2,268,431. While far off the record, Larry Miller reports it _1_ this particular instrument might never be seen to her again.
今天，一把拥有317年历史的斯特拉迪瓦里小提琴在伦敦拍卖行以226.8431万美元的价格拍出]IfV#gN5PVV!Sg))。据拉里·米勒报道，由于拍卖结果不公开发表，有人担心可能再也看不到这把小提琴了)fSc)%rt11DeK[xf]S5e。
Bidding was described as hotly contested and fierce the focus of the attention, a 1696 Stradivarius violin that _2_ from an international soloist while she grabbed a bread at a London train station in 2010. The thief _3_ it to a bus driver for $140 who turned it down because his daughter already played the recorder. The violin then mysteriously _4_ three years later, still in excellent condition. Jason Price of Tarisio Auction House told the BBC why it struts a various command such a high price.
拍卖竞争激烈，成为了大家的关注焦点，这把1969年的斯特拉迪瓦里小提琴于2010年被盗，它的主人是一名国际独奏家，当时正在伦敦的一个火车站买面包Ff%kI!Geve8z。小偷曾想以140美元的价格将这把小提琴卖给一名公交车司机，但是司机以女儿在学长笛为由拒绝了小偷a[*&6-%Y#1Ysd|UbB。三年后这把小提琴神秘出现，仍然保持极佳的状况pjGr,h9^vuGPs。塔里西奥拍卖行的杰森·普莱斯接受BBC新闻的采访时讲述了这把小提琴能卖出如此高价格的原因8cc9q=ayYM(mV4X。
"It sounds great, and it's a supply and demand issue. There are fewer and fewer of them. They are not making more of them."
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Around 600 violins made by Stradivarius remain in the world. For NPR News, I'm Larry Miller in London.
目前斯特拉迪瓦里小提琴存世量约为600把8HjbWS!h,&。NPR新闻，拉里·米勒伦敦报道PWjNqoNGjFI。
For package shipper Fedex, some good news today, the company says its latest quarter profits were up 14%. That was in part on stronger margin in cost _5_. Even with an uptick, the results were still slightly behind analysts estimates.
今天，包裹托运商联邦快递公司有一些好消息，该公司表示最新一季的利润上涨了14%(&=M~f~2p_。部分原因是降低成本带来的高额利润6k(kXX#+yjJN0[。虽然利润小幅上涨，但结果仍然略低于分析师的预期[W&sCU5gPomK。
词汇解析：
1、off the record
非正式的；不得发表的；
eg. May I speak off the record?
我可以私下说说吗，不要发表？
eg. At the end of the lunch, I said I had some off-the-record comments.
午餐快结束的时候，我说我有一些想私下谈的看法rxu[#b7nu7qedg%gL%y。
eg. The President told the reporters his remarks were strictly off the record.
总统告诉记者们他的谈话不得公开发表@+nvHi;5]Gt^(~E0_V。
2、fierce
adj. 凶猛的；猛烈的；暴躁的
eg:They look like the teeth of some fierce animal.
它们看上去像是某种猛兽的牙齿b^eaf;2p@[YblX&MZA.L。

参考答案

1、was feared 2、had been stolen 3、offered
4、turned up 5、cutting